Porcha Woodruff’s lawsuit is the latest to zero in on facial recognition technology and its potential risks. Carlos Osorio/AP CNN — A Black mother is suing the city of Detroit and a Detroit Police Department detective after she was falsely arrested while eight months pregnant by officers using “an unreliable facial recognition match,” a federal Read More…
Millions of storage devices are being shredded each year, even though they could be reused. “You don’t need an engineering degree to understand that’s a bad thing,” says Jonmichael Hands. He is the secretary and treasurer of the Circular Drive Initiative (CDI), a partnership of technology companies promoting the secure reuse of storage hardware. Read More…
Folding phones have been on the scene for nearly half a decade. The early models were fragile and wildly expensive, with frames that shattered easily, hinges that creaked, and screens that peeled away from the chassis. Foldables have matured considerably since then, but their reputation as novelty gadgets persists. “I think everyone who carries or Read More…
The dog days or dog days of summer are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius (known colloquially as the “Dog Star”), which in astrology/astronomy is connected with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, and bad luck. They are now Read More…
What’s the context? The United States, Canada and the European Parliament have banned TikTok from federal devices due to security risks U.S. lawmakers are moving forward with legislation “to protect Americans” using TikTok from China, the House of Representatives speaker Kevin McCarthy has said, amid hot debate over calls for a ban on the video Read More…
‘Father of the cell phone’ says one day we’ll have devices embedded under our skin Key Points Future generations will have devices “embedded under the skin of their ears,” Marty Cooper, who is widely considered the father of the cell phone, told CNBC at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Such devices won’t need to Read More…
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