Senate Democrats recently introduced the "ICE Out of Our Faces Act," a bill that would prohibit Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from using facial recognition technology. The proposed legislation would also mandate the deletion of any previously collected data from such systems, according to Ars Technica.
The bill, introduced by a group of Senate Democrats, aims to ban the acquisition, possession, access, or use of biometric surveillance systems by covered immigration officers within the United States. This prohibition extends beyond facial recognition to encompass other biometric surveillance technologies. The initiative reflects growing concerns about the use of facial recognition and other biometric technologies by law enforcement agencies.
In other news, the founder of Neocities, a platform that hosts independent websites, found his site blocked by Bing, a search engine. Approximately 1.5 million websites hosted on Neocities were blocked, according to Ars Technica. Neocities, founded in 2013, aims to preserve the spirit of the early internet, allowing users to create personalized websites without relying on standardized templates.
Meanwhile, in the world of sports, figure skaters are pushing the boundaries of what is possible. In 2021, Russian figure skating coach Alexei Mishin predicted that no figure skater would successfully perform a quad axel in his lifetime. However, two-time Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu attempted the jump at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, though he fell short. "I thought I would see a quintuple toe before I would see a quad axel," said 2002 Olympic bronze medalist Timothy Goebel, according to Wired. Goebel was the first skater to perform a quad salchow jump in competition back in 1998.
In the realm of public health, some workers are quitting their jobs due to assignments to Guantánamo. Rebekah Stewart, a nurse at the US Public Health Service, was selected for deployment to the Trump administration's immigration detention operation at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, according to Wired. Deployments are typically not something you can say no to, Stewart said. The naval base is known for the torture and inhumane treatment of men suspected of terrorism in the wake of 9/11.
Finally, businesses are looking to consolidate their systems for AI with iPaaS. For decades, enterprises reacted to shifting business pressures with stopgap technology solutions, according to MIT Technology Review. As more and more solutions stacked up, IT teams had to string together a tangled web to connect them.
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