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Tech

Facial Recognition Company Lied to School District About its Racist Tech

12.01.20

By Todd Feathers
Music

How to Game Spotify and Instagram’s Algorithms to Help Artists

10.28.20

By Josh Terry
Tech

Uber Is Getting Sued Over Its Allegedly Racist Ratings System

10.27.20

By Edward Ongweso Jr
Tech

Detroit Extends Contract of Facial Recognition Program That Doesn’t Work

09.30.20

By Edward Ongweso Jr
Tech

An AI Paper Published in a Major Journal Dabbles in Phrenology

09.28.20

By Edward Ongweso Jr
Tech

Students Are Rebelling Against Eye-Tracking Exam Surveillance Tools

09.24.20

By Todd Feathers and Janus Rose
Tech

Target’s Delivery App Workers to Be Paid by a Blackbox Algorithm Nationwide

09.11.20

By Lauren Kaori Gurley
Tech

California Bill Would Mandate ‘Crime Prediction’ Algorithms Instead of Cash Bail

09.08.20

By Isaac Scher
Tech

Police Across Canada Are Using Predictive Policing Algorithms, Report Finds

09.01.20

By Nathan Munn
Tech

Google Maps Thinks This Beautiful Beach Is In Landlocked Belarus

08.31.20

By Aaron Gordon
Tech

This Guy is Suing the Patent Office for Deciding an AI Can’t Invent Things

08.24.20

By Todd Feathers
Music

The Strange Bliss of the Mashup Era

08.24.20

By Fran Hoepfner

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Music

J. Cole Signs With the Chinese Basketball Association’s Nanjing Monkey Kings

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Gaming

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Music

Former Turnstile Guitarist Brady Ebert Arrested in Maryland for Attempted Murder of Lead Singer’s Father

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Gaming

Pokémon Champions Mega Abilities Leak Reveals Overpowered New Forms

A new leak might have just revealed most of the new Mega Abilities in Pokémon Champions. If true, it makes some Pokémon overpowered.

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