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Pollen Expert Nominated for Crime-solving Prowess

June 24, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Pollen Expert Nominated for Crime-solving ProwessRead More

How Congress passed a farm bill and left Maryland police labs unable to test for marijuana

June 24, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

How Congress passed a farm bill and left Maryland police labs unable to test for marijuanaRead More

Over 1,000 AI Experts Condemn Racist Algorithms That Claim to Predict Crime

June 23, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Over 1,000 AI Experts Condemn Racist Algorithms That Claim to Predict CrimeRead More

Tech Companies Are Limiting Police Use of Facial Recognition. Here’s Why

June 23, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Tech Companies Are Limiting Police Use of Facial Recognition. Here’s WhyRead More

Jury was misled about DNA before finding Xie guilty of murder, court told

June 22, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Jury was misled about DNA before finding Xie guilty of murder, court toldRead More

Google employees are demanding the company stop selling software to police

June 22, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Google employees are demanding the company stop selling software to policeRead More

When memory and justice fail us

June 20, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

When memory and justice fail usRead More

Mathematicians urge colleagues to boycott police work in wake of killings

June 19, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Mathematicians urge colleagues to boycott police work in wake of killingsRead More

Death penalty case: Jury finds San Jose man not guilty in 2016 child killing

June 19, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Death penalty case: Jury finds San Jose man not guilty in 2016 child killingRead More

NIST Adds New ‘Fingerprints’ to Chemical Identification Database

June 17, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

NIST Adds New ‘Fingerprints’ to Chemical Identification DatabaseRead More

Geofence warrants: How police can use protesters’ phones against them

June 16, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Geofence warrants: How police can use protesters’ phones against themRead More

New York lawmakers want to outlaw geofence warrants as protests grow

June 16, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

New York lawmakers want to outlaw geofence warrants as protests growRead More

Former VA pathologist who agency says misdiagnosed 3,000 cases pleads guilty to manslaughter

June 11, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Former VA pathologist who agency says misdiagnosed 3,000 cases pleads guilty to manslaughterRead More

Why it matters that IBM is getting out of the facial recognition business

June 10, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

Why it matters that IBM is getting out of the facial recognition businessRead More

IBM ends all facial recognition business as CEO calls out bias and inequality

June 8, 2020 // by Sarah Olson

IBM ends all facial recognition business as CEO calls out bias and inequalityRead More