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Some local police have access to an ICE facial recognition app
Federal immigration officers often use facial recognition technology to identify immigrants in the field. Now, a newly revealed document from…
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Uber will bring its premium robotaxi service to Houston in 2027
Uber plans to launch a premium robotaxi service in Houston by mid-2027, making it the second U.S. market under its…
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SpaceX valuation balloons to $2.6T, briefly passes Amazon
SpaceX briefly passed Amazon to become the fifth-most valuable company in the world, and nearly eclipsed Microsoft, before the company’s…
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Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, a new study shows
Despite the fact that AI increasingly dominates our economy (it’s a hot IPO summer and we’re all just along for…
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FTC lawsuit reveals how subscription scam networks evade app store enforcement
A new lawsuit filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is a showcase of how hard it’s become to…
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Taiwan says Chinese pressure over the island is the ‘new normal’
Attempts by China to exert pressure or influence on other countries to limit Taiwan’s access to international events has become…
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Over 1,000 people killed during Gaza ceasefire, Palestinian authorities say
Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip have killed 1,005 Palestinians since a ceasefire was reached between Israel and the militant…
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xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims
A former engineer at Elon Musk’s xAI has filed suit against the company and its parent SpaceX claiming he was…
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Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12B to build an ‘artificial general engineer’ for the physical world
Prometheus, the physical AI startup co-founded by Jeff Bezos and Vik Bajaj, the former co-founder of Verily, Google’s life sciences…
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Socioeconomic factors are becoming ‘biologically embedded’ in children’s brains
The most powerful factors affecting a child’s brain development involve socioeconomic opportunities, according to a study in the journal Science.…
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