Police Body Camera Maker Decides Against Using Facial Recognition
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Police Body Camera Maker Decides Against Using Facial Recognition
AAXN (Axon Enterprise Inc.) | Futurism
Axon, the biggest supplier of police body cameras and software in the U.S. just called it quits on using artificial intelligence-powered facial recognition systems for its devices, The New York Times reports. “Face recognition technology is not currently reliable enough to ethically justify its use,” the company’s independent ethics board concluded in a review. This decision is yet another sign that facial recognition technology might not be ready for prime time yet — especially in light of some inherent biases of the technology. While Axon has yet to deploy any facial recognition software in its body cameras, it’s taking a pass for now.
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TWTR (Twitter Inc.) | New York Post
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TransferWise Launches Traveler- and Immigrant-Friendly Debit Card
TransferWise Ltd | Nasdaq
TransferWise, an international money transfer service, announced this week the launch of a new Mastercard debit card alongside its foreign currency account that will make it cheaper and faster for customers to spend, send and receive money overseas. Travelers can spend on the card in any of more than 40 currencies and TransferWise will automatically convert the charge at the best rate from the customer's account. The account converts money based on the mid-market exchange rate (the rate you'd see on sites like Google or Yahoo Finance) and charges a relatively small fee to do so. TransferWise also offers money transfer services to more than 70 countries. The article TransferWise Launches Traveler- and Immigrant-Friendly Debit Card originally appeared on NerdWallet.
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Huawei employees reportedly worked with Chinese military on AI projects
002502 (Huawei Technology Company Ltd) | New York Post
Huawei Technologies Co. employees worked on at least 10 research projects with Chinese armed forces personnel over the past decade, Bloomberg reported Thursday, collaborations the Chinese company said it was not aware of. Huawei workers teamed up with members of various organs of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in projects from artificial intelligence to radio communications, Bloomberg said. “Huawei is not aware of its employees publishing research papers in their individual capacity,” Huawei spokesman Joe Kelly told Reuters, adding the company does not have any research and development collaboration or partnerships with PLA-affiliated institutions. The US government last month effectively banned its agencies from buying Huawei telecommunications equipment and put severe restrictions on US firms doing business with Huawei. The research projects are part of a few publicly disclosed studies, Bloomberg said, adding it culled the papers from published periodicals and online research databases used mainly by Chinese academics and industry specialists.
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Police Body Camera Maker Decides Against Using Facial Recognition
AAXN (Axon Enterprise Inc.) | Futurism
Axon, the biggest supplier of police body cameras and software in the U.S. just called it quits on using artificial intelligence-powered facial recognition systems for its devices, The New York Times reports. “Face recognition technology is not currently reliable enough to ethically justify its use,” the company’s independent ethics board concluded in a review. This decision is yet another sign that facial recognition technology might not be ready for prime time yet — especially in light of some inherent biases of the technology. While Axon has yet to deploy any facial recognition software in its body cameras, it’s taking a pass for now.
Read More
Google Maps can now predict how crowded your bus or train will be
GOOG (Alphabet Inc.) | Tech Crunch
Google Maps can now predict how crowded your bus or train will beGoogle Maps just got a lot more useful for commuters. Starting in October, the company began to ask Google Maps users to rate their journey if they had traveled during peak commuting hours of 6 am to 10 am. In addition, Google today expanded its ability to alert bus riders to delays. Essentially, the company is turning Google Maps into a powerful tool to understand the movement of people in the world. Google says the new features are rolling out on Google Maps in nearly 200 cities worldwide on both Android and iOS today.
Read More
Final Fantasy Is Getting a Live-Action Netflix Show
NFLX (Netflix) | Esquire
Final Fantasy is getting a live-action show on Netflix. While not much is known about the series, it was announced Thursday that it will take place in the realm of Final Fantasy XIV, which is Final Fantasy’s extremely popular online title. Considering that the Final Fantasy series is notorious for its incoherent yet somehow remarkably engaging storytelling, this show has plenty of lore to choose from. That includes the awesome Castlevania series and upcoming Witcher series on Netflix. And there's even a Final Fantasy XIV action title on Netflix that is called, no joke, Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light.
