Top news of the week: 11.08.2021.
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The NYPD Had a Secret Fund for Surveillance Tools
Documents reveal that police bought facial-recognition software, vans equipped with x-ray machines, and “stingray” cell site simulators—with no public oversight.
A 5G Shortcut Leaves Phones Exposed to Stingray Surveillance
You may not have the full story about what network you're on—and how well you're protected.
Living Planet Symposium 2022: Call for proposals
ESA is now accepting proposals for sessions at the next Living Planet Symposium – set to take place on 23–27 May 2022 at the World Conference Center in Bonn, Germany.
Groups make own drugs to fight high drug prices, shortages
Impatient with years of inaction in Washington on prescription drug costs, U.S. hospital groups, startups and nonprofits have started making their own medicines in a bid to combat ...
EXPLAINER: How cryptocurrency fits into infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — What does Bitcoin have to do with roads and bridges? A lot right now in the U.S. Congress. One way lawmakers propose to pay for the $1 trillion infrastructure bill the ...
Survivors of Guatemalan mudslide face death or emigration
NUEVO QUEJA, Guatemala (AP) — The day before he left for the United States was a busy one for Victor Cal. He went from relative to relative, collecting money to buy food during the journey ...
AIA Commission Adoption Consultation - Access Now
To understand why, let’s look at how these two applications of AI work, starting with how they are defined in Article 3: (34) ‘emotion recognition system’ means an AI system for …
Twitter's Photo-Cropping Algorithm Favors Young, Thin Females
The findings emerged from an unusual contest to identify unfairness in algorithms, similar to hunts for security bugs.