HEALTH & WELL-BEING Halo Amazon

Amazon Halo health tracker debuts for $99.99, after new reports raise privacy concerns

December 15, 2020, by Todd Bishop

Amazon’s Halo device works with a membership service with features including a tool that assesses the user’s tone of voice. (Amazon Photo) Amazon made its ...

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ACCESSIBILITY ALEXA Amazon Anne Toth

Amazon’s Josh Miele and Anne Toth talk Alexa and the future of accessibility at Sight Tech Global

October 7, 2020, by Ned Desmond

When Alexa launched six years ago, no one imagined that by today there would be hundreds of millions of Alexa-enabled devices or that Alexa would ...

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INTERNET SAFETY FRAUD FOILING Amazon

Amazon wants to kill off online fraud

September 15, 2020, by Techradar - All the latest technology news

Amazon Fraud Detector leverages Amazon’s 20 plus years of experience and machine learning to help businesses identify online fraud.

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MOBILITY & SELF-DRIVING DRONE Amazon USA

Amazon’s drone program was cleared by the FAA — take a look at the machines it wants to use to deliver Prime packages to your doorstep

September 2, 2020, by mmeisenzahl@businessinsider.com (Mary Meisenzahl)

Amazon Prime Air drone. Amazon Prime Air The Federal Aviation Administration granted permission for Amazon to begin delivery drone operations. Amazon Prime Air has existed ...

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ETHICS & TRUST PRIVACY Amazon

AI experts doubt Amazon’s new Halo wearable can accurately judge the emotion in your voice, and worry about the privacy risks

August 29, 2020, by cschmitt

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ETHICS & TRUST Amazon

The ACLU says Amazon’s 1-year suspension on selling facial recognition to law enforcement falls short and it wants a longer ban

June 11, 2020, by feedback@businessinsider.com (Isobel Asher Hamilton)

AI experts and civil rights activists have been campaigning for Amazon to halt the sale of Rekognition to law enforcement for years.

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ETHICS & TRUST POLICING Amazon

Amazon bans police from using its facial recognition technology for the next year

June 10, 2020, by Nick Statt

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is announcing a one-year moratorium on allowing law enforcement to use its controversial Rekognition facial recognition platform, ...

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