Iconic Gun-Makers Gave Sensitive Customer Information to Political Operatives — ProPublica by Corey G. Johnson ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. This story was originally published at ProPublica. For years, America’s most iconic gun-makers turned over sensitive personal information…
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Facial Recognition That Tracks Suspicious Friendliness Is Coming to a Store Near You
Todd Feathers reports: A brand new way of being surveilled could be coming to a store near you—a facial recognition system designed to detect when retail workers have anomalous interactions with customers. About a month ago, Israel-based Corsight AI began offering its global clients access to a new service aimed at rooting out what the…
The Catholic Church Is Spending Big to Defeat Abortion Rights Ballot Measures
Heidi Schlumpf and Russ Choma report: This story was produced in partnership with the National Catholic Reporter. Since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, every state-level campaign to limit abortion has failed. But that hasn’t stopped Catholic organizations from stepping into the fight again this election year. Catholic organizations are bankrolling campaigns against abortion-rights measures, spending more than $1.9 million so…
New app uses smart glasses to tell you everything about strangers by looking at them
Kyland Hall reports: A group of South Bend entrepreneurs have developed a smartphone app that combines Meta Smart Glasses, ChatGPT and Facial Recognition technology to provide an unprecedented user experience. By putting the glasses on and raising your phone to your voice you can ask for information about anyone that you see in front of…