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RICHMOND, Va. – Grupos de derechos civiles están haciendo sonar la alarma sobre el sistema de timbre Ring de Amazon. Representantes de 30 grupos activistas firmaron recientemente una carta abierta a legisladores locales y federales instándoles a frenar las asociaciones de vigilancia que Ring tiene con los departamentos de...
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RICHMOND, Va. — Civil rights groups are sounding the alarm about Amazon’s Ring doorbell system. Representatives from 30 activist groups recently signed an open letter to local and federal lawmakers urging them to curb the surveillance partnerships that Ring has with police departments. Homeowners can use Ring to record video of...
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Tokio – Sony tiene previsto lanzar su videoconsola de nueva generación, la PlayStation 5, para finales de 2020, anunció el 9 de octubre el responsable de la división de videojuegos de la compañía tecnológica japonesa, Jim Ryan. El CEO y presidente de Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) confirmó a través...
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Tokyo – Sony plans to launch its next-generation video game console, the PlayStation 5, by the end of 2020, the head of the videogame division of Japanese technology company Jim Ryan announced on October 9. The CEO and president of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) confirmed through his official blog...
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Late last year, I wrote about deepfakes and how for about 200,000 years, we have relied on our eyes and ears to separate truth from lies and fact from fiction. Even if we ignore the rise of fake news, technology is on the verge of making it impossible to know if...
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On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” becoming the first human being to walk on the moon. NASA reported to Congress that the Apollo program cost $25.4 billion ($176 billion in 2019 dollars). At the time, there were only...
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Techlash has been brewing for years. No one should be surprised that “Break up big tech!” is a major talking point for many 2020 presidential hopefuls. But how, exactly, would this be accomplished? And, what would the world look like in the aftermath? Let’s start with a few observable...
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Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are about to dramatically change the world of on-demand car services. Viewed through that lens, Uber and Lyft’s current business models are doomed to fail. Think about this… Big IPOs Uber and Lyft, the two biggest US-based on-demand car service companies, went public this year....
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Google just announced this week that $1 billion will be allocated to address the need for ‘20,000 affordable housing units’ in the ‘San Francisco Bay Area, which includes the Greater San José Metropolitan Area (Silicon Valley). This announcement was made using a social media blog entitled, “Google Pledges $1...