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JP’s Self Esteem Boston turns to technology to provide services to women – Jamaica Plain Gazette
For more than 25 years, JP-based Self Esteem Boston has been providing self-esteem courses for women living in transitional living facilities, substance abusers, victims of domestic violence, and the unemployed. These programs are typically delivered in person, but, like many other programs and events, have had to go virtual because of COVID-19. President Marion Davis …
Boston Is Considering a Ban on Facial Recognition Technology
(TNS) — Boston is the latest city to consider passing a municipal ban on the use of facial recognition technology, a software that has been criticized for its potential to violate civil liberties and misidentify members of the public, especially people of color. City Councilors Michelle Wu and Ricardo Arroyo on Wednesday, May 6 introduced an …
Video vigilante said he was ‘rude,’ but not breaking the law recording at MGH – Boston Herald
A video vigilante charged with trespassing at Massachusetts General Hospital said he agrees he may have been “rude,” but he doesn’t want to be tossed in jail where fears of coronavirus are running rampant. John L. McCullough told the Herald Tuesday evening he is a First Amendment crusader who takes videos of police and posts …
Wall Street ends manic week with a gain, led by tech stocks – Boston Herald
By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA NEW YORK (AP) — In a manic week full of previously unthinkable market moves, Wall Street ended Friday with one reminiscent of what things were like before the coronavirus outbreak upended everything. The S&P 500 glided to a gain of 1.4%, with Apple, Microsoft and other …
‘It’s Been Very, Very Educational’ – CBS Boston
By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — SnapFace. MyFace. InstaFace. You’d never see Bill Belichick joining any of them … even if they did exist. Yet, with Americans remaining socially distant during the COVID-19 fight, the soon-to-be-68-year-old Patriots head coach has had to endure a crash course in computer programs that he had never heard …
Technology Appreciation Day by Holiday Mathis – Boston Herald
[email protected] (Holiday Mathis) Before miracle timesaving inventions like laundry machines and hot water heaters, people spent hours on basic tasks of living such as washing clothes and tending fires. The moon forms a harsh angle to Mars in the sign of technology, urging us to appreciate creature comforts. We now live as only royals did …
Harvard Tells Students To Move Out By Sunday Due To Coronavirus, Classes Moving Online – CBS Boston
CAMBRIDGE (CBS) – Harvard University is telling students to move out of their dorms by Sunday at 5 p.m. due to the spread of coronavirus. The school plans to move classes online starting March 23. “The goal of these changes is to minimize the need to gather in large groups and spend prolonged time in …
Coronavirus Health and Safety Precautions at Masscahusetts Polls – NBC Boston
Officials are taking extra steps at the polls today to ensure the health and safety of voters. The virus is not expected to have a sizable impact on voting Tuesday, according to Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin, the top official overseeing elections in Massachusetts. But he has ordered local polling places to enforce additional …
Health officials: NH hospital worker in isolation after testing positive for coronavirus – Boston News, Weather, Sports
CONCORD, N.H. (WHDH) – A New Hampshire resident who has tested positive for the coronavirus is being kept in isolation, health officials announced Monday. RELATED: 2 Rhode Island coronavirus cases stem from same Europe school trip The infected individual, a Dartmouth Hitchcock employee from Grafton County, recently traveled to Italy, according to Dr. Benjamin Chan, …
Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Sen. Markey Wants Trump to Name Global Health Chief – NECN
Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., discussed steps he thinks the federal government should take to address the threat of a new virus Sunday, the day after confirmation of the first case in the state. Sen. Edward Markey visited the Cambridge Health Alliance in Everett, Massachusetts on Sunday, according to his office. Markey, the ranking member of …
