San Francisco may ban police, city use of facial recognition

San Francisco: San Francisco is on track to become the first US city to ban the use of facial recognition by police and other city agencies as the technology creeps increasingly into daily life. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Tuesday on broad surveillance legislation that includes the ban. Facial recognition technology is […]

Amazon to employees: We’ll pay you to quit and start a delivery business

NEW YORK – Amazon, which is racing to deliver packages faster, is turning to its employees with a proposition: Quit your job and we’ll help you start a business delivering Amazon package. The offer, announced Monday, comes as Amazon seeks to speed up its shipping time from two days to one for its Prime members. […]