It Had Tested Facial Recognition Software With Police, Now IBM Says It's Getting Out Of The Business
IBM says it is getting out of the facial recognition business over concern about how it can be used for mass surveillance and racial profiling.
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IBM says it is getting out of the facial recognition business over concern about how it can be used for mass surveillance and racial profiling.
H. Ross Perot, the billionaire and philanthropist from Texas who ran for president as a third-party candidate in two races in the 90s, has died at the age of 89.
Corporate giants including Google, Amazon and IBM joined Texas businesses and more than a dozen local chambers of commerce in a letter to lawmakers Wednesday.
Months after a report said IBM had dismissed more than 20,000 workers older than 40 in the last five years, the is facing fresh claims of discriminating against employees based on their age.
IBM has filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for their idea of a camera-equipped drone that hovers over you, watching your pupil dilation and facial expressions to judge if you need more coffee.
A German robot named "Cimon" has an IA brain courtesy of IBM.
H&R Block is working with IBM's Watson supercomputer this tax season. The company said Wednesday that its employees will work with Watson to identify credits and deductions and find other solutions for customers.
Silicon Valley leaders were among Donald Trump's most outspoken opponents during the presidential campaign. But on Wednesday, they will come face-to-face with the President-Elect.
The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office says the increasing cost of maintaining museum-ready equipment drains money that could go for modernization.
Facebook is studying the ancient Chinese game of Go for insights as it works on building an artificial brain.
IBM is investing $3 billion to build an "Internet of Things" division aimed at harnessing the massive trove of data collected by smartphones, tablets, connected vehicles and appliances and using it to help companies better manage their businesses.
In the technology-driven world of today, staying on top of trends will substantially advance your career.
The ailing personal computer market is getting weaker, and it's starting to look as if it will never fully recover as a new generation of mobile devices reshapes the way people use technology.
Because of the iPad, a real estate agent can use the tablet to close contracts. A medical sales rep can stop carrying around catalogs of products. An architect has stopped using blueprints. This is what businessmen and women in the middle class can now do because of the iPad.
In today's high-tech world, there's no shortage of amazing gadgets out there, but there is a shortage of engineers in this country to make them possible. That's one of the reasons the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History is hosting Engineering Week this week, in hopes of attracting the next generation of engineers.
