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Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher Joy Buolamwini has found racial and gender bias in facial analysis tools sold by companies that have a hard time recognizing certain faces, especially darker-skinned women. Steven Senne, Associated Press file

Face recognition researcher fights Amazon over biased AI

April 7, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Facial recognition technology was already seeping into everyday life -- from your photos on Facebook to police scans of mugshots -- when Joy Buolamwini noticed a serious...

Matty Nev Luby holds her phone and logs into the lip-sync smartphone app Musical.ly 鈥� now known as TikTok 鈥� in Wethersfield, Conn., in 2018. Jessica Hill, Associated Press file

Video-sharing app fined $5.7 million for collecting children’s information

March 3, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.

The operator of a video-sharing app popular with teenagers agreed to pay $5.7 million to settle federal allegations it illegally collected personal information from children.

Where’s my robot lawn mower? Roomba-maker now has an answer.

January 30, 2019 at 4:31 p.m.

Robot vacuums have now been around long enough that you might watch one bump around a living room and think, why isn't there a robot that could mow my lawn?...

Segway鈥檚 Loomo Delivery can avoid obstacles, board elevators and deliver documents. Ross D. Franklin, The Associated Press

Robots provide deliveries and companionship for people and pets

January 27, 2019 at 11:00 a.m.

LAS VEGAS -- Robots that walk, talk, pour beer and play pingpong took over the CES gadget show in Las Vegas again. Just don鈥檛 expect to find one in your...

An attendee tests the Miku baby sleep and breathing monitor at the Miku booth at CES International on Jan. 9 in Las Vegas. John Locher, The Associated Press

CES gadget show’s 鈥渇amily tech鈥� products appeal to parental anxiety

January 20, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.

The CES gadget show鈥檚 growing 鈥渇amily tech鈥� sector encompasses products that range from artificially intelligent toys and baby monitors to internet-connected breast pumps.

Software engineer Nicholas Otero, of Woburn, Mass., speaks with a colleague about features on a Centaur robot, right, at Endeavor Robotics in Chelmsford, Mass., on Aug. 28, 2018. Steven Senne, Associated Press file

Army looking for a few good robots, sparking industry battle

January 6, 2019 at 1:00 a.m.

The Army is looking for a few good robots. Not to fight -- not yet, at least -- but to help the men and women who do.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees in April about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election. We may remember 2018 as the year in which technology鈥檚 dystopian potential became clear, from Facebook鈥檚 role enabling the harvesting of our personal data for election interference to a seemingly unending series of revelations about the dark side of Silicon Valley鈥檚 connect-everything ethos.

Did 2018 usher in a creeping tech dystopia?

December 29, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.

We may remember 2018 as the year when technology鈥檚 dystopian potential became clear, from Facebook鈥檚 role enabling the harvesting of our personal data for election interference to a seemingly unending...

Child advocates ask FTC to investigate YouTube

April 9, 2018 at 8:57 p.m.

The fine print of YouTube's terms of service has a warning that goes unheeded by millions of children who visit YouTube to watch cartoons, nursery rhymes, science experiments or videos...

Indictment: Social media firms got played by Russian agents

February 16, 2018 at 9:43 p.m.

Friday's election-interference indictment brought by Robert Mueller, the U.S. special counsel, underscores how thoroughly social-media companies like Facebook and Twitter were played by Russian propagandists.

John Perry Barlow, Internet pioneer and Grateful Dead lyricist, has died at age 70

February 9, 2018 at 10:47 a.m.

John Perry Barlow, an internet activist and lyricist for the Grateful Dead, has died.

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