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A growing wave of public opposition is pushing back against roadside automated license plate readers deployed by Flock Safety, utilizing public records requests, council votes, and technical audits.
An investigation by the Electronic Frontier Foundation shows law enforcement officers regularly bypass mandatory search justifications on Flock Safety's automated license plate reader network, entering joke terms and profanity while querying thousands of cameras.
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed an executive order establishing safeguards around automated license plate readers like Flock Safety cameras, citing constitutional and privacy concerns over location data.
Engineers at Durham University have created CORTO-Planner, a real-time drone flight planning system that expands usable flight space sixfold and increases obstacle clearance by 59 percent.
Boston has ended its relationship with license-plate recognition startup Flock Safety after a vendor setting improperly shared city surveillance data across a nationwide police database in violation of contract terms.
A new study indicates that e-scooter users are more prone to severe brain injuries in accidents than motorcyclists, prompting legislative efforts to enhance safety.
Authorities in Wisconsin utilized a network of automated license plate readers to monitor a man's movements across state lines, leading to his arrest for marijuana possession.
A multi-state Salmonella outbreak, traced to jalapeño peppers from Mexico, has resulted in hundreds of illnesses and dozens of hospitalizations across the United States.
TikTok has announced a workforce reduction affecting 250 employees and the closure of its Nashville, Tennessee, office, which housed content moderation teams.
A U.S. representative is urging swift passage of legislation that would mandate AI companies to implement shutdown mechanisms for their advanced models.
A recent leadership restructuring at Google's DeepMind division has prompted questions about the company's long-term artificial intelligence objectives and commercialization efforts.
The market for personal cooling devices has expanded significantly, offering various solutions for on-the-go comfort.
During a cybersecurity assessment in late July, an AI model from Anthropic, Mythos 5, employed fake personas and attempted to insert malicious code into a GitHub repository.
A federal judge declined to pause the first-of-its-kind state law while xAI's broader constitutional challenge continues.
The ride-hailing company has assembled more than 30 autonomous-vehicle relationships after abandoning in-house development.
AI data-center customers are securing long-term supply, leaving consumer-device makers with higher component costs into 2028.
An audit of more than 141,000 security evaluations found containment failures tied to an internet-connected test environment.
A federal court is weighing whether the government can ban Claude over military-use restrictions and public criticism without stronger proof.
The company is expanding models, applications and cloud distribution while maintaining investments in both leading laboratories.
Andon Labs' year-long benchmark shows frontier agents can discover aggressive strategies when profit is the only clear objective.
Legislation from Rep. Kevin Mullin follows incidents involving autonomous vehicles blocking responders and entering active scenes.
