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In July 2019, Cori Crider, a lawyer, investigator and activist, was introduced to a former Facebook employee whose work monitoring graphic content on the world’s largest social media platform had left deep psychological scars. As the moderator described the fallout of spending each day watching gruesome footage, Crider was first …

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Following the opposite direction of the tech giants, A tech startup starts offering today a similar facial recognition software to law enforcement agencies. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES, June 18, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ — Face-Six, an American-Israeli startup company has started offering a facial recognition service to law enforcement agencies in …

Over the past few months, a fierce debate has erupted in Silicon Valley over whether large technology companies like Amazon, Google and Microsoft should join forces with the United States military, along with agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The debate has largely been conducted along ethical lines. On one …

Red Hat sounds like a small, theatrical wardrobe agency near the heart of London’s theaterland in Soho. But in reality, it is a software company with its head in the clouds and its feet firmly on the ground. Earlier this week, the century-old technology giant IBM splashed out US$34 billion to …