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    PoliticsUnited States

    Top Commerce Committee Democrat presses airlines over AI ‘surveillance pricing’

    A top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee is pressing major U.S. airlines over whether they use artificial intelligence to set ticket prices based on travelers’ personal information, raising concerns that it determines what fares consumers see. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.), the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sent…

    The Hill

  2. 05
    PoliticsUnited States

    Live updates: Appeals court calls deportation case ‘moot’; Pentagon pushed on complaints from USS Abraham Lincoln

    The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that a case challenging the Trump administration on its use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants is now moot, with the plaintiffs having been deported using another law. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday claimed that conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier have been…

    The Hill

  3. 07
    TechnologyUnited States

    The fight over Flock and other ALPRs

    There are over 120,000 of Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras installed all over the US. Flock’s cameras, and others like them, use AI to identify and track vehicles based on their license plate number, make, model, color, and other info, networked together to track vehicles and people’s movements throughout the day and across […]

    The Verge

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    TechnologyUnited States

    Oklahoma and Tennessee each execute one man in two of three US executions scheduled on same day

    If Alabama execution proceeds, it will be first time in 15 years three judicial killings were carried out in US in one day Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez has been put to death by the state of Oklahoma, in the first of three executions scheduled for Thursday in a rare triple procedure that underlines the renewed appetite in the US for state killings. Just one hour later, Darrell Hines was put to death by the state of Tennessee. Continue reading...

    The Guardian

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    TechnologyUnited States

    The Lakers have become a poker chip for some of the most powerful men in America

    One of the most famous teams in the world is about to change hands for the second time in less than a year for more than $12bn. Will anyone push back? One of the most brutal lessons we must learn as fans is that the team we shed blood, sweat and tears for is seen by those who own it as just one of many assets. That gap has never felt as wide as it does this week. On Wednesday, ESPN reported that the Los Angeles Lakers are set to change hands, for the second time in 10 months, for $12.5bn, a sum…

    The Guardian

  6. 10
    BusinessUnited States

    Lost jobs, inequality, rogue agents: why are we accepting oligarchs’ AI agenda? | Robert Reich

    The dangers of AI become clearer every day. Why are we still acting as if we have no choice about our future? Rather than producing jobs, the US economy actually lost 23,000 jobs in July, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released on Friday. In addition, May and June’s job numbers were revised downward, showing a combined 103,000 fewer jobs than previously reported. As if this weren’t bad enough, wage growth has also slowed. Average hourly earnings rose by just 0.1% from June.…

    The Guardian

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    TechnologyUnited States

    Base iPhone 18 Tipped to Get These Two Pro-Level Upgrades

    The base iPhone 18 model that Apple is expected to release by March 2027 will be equipped with 12GB of RAM, up from 8GB in the iPhone 17, according to analyst Jeff Pu. Pu's latest assessment, if accurate, would see the iPhone 18 gaining the same amount of memory as the iPhone 17 Pro models. Analyst Dan Nystedt claimed the same RAM upgrade for the iPhone 18 back in April.

    MacRumors

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