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Black Teen Kicked Out of Roller Rink Because Its Face Recognition Tech Screwed Up, Predictably

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A small but face recognition-equipped Detroit roller rink kicked out a Black teen last Saturday after misidentifying her as a person who’d allegedly gotten into a fight there in March. The girl, Lamya Robinson, says that security scanned her face upon entry and barred her from going inside, despite her claim that… Read more.

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How autonomous vehicles and hyperloop are scooting along

TechCrunch VR

Amazon isn’t to blame for the Postal Service’s woes, but it will need to innovate to survive. Ford CEO Jim Hackett said that “[w]e overestimated the arrival of autonomous vehicles,” at an April 2019 Detroit Economic Club event. Cyrus Radfar. Contributor. Cyrus Radfar is the founding partner at V1 Worldwide.

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Getting the ROI out of XR, with Sector 5 Digital's Cameron Ayres

XR for Business Podcast

Cameron: I've noticed that -- and this is a bit of a sideways way to look at it -- I've noticed that, with companies that come in and they're looking to dip their toe into virtual reality or augmented reality, that sometimes they fall into the trap of investing so much into the hardware. And now they've got an accurate size of who you are.

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Getting the ROI out of XR, with Sector 5 Digital's Cameron Ayres

XR for Business Podcast

Cameron: I've noticed that -- and this is a bit of a sideways way to look at it -- I've noticed that, with companies that come in and they're looking to dip their toe into virtual reality or augmented reality, that sometimes they fall into the trap of investing so much into the hardware. And now they've got an accurate size of who you are.

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Getting the ROI out of XR, with Sector 5 Digital's Cameron Ayres

XR for Business Podcast

Cameron: I've noticed that -- and this is a bit of a sideways way to look at it -- I've noticed that, with companies that come in and they're looking to dip their toe into virtual reality or augmented reality, that sometimes they fall into the trap of investing so much into the hardware. And now they've got an accurate size of who you are.

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Getting the ROI out of XR, with Sector 5 Digital's Cameron Ayres

XR for Business Podcast

Cameron: I've noticed that -- and this is a bit of a sideways way to look at it -- I've noticed that, with companies that come in and they're looking to dip their toe into virtual reality or augmented reality, that sometimes they fall into the trap of investing so much into the hardware. And now they've got an accurate size of who you are.