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Public records and a 2019 version of its user guide show just how invasive AnyVision's facial recognition software can be; AnyVision's customers include schools
One school using the software saw that a student's face was captured more than 1,000 times during the week Tweets: @evan_greer , @evan_greer , @jessedamiani , @themarkup , and @alfredwkng Tweets: Evan...
Colleges requiring virus-screening tech, from virus symptom-checking apps to temperature check stations and wearables, have not rigorously studied if it works
Many schools that use fever scanners and symptom checkers have not rigorously studied if the technology has slowed the spread of Covid-19 on campuses. Tweets: @davidboyles3 , @bridgestateu , @bhrenton...
How Anduril and other startups are building military ready, self-piloted drones, away from Silicon Valley, where such projects have become politically untenable
While much has been made of tech's unwillingness to work with the Pentagon, start-ups are still plumbing the industry's decades-long ties to the military. Tweets: @comfortablysmug , @jessedamiani , @d...
After Facebook and Twitter suspended Trump's account, activists and human rights groups have urged the companies to apply their policies evenly around the world
Human rights groups and activists have spent years urging the companies to do more to remove content that encouraged violence. Tweets: @ceciliakang , @peterwsinger , @stinson , @evelyndouek , @tonyrom...
As schools adopt remote learning or hybrid reopening models, US students face a laptop shortage, particularly of low-cost Chromebooks popular at K-8 schools
American students are facing a shortage of laptops, particularly low-cost Chromebooks popular in K-8 schools … Tweets: @crampell , @samharrelson , and @jessedamiani Tweets: Catherine Rampell / @crampe...