San Francisco is the first American city to ban facial recognition software used by police and other agencies. Bloomberg QuickTake explains why the technology's advance is so alarming to regulators, the public, and even the people developing it. Video by Henry Baker
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If we want to fully automate deliveries, we'll have to come up with a way to get packages from the self-driving vehicles to the doorstep. Ford and Agility Robotics teamed up to do exactly that – finally solve the last mile delivery problem. Digit is a two-legged, headless robot that unfolds itself from the...
Google cancels, kills, and transitions a lot of products. Google has killed apps like Allo and Inbox as well as hardware like Nexus phones and Chromecast Audio. Even services like Google and Hangouts are being shut down. Google experiments on a lot of projects but they don't always follow through. Google's,...
Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and other tech companies have a ton of our data. We give up a lot of our privacy to use their services. But we don't always know how well that data is protected or which 3rd parties have access to it. Data breaches like Collection #1 or attacks like the T-Mobile hack happen way too...
The Lenovo Yoga S940 is a new addition to Lenovo's laptop lineup. Aesthetically it's very appealing and it seems impossibly small considering it's 14-inch display. Is the Lenovo Yoga S940 good enough to replace my Thinkpad Carbon X1? FOLLOW ME IN THESE PLACES FOR UPDATES Twitter -...
5G networks are slowly rolling out. It will be 10 times faster than 4G LTE, which will open up possibilities for wireless VR experiences, reliable driverless cars, and medical advances. But there are a few hurdles 5G needs to overcome before consumers can really take advantage of it. MORE CELL PHONE CONTENT:...
Focals are the best smart glasses to hit the market so far. They're from a company called North, which received venture backing from Amazon and Intel, among others. CNBC's Adam Isaak tried them out for a couple weeks. Watch the video to see his take on Focals' smart features and shortcomings. »...
