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Robot in Amazon warehouse hosipitalises 24 workers with bear spray

A robot in an Amazon warehouse has hospitalised 24 of its human colleagues after breaking open a pressurised can of bear repellent. The automated machine accidentally punctured a 255g can...

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Google spin-off Waymo launches driverless taxi service

Google's self-driving car project has announced a driverless commercial taxi service. Early users of Waymo's autonomous taxi programme in Phoenix, Arizona, will now be able to...

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Apple patents interchangeable AirPods with health tracking features

Apple is working on interchangeable AirPod headphones that come with health tracking features to measure heart rate and stress levels. That's according to a...

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Google Search ‘Filter Bubbles’ Politically Divide Americans, Study Says

Google’s personalized search results are isolating people in bubbles of their own political preferences, making it harder for voters to make informed decisions on contentious issues, according to...

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London Police Trial Facial Recognition Cameras

LONDON—Facial recognition technology similar to that used in authoritarian countries like China is being trialed by police on the streets of London. The Metropolitan Police is scanning the faces...

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UPS Deletes Christmas ‘Shredding’ Message After Swift Backlash

UPS quickly deleted a tweet, a message posted on the Twitter social media website, after swift backlash to the content of the message. “If your child addresses a letter to the North Pole, you can...

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London Police Test Facial-Recognition Technology

LONDON—Facial-recognition technology similar to that used in authoritarian countries such as China had a two-day trial by police on the streets of London. The Metropolitan Police scanned the faces...

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Need Some Milk? Driverless Cars Start Delivering Groceries

The nation’s largest grocery chain stepped into the driverless delivery market on Dec. 18, bringing milk, eggs, and other items to a customer’s home in a vehicle with nobody at the...

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Google Distributes Surveillance Technology Developed by Chinese Company

Commentary This article is part of a series on corporate surveillance, highlighting civil liberty, privacy, cybersecurity, safety, and tech-product user exploitation threats associated with...

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Facebook and Google Congressional Hearings: Meaningless Resolve and Phony Apologies

Commentary In 2018, I was offered the opportunity to share important information regarding surveillance and data-mining business practices employed by Facebook and Google with the Senate and House...