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Pfizer booster extends COVID vaccine protection: Latest updates

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Pfizer booster extends COVID vaccine protection: Latest updates

A booster of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine greatly expands protection, as a new study by the companies shows as the number of cases in the US has been rising for weeks and the rate of hospital admissions has started to rise. While the companies plan to submit the data to the Food and Drug … Read more

Amazon extends ban on police use of its facial recognition software

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Richard Lawler

Two years ago, reports revealed that Amazon was making facial recognition software available for use by law enforcement agencies, despite questions about bias, privacy, and potentially life-destroying errors that could arise from it. A year ago Amazon announced a year-long moratorium on the use of its Rekognition platform, and now Reuters reports that Amazon has … Read more