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Tech’s Reckoning – Ed Zitron’s Where’s Your Ed At
The last six months have felt like a perpetual threat — a looming doom that never quite transformed into something tangible. We have all been waiting for something to break — for us to enter a recession, for us to be fired, for our friends to be fired, for our relationships to collapse, for something …
America’s racial reckoning is putting a spotlight on Black mental health
As a child, Reginald Howard struggled with destructive visions, moments where he imagined destroying the shelves at the corner store or pushing another child down, but when he tried to identify what was happening, his mother attributed it to his “Howard blood.” “At that point, I probably should have been in therapy but because there’s …
Parliament votes to withhold approval of Brexit deal, postponing Boris Johnson’s moment of reckoning
● Anti-Brexit protesters are marching through the streets of London. Some Brexit-supporting lawmakers reported requiring police escort. LONDON — British lawmakers voted Saturday to withhold support for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new Brexit deal, scuppering his hopes to finalize Brexit on an extraordinary “Super Saturday” but not dealing a fatal blow to the withdrawal agreement …
Detroit’s controversial facial recognition technology faces day of reckoning
click to enlarge Steve Neavling DPD Chief James Craig inside the city’s surveillance room at police headquarters. The fate of Detroit’s controversial facial recognition technology could be determined this week. The Detroit Board …
