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8:51 PM ETOdell Beckham Jr. posted Monday on social media that he had been fined by the NFL for wearing pants that did not cover his knees during Cleveland's loss to Seattle on Oct. 13.The Browns' star wide receiver posted a letter from the league on Instagram, telling hi...continued

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Wilmer @Wilmer - over 4 years ago

Why we should ban facial recognition technology everywhere

Why we should ban facial recognition technology everywhere / Boing BoingIn the wake of Berkeley joining the growing list of cities that ban the use of facial recognition by governments, RIT philosophy prof Evan Selinger and Northeastern law/comp sci prof Woodrow Hartzog m...continued

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Berkeley city council unanimously votes to ban facial recognition technology

Berkeley city council unanimously votes to ban facial recognition technology / Boing BoingBerkeley has joined the swelling ranks of cities (pioneered by nearby Oakland) that have passed ordinances banning the government's use of facial recognition technology, after a unan...continued

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Allene @Allene - over 4 years ago

Serial founder David Cancel to share people-first, SaaS insights at Disrupt SF next week

Serial founder David Cancel to share people-first, SaaS insights at Disrupt SF next week – TechCrunchWhat do you wish you’d known about building a company beforehand? It’s a question that haunts many a startup founder their first time around.Serial SaaS-focused entreprene...continued

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Cyril @Cyril - over 4 years ago

For Sale: Human Fetuses, Slightly Used

Woman Charged for Alleged Sale of Human Fetuses on FacebookA Colorado woman is facing smuggling charges after allegedly attempting to sell and ship human fetal remains in violation of federal law. According to court records, she conducted much of her business over Faceboo...continued

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Mariano @Mariano - over 4 years ago

Uber lays off another ~350 across Eats, self-driving and other departments

Uber lays off another ~350 across Eats, self-driving and other departments – TechCrunchUber has just laid off around 350 employees across a variety of teams within the organization, marking what the company says is its third and final phase of layoffs of the process it be...continued

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Priscilla @Priscilla - over 4 years ago

I report on technology. And I got hacked.

I report on technology. And I got hacked.Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.Source: CNNPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Security hacker • Online chat • Facebook Messenger • Pearl River (band) •

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Giovanni @Giovanni - over 4 years ago

Arianna Huffington on Quest to Create the Methadone of Tech

Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global Acquires Boundless MindsAriana Huffington left Huffington Post in 2016 to create Thrive Global—a confounding venture that aims to help people reduce stress and burnout by taking control of their relationship with technology. Three years ...continued

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Madalyn @Madalyn - over 4 years ago

Berkeley Becomes Fourth U.S. City to Ban Face Recognition in Unanimous Vote

Berkeley Becomes Fourth U.S. City to Ban Face Recognition in Unanimous VoteBerkeley, California became the fourth U.S. city to pass a ban on all government use of facial recognition technology on Tuesday night following a unanimous yes vote by the City Council.Two other c...continued

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Leda @Leda - over 4 years ago

Amazon Is Marketing Face Recognition to Police Departments Partnered With Ring: Report

Amazon Pushing Rekognition Face Recognition to Police With Ring PartnershipsAmazon is marketing its facial recognition software to Florida police departments that are currently partnered with its home surveillance company, Ring—arrangements that allow police to request ac...continued

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Jeffrey @Jeffrey - over 4 years ago

Yet another company has been hit by a ransomware attack

Yet another company has been hit by a ransomware attackThis time the victim was Pitney Bowes, a technology company based out of Stamford, Connecticut that provides ecommerce, shipping, data and mailing services.The company confirmed the attack on its website and is curren...continued

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Monserrat @Monserrat - over 4 years ago

San Francisco Is Getting Sick of All Your Dumbass 'Disruption'

San Francisco Aims to Establish 'Office of Emerging Technology'The Wild West days of unapproved or unwanted technology infiltrating public spaces in San Francisco without permission from the city may be nearing their end.City officials are hoping to establish an Office of...continued

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Alexandro @Alexandro - over 4 years ago

Remote-controlled scooters are coming, and Tortoise is (slowly) leading the charge

