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October 1, 2024Chicago police bet big on pricey surveillance cameras. Two decades later, the devices do little to solve most crimes. Technology
October 1, 2024California Passes Law Protecting Consumer Brain Data — The state extended its current personal privacy law to include the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies. Technology
October 1, 2024Microsoft exec tells staff there won’t be an Amazon-style return-to-office mandate unless productivity drops Technology
October 1, 2024An out-of-warranty battery almost left this paralyzed man’s exoskeleton useless | Ditching a $100K medical device for a small wiring issue doesn’t make sense to us, but its manufacturer would prefer to replace the whole thing. Technology
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