Days after the ACLU released a damning report on Amazon’s face recognition product Rekognition, Amazon’s general manager of AI, Dr. Matt Wood, countered its findings in a blog post. The ACLU used Rekognition to scan the faces of all 535 members of Congress, finding the software mistook 28 of them for suspected…
LinkedIn, a social network for people who enjoy soul-crushing banality, knows you get more than a few emails from randos wanting to add you to their “professional network.” Sick of reading messages from these random acquaintances looking to discuss synergy-based solutions and B2B services? Well, now you can listen to…
A group of scientists in Russia claim to have revived a pair of frozen nematodes, or roundworms, that were between 30,000 and 42,000 years old. One of the specimens was found in a soil sample collected from a ground squirrel burrow located around 100…
The CBS board of directors will investigate allegations of sexual misconduct laid against CEO Les Moonves. The New Yorker published an exposé from investigative reporter Ronan Farrow detailing the accusations of six women who say that between…
On Thursday evening, MoviePass ran out of money, and their service stopped working. You read that right. MoviePass didn’t have enough money to pay for all the tickets its subscribers were buying. As such, MoviePass’ owner Helios and Matheson Analytics revealed on Friday that they’d borrowed $5-million to keep the lights on. If you’ve got money invested in MoviePass, now … Continue reading
Verizon is launching its own VPN app for Android and iOS, offering it to customers at the price of $3.99/month. The service, which Verizon calls Safe Wi-Fi, is presented as a way to block advertisement trackers and protect one’s privacy without having to sign up with a third-party VPN company. The subscription is only available for certain Verizon customers, though. … Continue reading
Dinklage is slated to make the fairy tale film for Sony after “Game of Thrones” finishes its run in 2019.
Though, there’s a reason no Trump portrait exists there yet.
Rep. Jason Lewis (R-Minn.) also referred to benefits recipients as “parasites” on his radio show.
Last year, he called the movement against harassment and assault a “watershed moment.”
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