For years, civil and digital rights organizations and researchers have raised concerns about racial bias within technology and how it perpetuates discriminatory harms on marginalized communities.\n“Big Tech must face the consequences for disregarding racial equity and continuing to exploit Black communities and employees.\nIn order to adequately address racial bias in technology, Alphabet Inc. must conduct a comprehensive racial equity audit using vetted framework that has been proven to produce real solutions, rather than a framework developed by compromised consultants and corporate law firms.\nColor Of Change commends Senators Booker, Wyden, Warner, Blumenthal and Markey in their efforts to rein in the power of the tech industry.\nIn 2018, Booker secured a commitment from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg -- for the first time -- to conduct a civil rights audit at Facebook.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Some City leaders continue push for temporary ban on facial recognition surveillance","slug":"some-city-leaders-continue-push-for-temporary-ban-on-facial-recognition-surveillance","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-06-04 14:31:27.202792","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":""}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Agency moves to add machine learning to road-safty arsenal","slug":"agency-moves-to-add-machine-learning-to-road-safty-arsenal","publishDate":"2021-06-04 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2021-06-04 14:31:26.925311","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"The data is used to support infrastructure planning and the detection of and emergency response to incidents on national roads.\n“Road traffic crashes have a significant socioeconomic impact.\nIn 2015, it was estimated that road traffic crashes cost the country R143-billion, or about 3.4% of gross domestic product.\nThese FMS systems make use of an Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) that allows for real-time incident management and data capture.\nThe first is the use of image recognition on camera systems for real-time incident detection.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"TikTok just gave itself permission to collect biometric data on US users, including ‘faceprints and voiceprints’ – TechCrunch","slug":"tiktok-just-gave-itself-permission-to-collect-biometric-data-on-us-users-including-faceprints-and-voiceprints-techcrunch","publishDate":"2021-06-03 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2021-06-04 14:31:21.483193","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"The more concerning part of the new section references a plan to collect biometric data.\nIt states:We may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information as defined under US laws, such as faceprints and voiceprints, from your User Content.\nThat’s important because as it stands today, only a handful of U.S. states have biometric privacy laws, including Illinois, Washington, California, Texas and New York.\nIn the grand scheme of things, TikTok still has plenty of data on its users, their content and their devices, even without biometric data.\nNow, the policy says TikTok “may collect” clipboard data “with your permission.”)The content of the Privacy Policy itself wasn’t of immediate concern to some TikTok users.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Canon R3: More details and specs revealed","slug":"canon-r3-more-details-and-specs-revealed","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-06-04 14:31:21.063293","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Back in April, Canon dropped a surprise with the announcement that it was developing a new, full-frame mirrorless camera called the R3.\nIt joins the popular R5 and R6 models, and some consider it this high-end mirrorless version of the EOS 1D X. Canon has now released further details of the R3.\nCanon R3: What We Know So FarIn our first article, we highlighted the R3 specs that Canon had released at the time, which includes:A brand new full-frame, back-illuminated stacked 35mm CMOS sensor plus DIGIC X image processor.\nNew R3 Details Revealed By CanonCanon released a couple of new images of the R3 — the front and back — plus some new specs:The 30fps shooting includes RAW and the new AF tracking.\nThe only things Canon hasn't released are a release date and a price for the R3.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Imint video technology in Snapdragon 778G 5G mobile platform","slug":"imint-video-technology-in-snapdragon-778g-5g-mobile-platform","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-06-04 14:31:20.519375","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Imint video technology in Snapdragon 778G 5G mobile platformIMINT Image Intelligence, a developer of video enhancement software, has announced that its Vidhance video optimisation solutions are being used with Qualcomm Technologies’ latest high-tier mobile platform, the Snapdragon 778G 5G Mobile Platform.\nThose solutions, including Vidhance Selfie Mode and Vidhance Video Stabilization, which began to appear last year in smartphones containing various mobile platforms from Qualcomm Technologies, have now been further improved for use with Snapdragon 778G.\nAs part of this on-going collaboration, Imint, working with Qualcomm Technologies, has optimised support for all Vidhance video enhancement solutions.\nImint’s suite of Vidhance solutions also includes Vidhance Dynamic Motion Blur Reduction, Vidhance Field of View Correction, and Vidhance Horizon Correction.\nVidhance solutions are used by leading smartphone manufacturers including: Motorola, Nokia, Sharp, Infinix, Tecno, Xiaomi and Vivo,Author
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Detectives Found The \"Red\" Car: The Hunt Now Turns To The Shooters — The Sussi Report","slug":"detectives-found-the-red-car-the-hunt-now-turns-to-the-shooters-the-sussi-report","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-06-04 14:31:11.826285","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Sources tell me that detectives located the red, two-door vehicle the shooters drove off in after they ambushed 34-year-old Jessica Marzett in a parking lot outside Fisher Fish and Chicken restaurant.\nThe suspects’ car, according to sources, was found at an apartment building on the city’s eastside.\nSources say detectives interviewed the vehicle’s owner who “is a person of interest.”Surveillance video shows the red car pull up next to Marzett’s SUV, three men, all dressed in dark clothes and hoodies, exit the vehicle, pull out handguns, fire 23 shots and drive off.\nIt all went down in about ten seconds!
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"3 things it needs » MotorOctane","slug":"3-things-it-needs-motoroctane","publishDate":"2021-06-04 03:37:43+00:00","createdLocal":"2021-06-04 14:31:11.386024","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"There are some improvements that this bike needs to improve the riding experience.\nLet’s take a lookNew HeadlightThe new Hero Xpulse 200 should get a better headlight setup, a projector preferably.\nThe spread is decent, but with better lights, the Hero Xpulse 200 will not require the user to add auxiliary lights even for city usage.\nThis needs to change in the new Hero Xpulse 200.\nNew colors and tech improvementIt has been long since the Hero Xpulse 200 has been introduced in our market.
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