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Taxis in Tokyo using facial recognition tech to determine passenger age, gender
A Japanese e-commerce company is outfitting taxis in Japan with facial recognition technology that targets advertisements to passengers based on their gender and age.
Video game teaches garment workers to operate the robots poised to take their jobs
A startup is attempting to teach garment industry workers in southeast Asia digital skills through video games, according to reports.
T-Mobile, Comcast announce new feature that stops robocalls
T-Mobile has announced that it is launching a new feature along with Comcast Corp. that will block robocalls, according to reports.
20 years after Columbine, work continues to engineer safer schools
Twenty years after the Columbine High School shootings, standards are being written to help engineers design safer schools and better enable affected communities to recover and heal. "There’s now enough fire in the belly to get it done,” one official said.
Artist builds AI robot that can paint landscapes
An artist from Hong Kong has built an artificial intelligence (AI) robot capable of creating landscape paintings.
Study: Data reveals home plate umpires make many mistakes
With baseball season in full swing, new research is suggesting that home plate umpires make several incorrect calls over the course of a season.
Report: Google supplies US law enforcement with whereabouts of devices to help solve crimes
According to a recent New York Times report, U.S. law enforcement officials are accessing Google’s location-tracking database to solve crimes.
Engineers downplayed cracks hours before bridge collapse
In court documents, engineers allegedly assured colleagues it was safe to keep the road below open and that temporary shoring to hold up the span was not necessary as repairs proceeded.
Amazon employs "thousands" to listen in on customer exchanges with Alexa
According to a new report from Bloomberg, Amazon employs thousands of people to listen in on customer conversations with its virtual assistant Alexa.
Study: "Dirty data" taints predictive policing software
Researchers from New York University (NYU) School of Law and NYU's AI Now Institute are suggesting that predictive policing systems may intensify discrimination in the criminal justice system by relying on so-called “dirty data,” according to a new study.
Student creates fashion accessory line from discarded billboards
Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) are turning old billboards into a line of fashion accessories.
Researchers develop hate crime reporting app
Researchers at the University of Utah have developed an app that lets people report incidents of hate.
Report suggests that trial of facial recognition tech in NYC failed
A trial of facial recognition technology in New York City has failed, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
Researchers engineer a quieter airplane toilet
Tests show aeroacoustically generated noise dropped up to 16 decibels during the flush valve opening and about 5 to 10 decibels when the valve was fully opened.
Reusable container alternative designed for meal kit market
A new line of containers has been developed to reduce the amount of packaging waste from meal kits, according to reports.
Video gamer, drone operator now officially recognized occupations in China
China is officially recognizing thirteen new occupations associated with emerging technologies, according to reports.
IBM algorithm predicts worker flight with 95% accuracy
According to IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, IBM AI tech can predict which employees in the U.S. workforce are looking for new jobs with 95% accuracy.
At-home DNA testing company urges customers to supply FBI with DNA profiles
Following reports that it shared the DNA data of its customers with the FBI, ancestry service Family Tree DNA is now imploring its customers to voluntarily offer up their DNA profiles to aid law enforcement in solving cold cases and other mysteries.
Manhattan set to charge a congestion toll, a US first
The measure requires the toll to be implemented by December 2020.
After 8 weeks of labor, this 'fatberg' is vanquished
During the project to clear the massive clog, seven confined-space specialists were winched into the sewer via a manhole.