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About-Face: IBM to Exit and Oppose Facial Recognition Technology

International Business Machines Corp. will no longer offer general purpose facial recognition or analysis software, new Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna said in a letter to the members of the United States Congress on Monday. The company will stop offering …

Arkansas Town Considers Surveillance-System Ordinance

It’s been nearly two months since someone gunned down a convenience-store clerk during an attempted robbery, and Pine Bluff, Ark., police investigators are still searching for the shooter. A security-camera system inside the store malfunctioned. Authorities said the investigation, which …

Texas Insurer Alleges Vendetta by Florida Regulator McCarty

A Texas insurance company and its owner are suing Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty, accusing him of being vindictive and defamatory in his efforts to ban the company from writing workers’ compensation insurance in his state. Charles David Wood and …