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Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge. Question 1 amends a landmark 2012 “right to repair” law in the state. While the state’s law is unique, making companies comply could effectively drive a nationwide standard. Massachusetts voters approved a measure requiring car manufacturers to let people access vehicle data for repairs.
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(Photo By Deposit Photos) Language that would allow the U.S. Organizations suspected of violating the law are rightly subject to criminal investigation and prosecution. House of Representatives that would provide tax relief to Americans held hostage. Section 4 of H.R.9495
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In 2015, Google apologized after its Photos app tagged photos of Black people as “gorillas.” In April, the US Federal Trade Commission warned that AI tools that have demonstrated “troubling” racial and gender biases may be in violation of consumer protection laws if they’re used decision-making for credit, housing or employment.
Clearview AI has been in the spotlight since a January investigation from The New York Times showed that its facial recognition technology was in widespread use among law enforcement agencies and private companies.
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Photo credit should read TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images. Google violated US labor laws by spying on workers who were organizing employee protests, then firing two of them, according to a complaint to be filed by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) today.
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Moore’s law concludes that 20,000 years of technological advancement now occurs every 100 years. Instagram (3 hours weekly): To share one to two images or videos daily and like the photos of others. Applied to nonprofit technology, the speed of advancement now doubles every two years.
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Clearview, which claims to have scraped 10 billion images of people from social media sites in order to identify them in other photos, sells its technology to law enforcement agencies. The agency says it is “considering its next steps and any formal regulatory action that may be appropriate under the UK data protection laws.”.
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