Face checks, outage outrage and digital IDs + this day in history w/the Soweto uprising and our song of the day by Jarv Is… on your Morning Monarchy for June 16, 2020.
Notes/Links:
IBM, @amazon Agree to Step Back From Face Recognition. Where Is @Microsoft?
https://twitter.com/NOTDumPhuk/status/1271097606882709516
New Mexico law enforcement suspended from using Amazon’s facial recognition technology (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1272753646623617036
Microsoft says it won’t sell facial recognition technology to US police departments
https://twitter.com/NOTDumPhuk/status/1272130139388854277
‘Siri, I’m getting pulled over’: A shortcut for iPhones can automatically record the police
https://twitter.com/CourageSower/status/1271921755007803394
A government and defense contractor-funded think tank is behind Twitter’s recent purging of nearly 180,000 accounts.
https://twitter.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1271514843208695809
Twitter Reinstates Zerohedge After Admitting It Made An “Error”
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1272038785975549952
Cox slows an entire neighborhood’s internet after one person’s ‘excessive use’
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1270425475496792066
WIDESPREAD OUTAGE: Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint and AT&T All Down In Parts of US
https://twitter.com/NOTDumPhuk/status/1272640337597644802
T-Mobile hit with nationwide outage impacting calls and data (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1272754698076868608
Fiber for #5G: It’s Not Safe AND It Requires Boxes Buried Underground Sometimes in Front of Homes
https://twitter.com/NOTDumPhuk/status/1272132716843208710
US Army Flickr Page Inadvertently Reveals New Hypersonic Weapon Concept
https://twitter.com/NOTDumPhuk/status/1271407319650369536
Up to 36 ‘intelligent alien races’ could be living in our galaxy, scientists say
https://twitter.com/CourageSower/status/1272597268529426432
Hacker Bypasses GE’s Ridiculous Refrigerator DRM
https://twitter.com/AphixJS/status/1271846283141976064
NYC COVID-19 Contact Tracers Not Asking About George Floyd Protest Participation, Despite Fears of New Virus Wave
https://twitter.com/NOTDumPhuk/status/1272581553617502216
Covid-19 is scary. Could a rogue scientist use CRISPR to conjure another pandemic?
https://twitter.com/CourageSower/status/1272352816573460480
Tony Blair says people will need ‘digital ID’ to prove ‘disease status’ in future (Audio)
https://twitter.com/Independent/status/1270745068215963651
#ThisDayInHistory: #June16 w/A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa in 1976 turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd … in the Soweto uprising. (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1272947706315419649
+ #HouseDivided speech, @Ford est., #Bloomsday, #Argentina coup attempt, #RudolfNureyev defects, #Monterey Pop Festival, @Oracle est., #PearlJam tour w/o #Ticketmaster (#RATM still can’t figure out how)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1272947708437737473
Flashback: IARPA Wants to Scan Your YouTube Clips for Terror Threats (Jun. 16, 2010)
https://mediamonarchy.com/iarpa-wants-to-scan-your-youtube-clips-for-terror-threats/
+ #Geronimo, #StanLaurel, #JoyceCarolOates, #NeilGoldschmidt, #EddieLevert, #GinoVannelli, #UltimateWarrior, #TupacShakur/#2Pac birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1272947710312591360
#PumpUpThaVolume: Jarv Is… – “House Music All Night Long” (Radio Edit) (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1272734369384239104