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IBM to withdraw from the facial recognition market - CNET

IBM worries the technology is being used to promote discrimination and racial injustice. from CNET https://ift.tt/2UodAA9 via Mobiles

The Snyder Cut: Reshoots, final battle, and everything we know about HBO Max's Justice League - CNET

Director Zack Snyder dangles a few more details about his not-so-mythical version of 2017's Justice League. from CNET https://ift.tt/2ASpxXU via Mobiles

Twitch streamers receive a flood of music copyright claims for old clips - Engadget

Twitch streamers receive a flood of music copyright claims for old clips    Engadget After Massive DMCA Takedown, Twitch Streamers Are Deleting Thousands Of Clips    Kotaku Twitch streamers are getting blindsided by years-old copyright notices    The Verge Twitch has been hit by a wave of copyright claims over old clips    PC Gamer Twitch DMCA Claims Frustrate Creators Forced To Delete Years Of VODs And Clips    Forbes View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/3f3wXq7 via Technology

Homeland Security warns over ‘wormable’ Windows 10 bug - TechCrunch

Homeland Security warns over ‘wormable’ Windows 10 bug    TechCrunch Windows 10's best Telegram client just got its biggest update yet    Windows Central PoC RCE exploit for SMBGhost Windows flaw released    Help Net Security CISA warns attackers are using exploit code for SMBGhost bug    SC Magazine Windows Central Podcast 181: New Xbox Store, Surface Duo, Windows 10    Windows Central View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/3cL84y2 via Technology

Can Samsung bring ads with One UI 2.5 that lands with the Galaxy Note 20 release? - PhoneArena

Can Samsung bring ads with One UI 2.5 that lands with the Galaxy Note 20 release?    PhoneArena Will Samsung put lock screen ads in One UI 2.5? Here’s what we found out    SamMobile One UI ads might be coming to your Samsung phone    Android Authority One UI 2.5 might bring ads to stock Samsung apps - GSMArena.com news    GSMArena.com One UI 2.5 may take a page from Xiaomi and brings ads to Samsung's phones    Android Central View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2Ahcxex via Technology

9to5Mac Weekly Ep12 - iPhone 13 First Look? - 9to5Mac

9to5Mac Weekly Ep12 - iPhone 13 First Look?    9to5Mac How to Mirror Your iPhone or iPad Screen on Apple TV or a Smart TV    Mac Rumors View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2UnxgEx via Technology

Artificial intelligence that mimics the brain needs sleep just like humans, study reveals - The Independent

Artificial intelligence that mimics the brain needs sleep just like humans, study reveals    The Independent View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2YbX1J3 via Technology

Chevy Camaro Turned Into Muscle Truck In New Rendering - Motor1

Chevy Camaro Turned Into Muscle Truck In New Rendering    Motor1 Camaro Z/28 Indy 500 Pace Car Edition Is Most Nineties Muscle Car    RoadandTrack.com Chevrolet’s 2020 Camaro Offers 30 Factory Wheel Options    GM Authority View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/3haxDvE via Technology

Democrats grapple with U.S. protesters' demand to defund the police

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U.S. Democrats have largely embraced the activists packing into streets nationwide to decry the killings of black men and women by law enforcement but so far express wariness at protesters' calls to defund the police. Senator Cory Booker said during an interview Sunday on NBC News that he understood the sentiment behind the "defund the police" push but would not use that phrase. "We are over-policed as a society," he said, adding that spending on police departments was not solving problems. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ARzIfl via Latest News

KKK 'leader' charged for attack on Black Lives Matter protesters

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A hate crime investigation is underway after a Virginia man allegedly drove his car into protesters. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3f0Ftq3 via Latest News

Feds press criminal case against Flynn partner

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The move occurs even amid ongoing efforts to drop charges against Michael Flynn. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Untx9M via Latest News

Embattled NY Times Opinion Editor James Bennet Resigns After Staff Revolt

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New York Times opinion editor James Bennet on Sunday announced that he has resigned, effectively immediately, following an internal revolt over Republican Sen. Tom Cotton’s “Send in the Troops” column published last week.The newspaper announced that Katie Kingsbury will step in as an interim opinion page editor through the election; and that Bennet’s deputy editor Jim Dao is being reassigned back to the newsroom.In a statement, Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger said: “James is a journalist of enormous talent and integrity who believes deeply in the mission of The Times. He oversaw a significant transformation of the Opinion department, which broadened the range of voices we publish and pushed us into new formats like video, graphics and audio. I’m grateful for his many contributions.”Bennet came under intense scrutiny late last week after publishing a column from pro-Trump Sen. Cotton calling upon President Donald Trump to send in the military as a response to nationwide protests against...

US Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls for NYPD to be defunded

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The call to defund police departments in the wake of the George Floyd protests has support from a high-profile voice in the US House of Representatives.New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez voiced her support for reducing and redirecting police department funds as a way to address systemic racism and excessive use of force in law enforcement agencies. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3f3jBdM via Latest News

Treasure chest hidden in Rocky Mountains finally found

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A bronze chest filled with gold, jewels, and other valuables worth more than $1 million and hidden a decade ago somewhere in the Rocky Mountain wilderness has been found, according to a famed art and antiquities collector who created the treasure hunt. Forrest Fenn, 89, told the Santa Fe New Mexican on Sunday that a man who did not want his name released — but was from “back East” — located the chest a few days ago and the discovery was confirmed by a photograph the man sent him. “It was under a canopy of stars in the lush, forested vegetation of the Rocky Mountains and had not moved from the spot where I hid it more than 10 years ago,” Fenn said in a statement on his website Sunday that still did not reveal the exact location. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2zcDD65 via Latest News

Ku Klux Klan leader drove truck into crowd of peaceful protesters, Virginia officials say

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“We lived through this in Charlottesville in 2017," Henrico Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor said. "This egregious criminal act will not go unpunished.” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2UobMaw via Latest News

Coronavirus: Hard-hit Brazil removes data amid rising death toll

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Brazil will now only report numbers for the past 24 hours, no longer giving the cumulative data. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30gpWhK via Latest News

India eases lockdown even as virus cases jump in capital

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With shopping malls, places of worship, restaurants and state borders reopening Monday, some of the last vestiges of India's 10-week-long coronavirus lockdown disappeared even as the country reported its highest single-day death toll and experts said things would get worse. In the capital of New Delhi, shoppers applied hand sanitizer and underwent temperature checks before entering Ambience Mall, where a sign read: “Welcome back to the lifestyle you love.” The doors were also reopened at New Delhi's historic Jama mosque. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2XIkZwj via Latest News

N. Korea to cut communication lines to 'enemy' South: KCNA 

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The threats come with inter-Korean ties at a standstill, despite three summits between the North's Kim Jong Un and the South's President Moon Jae-in in 2018. Pyongyang "will completely cut off and shut down the liaison line between the authorities of the north and the south, which has been maintained through the north-south joint liaison office," as well as other communication links "from 12:00 on June 9, 2020," the Korean Central News Agency said. The links being cut also include "the East and West Seas communication lines" between militaries of the two sides, an inter-Korean "trial communication line," and a hotline between the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and South Korea's presidential Blue House, KCNA said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30lBAYx via Latest News

If it ain't broke: You share your oldest working gadgets

People share the oldest gadgets they still use, via social media. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/3f4Fh9b via Online Shopping in Pakistan

The treasure trove hidden in discarded computers

Recycled rare earth magnets are one solution to the rising demand for minerals used in our tech. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/37a6SDg via Online Shopping in Pakistan