Facial recognition startup Clearview AI has agreed to restrict the sale of its massive collection of face images to settle allegations that it collected people’s photos without their consent. The settlement was reached in a case alleging the company violated Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), considered the strongest data …
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Roughly 129,000 Bestar wall beds sold online by retailers including Amazon, Costco and Wayfair are being recalled after one fell on an elderly woman, killing her, the company and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Thursday. The beds can detach from the wall and fall onto those nearby, …
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Hormel Foods-owned Skippy Foods is recalling almost 81 tons of Skippy peanut butter because the jars sold by Walmart and other retailers may contain small fragments of stainless steel from a piece of manufacturing equipment. The problem detected by internal systems at the facility where the product was produced involves …
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Major League Baseball on Tuesday canceled at least six of its first batch of games for the 2022 season after team owners and the players’ union failed to reach agreement on a new employment contract. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said the league and team owners made several concessions to the …
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Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI may be just the excuse some people need to splurge on a new television. But parents looking for a bigger screen or better picture quality may not recognize the tip-over risk for TVs, a hazard that can be dangerous — and sometimes deadly — for children. The good …
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A Southwest Airlines passenger is suing the carrier for $10 million, claiming that employees yelled at her and pulled her off a flight because she repeatedly took off her mask to drink water. Medora Clay Reading, 68, tried to fly from Washington, D.C., to Palm Beach, Florida, on January 7, …
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Health, wellness and food are some of the most popular trends at this year’s CES event, the world’s largest technology show. For the first time in the confab’s 55-year history, a health care company executive will deliver the main keynote. Abbott CEO Robert Ford is scheduled to deliver remarks about tech …
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Auto safety regulators are concerned that a video game feature in many vehicles made by electric car maker Tesla could distract drivers and lead to crashes. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Wednesday they are looking at roughly 580,000 Tesla vehicles equipped with a feature known as “Passenger Play.” …
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A recall of fully cooked ham and pepperoni products shipped to retail stores nationwide has ballooned to more than 2.3 million pounds that may be contaminated with listeria — 10 times more than first announced. Alexander & Hornung, a St. Clair Shores, Michigan-based business unit of Perdue Premium Meat Co., …
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Holiday shopping and Black Friday deals are already underway, with millions of Americans expected to hit stores and cruise for online discounts as they make up for lost time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “There’s a bit of pent-up demand, as consumers are still saving money on not traveling and …
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