Read More
Exxon's Norwegian portfolio worth more than $3B, study says
XOM (Exxon Mobil Corporation) | Seeking Alpha
Exxon Mobil (XOM -0.8%) could be looking to fetch as much as $3.1B through the sale of its Norwegian portfolio, according to Rystad Energy, which would make the sale the largest private transaction ever recorded on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Read More
Twitter will begin flagging ‘abusive’ tweets from political leaders
TWTR (Twitter Inc.) | New York Post
Some of President Trump’s tweets may soon come with a trigger warning. Beginning Thursday, flagged tweets will first be concealed, and users will have to click past a statement that says, “The Twitter Rules about abusive behavior apply to this Tweet. However, Twitter has determined it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain available.”Tweets that violate Twitter’s rules will also be deprioritized by Twitter’s feed, meaning they will end up in front of fewer eyeballs. Twitter says the label will only be used on “rare” occasions when a tweet egregiously violates its policies. Trump has rattled nerves with his sometimes aggressive tweets toward other world leaders, particularly those of Iran and North Korea.
Read More
TransferWise Launches Traveler- and Immigrant-Friendly Debit Card
TransferWise Ltd | Nasdaq
TransferWise, an international money transfer service, announced this week the launch of a new Mastercard debit card alongside its foreign currency account that will make it cheaper and faster for customers to spend, send and receive money overseas. Travelers can spend on the card in any of more than 40 currencies and TransferWise will automatically convert the charge at the best rate from the customer's account. The account converts money based on the mid-market exchange rate (the rate you'd see on sites like Google or Yahoo Finance) and charges a relatively small fee to do so. TransferWise also offers money transfer services to more than 70 countries. The article TransferWise Launches Traveler- and Immigrant-Friendly Debit Card originally appeared on NerdWallet.
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Huawei employees reportedly worked with Chinese military on AI projects
002502 (Huawei Technology Company Ltd) | New York Post
Huawei Technologies Co. employees worked on at least 10 research projects with Chinese armed forces personnel over the past decade, Bloomberg reported Thursday, collaborations the Chinese company said it was not aware of. Huawei workers teamed up with members of various organs of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in projects from artificial intelligence to radio communications, Bloomberg said. “Huawei is not aware of its employees publishing research papers in their individual capacity,” Huawei spokesman Joe Kelly told Reuters, adding the company does not have any research and development collaboration or partnerships with PLA-affiliated institutions. The US government last month effectively banned its agencies from buying Huawei telecommunications equipment and put severe restrictions on US firms doing business with Huawei. The research projects are part of a few publicly disclosed studies, Bloomberg said, adding it culled the papers from published periodicals and online research databases used mainly by Chinese academics and industry specialists.
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Alexion Receives FDA Approval of SOLIRIS (eculizumab) for the Treatment of Adults with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD) who are Anti-Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) Antibody Positive
ALXN (Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.) | Business Wire
As the global leader in complement biology and inhibition for more than 20 years, Alexion has developed and commercializes two approved complement inhibitors to treat patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), as well as the first and only approved complement inhibitor to treat atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), anti-acetylcholine receptor (AchR) antibody-positive generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) and anti-AQP4 antibody-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD).
Read More
ConAgra, owner of Slim Jim and Birds Eye, goes all-in on fake meat
CAG (ConAgra Brands Inc.) | CNN
ConAgra, the owner of Slim Jim, Marie Callender's frozen meals and Birds Eye, is the latest big food company to disappoint investors with lackluster results. But the company is hoping to turn things around by investing more in plant-based proteins. During a conference call with analysts Thursday, ConAgra CEO Sean Connolly said the company believes the overall plant-based protein market in the United States could generate $30 billion in sales each year. Connolly added that most plant-based products, particularly burgers , are targeted at beef eaters. But he thinks many other so-called flexatarians will be willing to try other protein-based substitutes -- especially for chicken
Read More
Xbox Game Pass just got a bunch of new indie games
MSFT (Microsoft Corporation) | Venture Beat
As part of that broadcast, the publisher revealed that it has a deluge of new indie games coming to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service for both Xbox One and PC. The company is laser focused on getting people to subscribe to Game Pass. Now, the company has 11 new games coming to Xbox Game Pass across PC and console. And you can start playing any of these games right now by subscribing to Xbox Game Pass. Or you can pay just $10 per month for Xbox Game Pass on console or $5 for Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Read More
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