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ICE just signed a contract with facial recognition company Clearview AI

The Verge

The purchase order for $224,000 describes “clearview licenses” and lists “ICE mission support dallas” as the contracting office. The technology could identify someone just from a photo and put names to faces through its trove of 3 billion images scraped from social media sites — often against the platforms’ rules.

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Will libraries disappear in 2019? - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Lloyds TSB pilots social media | Main | BRW Digital Edition: new-style journalism and some insights into Web 2.0 » Will libraries disappear in 2019? It might not be around in 2019.

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Extinction Timeline: what will disappear from our lives before 2050 - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Permalink | View blog reactions | Comments (2) Categories : Social trends Share this: Digg this | Reddit | StumbleUpon | Del.icio.us | Share on Facebook 2 Comments Keith De La Rue said: Interesting read. And of course, please don’t take this too seriously :-). Glad to see that you recognise the global importance of Philip K.

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Online romance scammers stole more hearts (and money) in 2020 than 2019

Vox

In 2020, the amount of money people in the US lost to romance scams, which usually start online, surged 50 percent from the year before, jumping from just over $200 million in 2019 to more than $300 million, according to the Federal Trade Commission. I mean, they copied my picture into their driver’s licenses, into passports.

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Hasbro reorganizes to support big growth from ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ and ‘Magic: The Gathering’

GeekWire

posted revenue of $816 million for 2020, a 24% increase from 2019. D&D saw a 33% boost in sales over 2019; Magic’s sales grew by 23%. This continues an upward swing for Dungeons & Dragons in particular, which had its previous best year ever in 2019. Oh, and there's a new Wizards of the Coast company logo!

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Seattle entrepreneur Todd Hooper raises cash for mysterious new startup Aardvark Labs

GeekWire

million Series A round in 2018 but shut down in August 2019. However, the company’s website is still up, with a message noting that its IP portfolio and tech are available for license. The pandemic has helped put mixed reality back into the spotlight as people look for ways to connect in a socially-distanced world.

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Twitch now lets anyone host an online movie party with the Amazon Prime Video library

The Verge

Watch parties have taken off in general over the last few months as people stuck at home figure out ways to make watching TV shows and movies more social and interactive. Twitch first started slowly rolling out Watch Parties to some streamers in October 2019.

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