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

GizModo VR

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

GizModo VR

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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Unlocking the Benefits of XR and GenAI

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Nick Roseth, the Founder of Explore Design and Minneapolis VR/AR Association Chapter President, recently spoke to XR Today to discuss emerging technologies in enterprise environments. Approaching Data Sensitive Sectors XR and genAI are potent tools for businesses.

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The Future of AR is in 5G, with Deutsche Telekom’s Terry Schussler

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: So, you talked about low-latency experiences in creating this human connection, or human tools that we’re going to be able [to use] to save lives. Alan: We actually built an AR navigation tool, and it works great outdoors and indoors. You have to be in the Mall of America in Minneapolis to get 5G. Terry: Yeah.

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The Future of AR is in 5G, with Deutsche Telekom’s Terry Schussler

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: So, you talked about low-latency experiences in creating this human connection, or human tools that we’re going to be able [to use] to save lives. Alan: We actually built an AR navigation tool, and it works great outdoors and indoors. You have to be in the Mall of America in Minneapolis to get 5G. Terry: Yeah.

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U.S. Lawmakers Pressure DOJ Over Funding of Predictive Policing Tools

GizModo VR

Ratcheting up pressure on the Justice Department to crack down on unregulated predictive policing algorithms, Democratic lawmakers on Thursday called for strict new requirements on any DOJ-funded research into police tools promising to forecast crime, saying that research into some programs already in use has revealed… Read more.

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