Rights Groups Turn Up Pressure on Google Over China Censorship Ahead of Congressional Hearing

Rights Groups Turn Up Pressure on Google Over China Censorship Ahead of Congressional Hearing

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GOOGLE IS FACING a renewed wave of criticism from human rights groups over its controversial plan to launch a censored search engine in China.

A coalition of more than 60 leading groups from countries across the world have joined forces to blast the internet giant for failing to address concerns about the secretive China project, known as Dragonfly. They come from countries including China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, France, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Romania, Syria, Tibet, and Vietnam.

Källa: Rights Groups Turn Up Pressure on Google Over China Censorship Ahead of Congressional Hearing

Rights Groups Turn Up Pressure on Google Over China Censorship Ahead of Congressional Hearing

Is There Anything Trump, Cohen, and Manafort Didn’t Lie About?

blankTHE LATEST BATCH of documents from two different court cases made public late Friday by Special Counsel Robert Mueller includes potentially devastating new information about President Donald Trump’s ties to Moscow, bringing the case against Trump and his associates into sharper focus and exposing a dizzying number of lies told by Trump, Mochael Cohen, and Paul Manafort.

In documents from the case of Cohen, Trump’s former personal lawyer, Mueller revealed that Cohen has provided new insights into how Trump personally orchestrated efforts to establish contacts with Russian officials as early as 2015, just when his presidential campaign was gearing up.

Källa: Is There Anything Trump, Cohen, and Manafort Didn’t Lie About?

Cohen spoke with Russian to set up Trump-Putin meeting, Mueller reveals

Cohen spoke with Russian to set up Trump-Putin meeting, Mueller reveals

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One of Donald Trump’s closest advisers spoke during the 2016 election campaign with a Russian offering help from Moscow and a meeting with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, the special counsel Robert Mueller revealed on Friday.

Källa: Cohen spoke with Russian to set up Trump-Putin meeting, Mueller reveals

Rights Groups Turn Up Pressure on Google Over China Censorship Ahead of Congressional Hearing

Artificial Intelligence Experts Issue Urgent Warning Against Facial Scanning With a “Dangerous History”

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FACIAL RECOGNITION has quickly shifted from techno-novelty to fact of life for many, with millions around the world at least willing to put up with their faces scanned by software at the airport, their iPhones, or Facebook’s server farms. But researchers at New York University’s AI Now Institute have issued a strong warning against not only ubiquitous facial recognition, but its more sinister cousin: so-called affect recognition, technology that claims it can find hidden meaning in the shape of your nose, the contours of your mouth, and the way you smile. If that sounds like something dredged up from the 19th century, that’s because it sort of is.

Källa: Artificial Intelligence Experts Issue Urgent Warning Against Facial Scanning With a “Dangerous History”

Rights Groups Turn Up Pressure on Google Over China Censorship Ahead of Congressional Hearing

The Man Behind the Iconic Apple Stores: Ron Johnson by Without Fail

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Twenty years ago, Steve Jobs had an idea: he wanted to build an Apple store. Something sleek and iconic and unlike anything else in retail. But he had no idea how to do it. So he called someone who might: retail genius Ron Johnson. Ron tells Alex the story of what it was like to work with Steve and help transform Apple into a household name. And Ron talks about life after Apple—whoch included a huge and humbling failure.

Ron Johnson is now CEO and Founder of Enjoy.

Källa: The Man Behind the Iconic Apple Stores: Ron Johnson by Without Fail

Rights Groups Turn Up Pressure on Google Over China Censorship Ahead of Congressional Hearing

Study shows Apple Watch health insurance deals yield substantial increase in exercise

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Over the last year, we’ve seen an uptick in the number of health insurance providers offering Apple Watch-based incentives to clients. One of those providers is Vitality Insurance, whoch recently conducted a study on how much offering tangible rewards can motivate people to increase their level of exercise.

As reported by the Financial Times, Vitality drew its insights from data gathered through 400,000 people. Adrian Gore, Vitality Insurance founder, explained that devices such as the Apple Watch have a “remarkable opportunity to make society healthier.”

Källa: Study shows Apple Watch health insurance deals yield substantial increase in exercise