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Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you. In 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that A.I. is “the future, not only for Russia, but for all humankind.” He added that “Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world.” But now, after invading Ukraine, Putin’s big art...

Netflix is buying Boss Fight Entertainment, an independent gaming developer based in Texas. Why it matters: This is Netflix’s third gaming acquisition since it made its ambitions in this space public. Before getting into gaming, Netflix had not made many significant acquisitions. So far, its gaming purchases have been on the small scale. Boss Fight only has one game listed on its website, “...

Google is reported to be working on an update for its Nest series smart displays. 9to5Google has reported that the search engine giant is working on a new Nest Hub that is expected to launch sometime this year. The report suggests that the company is planning to take a different approach with its upcoming smart display by offering a detectable tablet-like form factor that will allow users to...

Yoast WordPress plugin published an apology for a failed update that resulted in serious website problems for publishers Yoast WordPress SEO plugin released an update but it soon became apparent that something went horribly wrong for some users. It appears that the problem caused fatal errors. Negatively affected victims of the Yoast update had to roll back to a previous version of Yoast. Acc...

Democrats sent Sen. Mitt Romney a new proposal yesterday on how to offset the cost of a Covid-19 spending bill, as the Utah Republican serves as the GOP point person on negotiations. Romney told reporters yesterday he received a new Democratic proposal, adding, “We are making progress.” A previous $15.6 billion proposal fell through as House Democrats objected to a plan to rescind $7 billion ...

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar 25, 2022– Clearview AI, the facial recognition technology (FRT) company that provides powerful and reliable photo identification technology to law enforcement agencies across the country, announced the release of Clearview 2.0, the latest version of its industry leading facial recognition platform. Representing the most significant upgrade since the release of its...

Clearview AI’s database now features more than 20 billion facial images Clearview 2.0 offers new compliance and investigation management tools for law enforcement agencies NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Clearview AI, the facial recognition technology (FRT) company that provides powerful and reliable photo identification technology to law enforcement agencies across the country, announced the releas...

The Supreme Court keeps getting more powerful, but confirmation hearings for new justices consistently fail to match the gravity of what’s at stake. Why it matters: Nine people have the final say on all the biggest and most controversial issues in America — abortion, marriage, health care, immigration, voting rights, the boundaries of free speech. But what’s supposed to be Congress’ one chan...

Story highlights The “Digital Markets Act” (DMA) has sped through the bloc’s legislative procedures and is designed to protect consumers and give rivals a better chance to survive against the world’s powerful tech juggernauts Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states agreed on Thursday on a landmark law to curb the market dominance of US big tech giants such as Google, Me...

Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states have agreed on a landmark law to curb the market dominance of United States tech giants such as Google, Meta, Amazon and Apple. Meeting in Brussels on Thursday, the politicians nailed down a long list of dos and don’ts that will single out the world’s most iconic web giants as internet “gatekeepers” subject to special rules. The “D...