Fourth U.S. City Bans Facial Recognition, Citing Threats to Free Speech and Civil Rights

On Tuesday, the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts unanimously voted to prohibit local government from using facial recognition, becoming the fourth city in the country to institute such a ban over concerns that the technology is biased and violates basic human rights.

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House Oversight Committee Presses Probe Of Border Official Facebook Groups

Committee Chair Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) wants the names of CBP employees in the groups and any disciplinary records.

Idris Elba Says It Was ‘Love At First Sight’ Meeting His Wife Sabrina Dhowre

“I’m actually the happiest I’ve been in a long time,” the actor said.

GOP Rep. Mike Conaway Of Texas Announces Retirement After 15 Years In Congress

Conaway is the fifth congressional Republican in just two weeks to announce a decision to not seek reelection in 2020.

Disney, Eddie Bauer Recall Baby Sleepers Over Safety Risk

The recall was announced months after Fisher-Price recalled 4.7 million a similar product for the same reason.

Here’s how AG Barr is going to get encryption 'backdoors'

If you heard the reverberation of a few thousand heads exploding last week, it was the sound of information security professionals reacting to US Attorney General Barr saying that Big Tech “can and must” put backdoors into encryption.

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'Fortnite' season 10 trailer is filled with the game's greatest hits

Epic is finally ready to show a sliver of Fortnite season 10 a day before its August 1st debut, and it seems like nostalgia is the order of the day. The company has posted a brief story trailer suggesting that you’ll see locations, goodies and theme…

Major broadcasters sue nonprofit TV service over copyright infringement

CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox have joined forces in a fight against Locast, a nonprofit streaming service funded in part by AT&T Inc and Dish Network Corp. The service is marketed as a distribution alternative for people who can’t get local TV signals th…

PlayStation Plus free games list for August revealed

With August kicking off tomorrow, that means we’ve got a new slate of free PlayStation Plus games arriving soon. As it usually does, Sony has revealed what’s in store for August a few days before the games actually go live. This time around, we’ve got games that are almost polar opposites of one another, with one being extremely fast-paced and … Continue reading

In The Midst Of A Reproductive Rights Crisis, We’ve Lost More Watchdogs

A nonprofit media outlet dedicated to reproductive health and justice laid off its remaining reporting staff this week.