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The Best Algorithms Still Struggle to Recognize Black Faces
US government tests find even top-performing facial recognition systems misidentify blacks at rates 5 to 10 times higher than they do whites. […]
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Amazon Warns Customers: Those Supplements Might Be Fake
The company confirmed that it had notified users earlier this week that the Align supplements they purchased were likely counterfeits. […]
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This App Lets Your Instagram Followers Track Your Location
By aggregating data from geotagged posts and stories, Who's in Town can paint a detailed picture of the habits and haunts of anyone with a Instagram account. […]
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Congress Is Pissed at Facebook and the FTC
But lawmakers appear too divided still to do anything meaningful about it. […]
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While Washington Talks Antitrust, Europe Takes Action
The European Commission fined chipmaker Qualcomm €242 million for luring Chinese phone makers with low prices, forcing a British rival out of the market. […]
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High-Stakes AI Decisions Need to Be Automatically Audited
Opinion: The current standard for evaluating AI is insufficient. AI systems should be instantly interrogated for bias by a third party. […]
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Everyone Wants Facebook's Libra to Be Regulated. But How?
Facebook's planned blockchain-based currency poses nettlesome questions: Is it money? Is the Libra Association a bank? […]
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Tech Giants Claim Competition Exists. House Dems Don't Buy It
Executives from Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google testified before Congress that they face fierce competition. Lawmakers say it’s “frustrating.&rdquo […]
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Most of the Google Walkout Organizers Have Left the Company
Four of the seven organizers of a 20,000-person walkout at Google in November have quit. The latest to leave is Meredith Whittaker, a researcher on the ethics of AI. […]
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No More Deals: San Francisco Considers Raising Taxes on Tech
In 2011, San Francisco cut taxes to lure tech firms. Eight years later, gaping income inequality has city officials looking for ways to get tech to pay its share. […]
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That Global Ban on Huawei? Not So Much Anymore
A UK committee declines to recommend banning Huawei from the nation's telecom networks, as the US prepares to permit some sales to the Chinese company. […]
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Was Bitcoin Created by This International Drug Dealer? Maybe!
The search for Satoshi Nakamoto has led down many rabbit holes. I went down another: the case of global criminal mastermind Paul LeRoux. […]
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The Toxic Potential of YouTube’s Feedback Loop
Opinion: I worked on AI for YouTube’s "recommended for you" feature. We underestimated how the algorithms could go terribly wrong. […]
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FTC Reportedly Hits Facebook With Record $5 Billion Settlement
The devil's going to be in the details, but for now Facebook owes big for its privacy violations. […]
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This Chrome Extension Calls Out Sponsored YouTube Videos
Researchers last year found that many YouTube influencers don't disclose ties to affiliate marketing. A new browser extension will show you the hidden connections. […]