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Minneapolis Bans City Cops From Using Face Recognition Tech

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On Friday, the Minneapolis City Council approved a new ordinance that prevents the city from buying or using face recognition technology without specific permission. Local police immediately began whining about it. Read more.

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Someone Is Anonymously Mailing Creepy QAnon Propaganda to Minneapolis Residents

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Someone is mailing QAnon-themed material to residents of Minneapolis suburbs, the Intercept reported on Thursday, and it’s not clear who’s doing it or why. Read more.

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Turns Out Pretty Much Anyone Can Claim to Be a Black-Owned Business on Uber Eats

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In June, amid nationwide protests against police racism and brutality set off by the killing of Minneapolis man George Floyd, Uber Eats released a feature intended to signify solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement : Tools to “Support Black-owned restaurants” by ordering from them without a delivery fee. Read more.

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The VOID Adds Five Marvel & Disney Location-Based Experiences

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Disney and Marvel have a lot of worlds that people want to step into that work well with our technology.”. “As The VOID has expanded to eight cities since its initial 2015 launch, with an additional nine locations on the way, including Santa Monica, New York, Philadelphia, Hollywood, Dallas, Minneapolis, Washington D.C.,

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Twitter Says Its Partner Dataminr Wasn't Surveilling Protests for Local Cops, Just 'News Alerting'

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AI intelligence analysis startup Dataminr monitored nationwide protests against the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd using rarely granted, privileged access to Twitter’s “firehose,” the Intercept reported on Thursday. While this seems like a clear violation of Twitter policies against using its tools for… Read more.

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This Drone in a Bowling Alley Is the Coolest Video You'll See All Week

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Then you’re in luck, because we’ve got the coolest video you’ll see all week—an expertly piloted and impressively directed video that was shot at the Bryant-Lake Bowl in Minneapolis. Read more.

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MIKE HIGHLIGHTS // XR Artist, Founder and Community Leader Paige Dansinger

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I’m an Art Historian that started in museums as a Security Guard, Museum Educator, Registrar, and Intern Curator at Minneapolis Institute of Art (2004–12). I founded Better World Museum in 2014, an 8000 sq’ space downtown Minneapolis with an Indoor Edible Garden, VR Center and Makerspace. Guggenheim Museum in NY and more.