Remote-controlled scooters are coming, and Tortoise is (slowly) leading the chargeYou may have noticed that scooter companies typically have short names — usually around four or five letters — that are meant to invoke feelings of flying or zooming across an urban landscap...continued

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Kristina @Kristina - over 4 years ago

WeWork pulls thousands of phone booths out of service over formaldehyde scare

WeWork pulls thousands of phone booths out of service over formaldehyde scare – TechCrunchWeWork, the co-working empire once valued at $47 billion before reality struck, plunging the business and its investors into crisis, has another problem to add to its growing pile — ...continued

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Wilmer @Wilmer - over 4 years ago

Google aims to change the definition of good photography with Pixel 4’s software-defined camera

Google aims to change the definition of good photography with Pixel 4’s software-defined camera – TechCrunchGoogle’s new Pixel 4 camera offers a ton of new tricks to improve its photographic chops, and to emphasize the point, it had Professor Mark Levoy, who leads camera ...continued

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Grayce @Grayce - over 4 years ago

Mitch McConnell Urges FDA To Ease CBD Regulations 'Within 120 Days'

Mitch McConnell Urges FDA To Ease CBD Regulations 'Within 120 Days'Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell (R), a chief proponent of a hemp legalization provision in the 2018 Farm Bill, has put the pressure on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expedite the path for lawfu...continued

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Rex @Rex - over 4 years ago

4 Ways to Make Prices Seem Lower Than They Are

4 Ways to Make Prices Seem Lower Than They AreAs a marketer, I love testing things to see what will increase sales. The headlines, the copy, the imagery. But when it comes to a product’s pricing page, I use the same strategy as when I’m driving a car: If nobody is screami...continued

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Dayton @Dayton - over 4 years ago

Making technology accessible for everyone

Making technology accessible for everyoneThe World Health Organization estimates that 15 percent of the world’s population—over 1 billion people—have a disability. October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, an opportunity to look at how technology enables ...continued

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Grayce @Grayce - over 4 years ago

Investors revel in trade and Brexit optimism

Premarket stocks: Investors revel in trade and Brexit optimismLondon (CNN Business)Happy Friday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business' Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up righthere.President Donald Trump said Thursday that the f...continued

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Dayton @Dayton - over 4 years ago

Verily, Alphabet’s other money-making, non-Google business, partners with Color on genetic analysis

Verily, Alphabet’s other money-making, non-Google business, partners with Color on genetic analysis – TechCrunchColor, the genetics testing company, is partnering with Alphabet’s health technology-focused subsidiary, Verily Life Sciences, to provide to the company’s Basel...continued

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Marie @Marie - over 4 years ago

Dealing With China Isn’t Worth the Moral Cost

Dealing With China Isn’t Worth the Moral Cost - The New York TimesThis sort of corporate capitulation is hardly surprising. For Western companies, China is simply too big and too rich a market to ignore, let alone to pressure or to police. If the first and most important ...continued

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Rose @Rose - over 4 years ago

Twitter Used Your Phone Number to Send You Ads. Now What?

Twitter Used Your Phone Number to Send You Ads. Now What?Talk about being caught between a tweet and a hard place. Twitter, in its infinite wisdom, recently admitted that it messed up and used email addresses and phone numbers—provided by users as part of their account se...continued

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Nelson @Nelson - over 4 years ago

Twitter admits it used two-factor phone numbers and emails for serving targeted ads

Twitter admits it used two-factor phone numbers and emails for serving targeted ads – TechCrunchTwitter has said it used phone numbers and email addresses, provided by users to set up two-factor authentication on their accounts, to serve targeted ads.In a disclosure Tuesd...continued

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Jarod @Jarod - over 4 years ago

Facebook wants Portal to be your next office webcam

Facebook wants Portal to be your next office webcamFacebook‘s Portal video chat devices will be able to run Workplace, the company’s collaboration software, so you’ll be able to make video calls at work using the Portal’s video calling technology, Facebook announced today...continued

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Thousands of fans show up to celebrate Bianca Andreescu's US Open title - TSN

Thousands of fans show up to celebrate Bianca Andreescu's U.S. Open titleMISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Some fans showed up to Celebration Square in downtown Mississauga, Ont., as early as 10 a.m. to see their hometown hero.Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu was honoured in an ev...continued

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