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We need to create some new privacy rules for the 21st century that catch up to technologies new ability to assess not just our bodies but our minds.

Dr Adesina was feted for supporting scientists and researchers at the University’s Food Technology Department, helping to innovate in the production of shelf-stable flour produced from the national staple, the bananas, which could be turned into mashed banana meal known locally as matoke. The AfDB President recalled his work in Uganda as the Associate Director of the Rockefeller Foundation when he engaged the University faculty members in undertaking research on food technologies. The work d...

The government is following through on its decarbonisation plan, announced last year.

Amazon is indefinitely extending its moratorium on police use of its software but opponents say that's not enough.

Amazon Indefinitely Extends Ban On Police Use Of Face Recognition Technology SEATTLE (dpa-AFX) - Amazon is indefinitely extending its moratorium on sale of its face recognition software, Rekognition, to law enforcement, Reuters reported. The company said it would extend its ban on police usage of the technology until further notice. The technology majors one-year ban on the sale of its technology to law enforcement, that was set in June 2020 amidst nationwide protests against police violence, w...

Drones were sent out more than once to situations described as “fake COVID testing.”

The Galt Joint Union High School District welcomed a new superintendent while honoring six of their own who are retiring at their latest Board of Trustees meeting on May 6.

Artificial intelligence can enable a wide range of capabilities, but there are also challenges to consider. by In his role as Senior Business Development Strategist and Senior Public Safety Strategist at CDW•G, Matt Parnofiello manages technology integration projects with public safety agencies from concept to implementation. Working with the CDW•G team, customers, and industry partners he provides agencies with new capabilities and improved safety through digital transformation. List...

The tests are part of a rapid effort by the U.S. government to develop an answer to small drones, which are increasingly being used by terror groups and drug cartels. The staggering demand — hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of funding for research, in contrast to the relatively cheap cost of small consumer drones — has already created a private economy to produce counter-drone technology for the military, involving dozens of aerospace and defense companies. In the current fiscal yea...

Enormous sums of money have poured into racial justice groups since the May, 2020 murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police Department. “The foundation widely seen as a steward of the Black Lives Matter movement says it took in just over $90 million last year,” according to a February $5 billion was raised by groups associated with that cause in the first two months alone following Floyds death. Two weeks after the Floyd killing, The New York Timessaid that the “money has come in...