In this week's Behind the Blog we gave some insight into our headline process. The example is a very complicated AI court ruling story. Not sure we've ever spent longer on a headline

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Behind the Blog: Chatbot 'Addiction' and a Reading List

This week, we discuss wrestling over a good headline, what to read this summer, and Super 8 film.

New from 404 Media: ICE is using a new facial recognition app to identify people, leaked emails show. Point camera at person, reveal their identity. It uses the CBP system that records peoples' faces as they enter or exit the U.S. Now, turned inwards to be used by ICE

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ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show

The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to int...

New from 404 Media: the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC)—the data broker owned by airlines such as Delta, United, American—which has been selling your flight info to the government for years, only just registered as a data broker. Seems it violated California law

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Airline-Owned Data Broker Selling Your Flight Info to DHS Finally Registers as a Data Broker

It’s a legal requirement for data brokers to register in the state of California. ARC, the airlines-owned data broker that has been selling your ...