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Russia is using facial recognition to spy on its citizens
While you’ll soon be using facial recognition to unlock your smartphone, Russia is using the technology to spy on its citizens. Moscow is adding facial recognition software to 170,000 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras positioned throughout the capital. The city has worked on the system for close to a year alongside NTechLabs, a Russian startup that released […]
LeVar Burton sued for using ‘Reading Rainbow’ catchphrase on his podcast
Actor LeVar Burton, who taught Gen-Xers and millennials about the wonders of literature via PBS’ Reading Rainbow, is being sued for his continued use of the show’s iconic catchphrase. The 60-year-old peppered his podcast, LeVar Burton Reads, with the tagline “But you don’t have to take my word for it,” and that’s put him in […]