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Facial Recognition Software Is Not Ready for Use by Law Enforcement…

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Recent news of Amazon’s engagement with law enforcement to provide facial recognition surveillance (branded “Rekognition”), along with the almost unbelievable news of China’s use of the technology, means that the technology industry needs to address the darker, more offensive side of some of its more spectacular advancements. Facial recognition technologies, used in the identification of […]

Facebook, Amazon, Google And Twitter All Work With Extreme Left-Wing SPLC…

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Four of the world’s biggest tech platforms have working partnerships with a left-wing nonprofit that has a track record of inaccuracies and routinely labels conservative organizations as “hate groups.” Facebook, Amazon, Google and Twitter all work with or consult the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in policing their platforms for “hate speech” or “hate groups,” […]

Amazon Has More Than 100k Automated Warehouse Robots…And Growing…

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Amazon’s fleet of automated warehouse robots, now more than 100,000 machines strong, is working alongside human employees to help meet the e-commerce giant’s massive fulfillment demand. The company’s robots carry inventory around massive warehouse floors, compiling all the items for a customer’s order and reducing the need for human interaction with the products. But the […]

This Supreme Court Case Could Change Online Shopping Overnight…

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Online commerce as we know it could soon radically change. In a case it recently heard, the Supreme Court could eliminate the current requirement that a business have some physical connection with a state before the state can tax the business. If that were to happen, consumers would pay more for goods ordered online, small […]

Tech Titans Tiptoe Toward Monopoly…

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Imagine a not-too-distant future in which trustbusters force Facebook FB 1.15% to sell off Instagram and WhatsApp. Imagine a time when Amazon’s cloud and delivery services are so dominant the company is broken up like AT&T . Imagine Google’s search or YouTube becoming regulated monopolies, like electricity and water. Facebook Inc., Google parent Alphabet Inc. […]

Amazon Drops Christian Non-Profit from Donations Program After SPLC Declares It a ‘Hate Group’…

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Technology giant Amazon has dropped a Christian non-profit, the Alliance for Defending Freedom, from the AmazonSmile charity donation program after the SPLC deemed the organization a “hate group.” According to the Federalist, the Alliance for Defending Freedom (ADF), a non-profit law firm that defends Christians in cases of religious freedom, revealed in a statement on […]

Amazon Alexa Has Got Some Serious Skills–Spying on Users!…

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“Alexa, are you spying on me?” — aaaa…..mmmm…..hmmm…..maybe!!! Security researchers have developed a new malicious ‘skill’ for Amazon’s popular voice assistant Alexa that can turn your Amazon Echo into a full-fledged spying device. Amazon Echo is an always-listening voice-activated smart home speaker that allows you to get things done by using your voice, like playing […]

Amazon Alexa Bug Let Hackers Turn Echo Speakers into Covert Listening Device…

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Amazon’s Echo speakers featured a bug that could have allowed hackers eavesdrop on people in their homes. Security researchers found a way to listen in on and transcribe conversations taking place near a speaker, thanks to a flaw which has since been fixed. Amazon Echo speakers listen out for the word “Alexa”, the name of […]

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