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This is how China’s zero-covid policy is changing

It’s a confusing time. Instead of a single top-down decision from Beijing to roll back zero-covid policies, there have been many independent decisions announced by local governments in the last week, mostly... Read more »

How US police use counterterrorism money to buy spy tech

The report drew on a host of public records, and its financial calculations aggregate previous research with public data from government websites. The organizations provide a list of recommendations, including a call... Read more »

Making sense of the changes to China’s zero-covid policy

It’s a confusing time. Instead of a single top-down decision from Beijing to roll back zero-covid policies, there have been many independent decisions announced by local governments in the last week, mostly... Read more »

The metaverse fashion stylists are here

Most digital stylists balance their metaverse clients with real-world gigs. Michaela Leitz-Askalan, for example, runs a plus-size styling business in the real world but decided to start selling her services as a... Read more »

The Download: Uber’s flawed facial recognition, and police drones

One evening in February last year, a 23-year-old Uber driver named Niradi Srikanth was getting ready to start another shift, ferrying passengers around the south Indian city of Hyderabad. He pointed the... Read more »

I met a police drone in VR—and hated it

It’s important because police departments are racing way ahead and starting to use drones anyway, for everything from surveillance and intelligence gathering to chasing criminals. Last week, San Francisco approved the use of robots, including drones... Read more »

Police are rolling out new technologies without knowing their effects on people

It’s important because police departments are racing way ahead and starting to use drones anyway, for everything from surveillance and intelligence gathering to chasing criminals. Last week, San Francisco approved the use of robots, including drones... Read more »

Uber’s facial recognition is locking Indian drivers out of their accounts 

Uber checks that a driver’s face matches what the company has on file through a program called “Real-Time ID Check.” It was rolled out in the US in 2016, in India in... Read more »

The industrial metaverse: A game-changer for operational technology

The industrial metaverse: A game-changer for operational technology | MIT Technology Review You need to enable JavaScript to view this site. Read more »

“李老师”口述:如何成为推特上中国抗议信息的聚集地

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