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New York City police plan to utilize UAVs for broadcasting weather alerts

TechSpot

After weeks of persistent rainfall and extreme weather conditions in New York City, local police finally had the opportunity to put their new emergency broadcasting system to the test. Read Entire Article

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Amnesty International calls for a ban on facial recognition in New York City

The Verge

Amnesty International has launched a new campaign against facial recognition titled Ban The Scan — and is launching with a demand for New York City to halt police and government use of the technology. The NYPD has used facial recognition to track tens of thousands of New Yorkers”.

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DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats sue New York City over restaurant fee caps

The Verge

Delivery service platforms DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats are suing New York City for capping the amounts they can collect in fees from restaurants. A spokesperson for Grubhub said in an email to The Verge that the company had “worked hard during the pandemic to support restaurants in New York City and across the country.”

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Snap acquires location data startup StreetCred

TechCrunch

Snapchat’s parent company Snap has acquired StreetCred , a New York City startup building a platform for location data. A big component of that strategy is the Snap Map , which allows users to view public snaps from a given area and to share their location with friends.

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The NYPD is sending its controversial robot dog back to the pound

The Verge

In response to outcry over the machine, New York City Council Member Ben Kallos proposed a law that would ban the police from owning or operating weaponized robots. “I Kallos told the Times this week that deploying Digidog on the streets of New York City highlighted the ongoing “militarization of the police.”

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Microsoft to permanently close all of its retail stores

The Verge

Those locations are New York City (Fifth Ave), London (Oxford Circus), Sydney (Westfield Sydney), and the Redmond campus location. The London store only just opened about a year ago. At the time, the company declined to offer an update on when any stores might open again. Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge.

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DoorDash says it is ?prepared to provide support? for Caviar workers arrested in NYC during curfew

The Verge

A pair of alarming videos appeared to show at least one Caviar delivery worker being arrested by New York City police on Thursday, allegedly for violating the city’s curfew imposed this week in response to demonstrations protesting the death of George Floyd and systemic police brutality.