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Until There Was Nothing Black Hole

Until There Was Nothing

“Until There Was Nothing” …or “How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Black Hole” Someday this will pass and there will be nothing left. The inevitable spaghettification of it all. That’s not something to fear “because we come from nothing” as Alan Watts puts it… and from nothing…
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May 8, 2020
Clearview AI to stop providing facial recognition to private companies Clearview

Clearview AI to stop providing facial recognition to private companies

Clearview AI scrapes images from social media. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Clearview AI, the maker of a controversial facial recognition app being used by US law enforcement to identify suspects and other people, says it will stop doing business with companies not working with law enforcement.Clearview identifies people by comparing photos…
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May 8, 2020
Clearview AI to stop selling controversial facial recognition app to private companies Clearview

Clearview AI to stop selling controversial facial recognition app to private companies

Controversial facial recognition provider Clearview AI says it will no longer sell its app to private companies and non-law enforcement entities, according to a legal filing first reported on Thursday by BuzzFeed News. It will also be terminating all contracts, regardless of whether the contracts are for law enforcement purposes…
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May 8, 2020
Trump’s new press secretary called his comments ‘racist’ and ‘hateful’ in 2015 and described him as a ‘sideshow’ Impeachment

Trump’s new press secretary called his comments ‘racist’ and ‘hateful’ in 2015 and described him as a ‘sideshow’

Kayleigh McEnanyScott W. Grau/Getty ImagesIn 2015, Kayleigh McEnany, President Donald Trump's newly-installed White House press secretary, called Trump a "racist" and said he made "derogatory" and "hateful" comments about Mexican immigrants, CNN reported."Donald Trump has shown himself to be a showman, I don't think he is a serious candidate," McEnany…
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May 8, 2020