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Facial Recognition Spreads as Tool to Fight Shoplifting

Simon Mackenzie, a security officer at the discount retailer QD Stores outside London, was short of breath. He had just chased after three shoplifters who had taken off with several […]




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A.I., Brain Scans and Cameras: The Spread of Police Surveillance Tech

A brain wave reader that can detect lies. Miniaturized cameras that sit inside vape pens and disposable coffee cups. Massive video cameras that zoom in more than a kilometer to […]










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Apple iPhone SE Review: A Phone for the Anti-Consumer

Apple has a new, cheaper iPhone arriving in stores on Friday that encapsulates the bare minimum of what we need in a smartphone. The latest iPhone SE has a bright […]




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Amazon Opens a Whole Foods With the Next Step in Automation

“Would you like to sign in with your palm?”That was the question a cheerful Amazon employee posed when greeting me last week at the opening of a Whole Foods Market […]




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Inside Tesla: How Elon Musk Pushed His Vision for Autopilot

To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.Elon Musk built his electric car company, Tesla, around the promise that it […]










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Work at Home or the Office? Either Way, There’s a Start-Up for That.

SAN FRANCISCO — Before the pandemic, Envoy, a start-up in San Francisco, sold visitor registration software for the office. Its system signed in guests and tracked who was coming into […]