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The missing pieces: teaching the legal side of web development
We are creating architects who have never heard of building codes, drivers who have never heard of the Highway Code, and doctors who have never heard of the Hippocratic oath.
Google’s File on You is 10 Times Bigger Than Facebook’s
Google, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft are all central players in “surveillance capitalism” and prey on our data.
US Cities Are Helping People Buy Amazon Surveillance Cameras With Taxpayer Money
Documents obtained by Motherboard show that Ring uses partnership and promotional agreements in order to contractually obligate public officials to promote its products.
Tatiana Mac's Speaker Rider
Tatiana Mac's Speaker Rider · GitHub
The Consentful Tech Project
Apple stops letting contractors listen to Siri voice recordings and will offer opt-out later
Siri grading suspended globally.
Forget AI ethics—treat technology like a new relationship instead
You're in a codependent relationship with technology. Here's how to bring the spark back.
Facebook wants to slide ads into your DMs according to new patent application
Nope, not creepy at all.
Onward! Another #GoogleWalkout Goodbye
In April, two of the organizers of the Google Walkout, Meredith Whittaker and Claire Stapleton, came forward with the stories of the…
How to Thwart Facial Recognition
Give the camera someone else’s face — or obscure your own. Strive for asymmetry. Make your head unheadlike.
Fitbits, other wearables may not accurately track heart rates in people of color
Many popular wearable devices rely on technology that could be less reliable for consumers who have darker skin, experts told STAT.
Toby Walsh, A.I. Expert, Is Racing to Stop the Killer Robots
Autonomous weapons, capable of acting without human oversight, are closer than we think, Dr. Walsh believes, and must be banned.
New bill would ban autoplay videos and endless scrolling
Taking aim at "features that are designed to be addictive."
Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Uses Gilroy Mass Shooting to Promote His App
When a gunman opened fire at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California, on Sunday evening, killing at least three people, including a 6-year-old boy, and wounding 12 others, Dilbert creator Scott Adams apparently saw a juicy marketing opportunity for his blockchain app.
Both Democrats and Republicans blast facial-recognition technology in a rare bipartisan moment
A hearing on Wednesday suggested that opposition to facial recognition technology could be the rare issue progressives and conversatives in Congress. Several members voiced worries about the technology being used here as it is currently is in China, where it contributes to the surveillance state’s systems of public monitoring and social control.
America mulls regulating facial recognition
The rare issue that unites left and right
Computers can’t tell if you’re happy when you smile
Emotion recognition is a $20 billion industry, but a new study says the most popular method is deeply flawed.
Apple Siri contractors often hear up to 30 seconds of accidental recordings
You might know that Apple screens some of Siri's recordings to improve the assistant's accuracy, but recordings can be surprisingly long and numerous.
I Quit My Job to Protest My Company’s Work on Building Killer Robots
When I joined the artificial intelligence company Clarifai in early 2017, you could practically taste the promise in the air. My colleagues were brilliant, dedicated, and committed to making the world a better place.We founded Clarifai 4 Good where we helped students and charities, and we donated our software to researchers around the world whose projects had a socially beneficial goal. We were determined to be the one AI company that took our social responsibility seriously.I never could have predicted that two years later, I would have to quit this job on moral grounds. And I certainly ne...
Study: Humans' racial biases extend even to black and white robots
A study called “Robots and Racism,” the human tendency to stereotype racial bias is expanding into the world of robotics.
Rashida Tlaib Backs Bill to Block Facial Recognition Tech in Public Housing
Members of the progressive "Squad" join New York's Yvette Clarke to block surveillance techniques they say infringe rights and may misidentify people of color.
Australia to 'lift veil' on Facebook, Google algorithms to protect...
Australia said it would establish the world's first dedicated office to police Facebook Inc and Google as part of reforms designed to rein in the U.S. technology giants, potentially setting a pre...
Drag Queen vs. David Duke: Whose Tweets Are More 'Toxic'?
Opinion: Researchers used Google's AI tool to rank the harmfulness of tweets by white nationalists and drag queens. The results were discouraging.
What the Superhuman Controversy Reveals About the Shifting Ethics of Software
The e-mail startup isn’t the only company learning that a product can be powerful and elegant without being good.
'Anonymised' data can never be totally anonymous, says study
Findings say it is impossible for researchers to fully protect real identities in datasets
Lydia Nicholas on Twitter
I hear people say health data is 'special'; folks nowadays anything is health data. Scrolling & posting reveals mental illness, gait and steps your changing activity levels balance & frailty, shopping = diet, there's isolation, addiction, periods & pregnancy... all 'health' info https://t.co/PGc09Em1Gz— Lydia Nicholas (@LydNicholas) July 23, 2019
Three Facebook moderators break their NDAs to expose a company in crisis
"A sweatshop in America"
Concern over police use of Ring doorbells as crime fighting tool
Some cities are partnering with Amazon to distribute its Ring cameras at a discount to deter crime, but privacy advocates warn more surveillance will unfairly impact minorities.
Lawmakers to introduce bill to ban facial recognition from public housing
It's the first time federal legislation has addressed limits on technology and tenants.