Requiring people to enter a facial recognition database just to travel seems unconstitutional and immoral, to say the least.
Source: DHS plan for U.S. citizens in facial recognition databases updated – Axios
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sure to cue a freakout
The house of cards social media is built on is so tenuous that actively cleaning up old or fraudulant accounts is seen as a bad thing.
Source: YouTube: Subscriber Counts May Drop With Purge of Closed Accounts – Variety
bloomberg blinks
Super smart move to avoid confusion.
Source: Bloomberg TicToc Renamed QuickTake, Partly Because of TikTok App – Variety
push the button, netflix
Bummer, but not wholly surprising.
Source: ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ Revival Cancelled at Netflix – Variety
ai wasn’t the cure-all for hiring
Good to see some companies rethinking AI as a hiring aid. The only real fix for bias is human.
Source: Why these companies are rethinking the use of AI in hiring | PBS NewsHour
big oil lied
I for one am shocked that massive oil companies with a financial interest in continuing their environment-trashing business practices would lie about the damage they’re doing.
Source: Big Coal Trashed the Climate and Got Away With It – Rolling Stone
streaming data in the crosshairs
Considering one of the big reasons these companies wanted to launch their own streaming services is to collect (and then sell) customer data, this is going to go over like a fart in church.
Source: Streaming’s Next Big Headache: Data Compliance | Hollywood Reporter
amazon gets away with it
States are so afraid of falling out of Amazon’s favor they’re sacrificing workers at the alter of appeasement.
Source: Amazon dodged workplace safety regulators for years, investigation shows – The Verge
billionaires need to be taxed
They’re away a pittance and, because it’s not in the form of taxes, they get to direct where it goes. In other words, it’s a scam.
Source: Jeff Bezos and other American billionaires’ giving to charity, in one chart – Vox
higher minimum wage, still hiring
To the surprise of hopefully no one, companies are still hiring despite predictions higher minimum wages would cause doom.
Source: Job loss predictions over rising minimum wages haven’t come true – Axios
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