In 2014, Greg Williams had an idea. The smartphone era was already in full swing, and mobile advertising was on the up. Williams, a serial entrepreneur and e-commerce veteran, saw that students…
Amazon Bites Back at Police Face Recognition Critics
Amazon has defended the use of its Amazon Web Services (AWS) technology to power US police facial recognition platforms, amid concern the firm is underpinning “authoritarian” policing techniques. An open letter signed…
As California Votes to Legalize Weed, The Drug’s Tech Industry is Enjoying High Times
The US marijuana industry is lighting up. America now has 8.4 million regular cannabis users, up from half that in 2002. Thanks largely to legalizations in Alaska, Washington, Oregon and Colorado, the…