Banjo CEO resigns to preserve the company’s AI surveillance deals

Utah had put its surveillance contract with Banjo on hold after learning that Patton had been a KKK member as a teenager, and had joined a group leader in a drive-by shooting. Patton had renounced… More: Banjo CEO resigns to preserve the company’s AI surveillance deals

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Apple will reopen stores in four US states next week

Apple will reopen some stores in Idaho, South Carolina, Alabama and Alaska next week. The company closed all stores outside Greater China in mid-March to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. At the… Here is the original post: Apple will reopen stores in four US states next week

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Facebook’s Discover app is a new take on its Free Basics internet service

Facebook says it considered that feedback while building Discover. The new app treats all websites equally, and Facebook says personal browsing history is not used for things like targeted ads or… More here: Facebook’s Discover app is a new take on its Free Basics internet service

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EU says websites can’t hide content behind ‘cookie walls’

Are you frustrated with websites trying to dodge around the EU’s cookie consent laws by forcing you accept cookies just to view anything? So is the EU. The European Data Protection Board has… See the original post here: EU says websites can’t hide content behind ‘cookie walls’

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Google Podcasts now offers analytics to producers

It appears an iOS release and refreshed Android experience were only the start of Google’s newfound ambitions for its Podcasts app. The company announced today a new dashboard that creators can… Excerpt from: Google Podcasts now offers analytics to producers

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