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Netflix faces trademark suit over basketball team name and branding in ‘Running Point’

Fast Company Tech

Attorneys for Pepperdine University in Malibu have filed a lawsuit against the streaming service and Warner Bros. Netflix says it’s not so notable Attorneys for Netflix wrote in an opposition filing that the series “has nothing to do with universities or college sports, and never mentions or alludes to Pepperdine.

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ACLU files first formal complaint over wrongful facial recognition arrest

The Verge

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a formal complaint against Detroit police over what it says is the first known example of a wrongful arrest caused by faulty facial recognition technology. However, they nevertheless led to Williams’ picture being included in a photo lineup that was shown to the store’s security guard.

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Apple will reportedly scan photos stored on iPhones and iCloud for child abuse imagery

The Verge

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge. Apple plans to scan photos stored on iPhones and iCloud for child abuse imagery, according the Financial Times. The new system could help law enforcement in criminal investigations but may open the door to increased legal and government demands for user data.

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In Texas, ‘water is the new oil’ as cities square off over aquifers that may soon dry out

Fast Company Tech

Photo: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News] Were going to fight this thing until the end, said Bobby Gutierrez, the mayor of Bryan. Texas law offers limited clarity, generally preferring a landowners right to pump their own groundwater over regulations on private property. A trial is set for the first week of May. It stops it.

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Judge rules California Prop 22 gig workers law is unconstitutional

The Verge

Photo by FREDERIC J. California’s gig workers law, which allows companies like Uber and Lyft to treat workers as independent contractors— not employees— has been ruled unconstitutional and unenforceable by a judge. In January, a group of Uber and Lyft drivers, along with the SEIU, filed a lawsuit seeking to have the measure overturned.

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Robot lawyer startup DoNotPay now lets you file FOIA requests

TechCrunch

In the early days of the pandemic, the startup helped its users file for unemployment, where many state benefit sites crashed. But ask anyone with experience in filing FOIAs (hello!) Browder said that DoNotPay “would not exist” without FOIA laws. Now the so-called “robot lawyer” has a new trick.

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Anonymous Camera is a new app that uses AI to quickly anonymize photos and videos

The Verge

But with the help of advances in machine learning, it’s also easier than ever to anonymize photos and videos, removing information that would otherwise identify people. The app can also distort voices in videos and strips any metadata that’s automatically embedded in files by cameras and phones. Screenshots: Playground.

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