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Clearview said its facial recognition app was only for law enforcement as it courted private companies

After claiming that it would only sell its controversial facial recognition software to law enforcement agencies, a new report suggests that Clearview AI is less than discerning about its client base

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Pence tries to project calm as virus response coordinator

Vice President Mike Pence sought to project calm Thursday in his new role as chief coordinator of the government’s response to the coronavirus as the Trump administrati

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Palestinian Lawsuit Targets Trump, Netanyahu, Kushner for ‘Crimes Against Humanity’

A new lawsuit filed by a group of Americans and Palestinians in a US federal court charges a slew of political and legal figures, mostly Americans and Israelis, "have a

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Wuhan's war on COVID-19: How China mobilizes to contain the virus

03:43 A health crisis struck China on the cusp of the new year. Wuhan, a metropolis of 11 million residents in central China's Hubei Province, would become the epicente

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Tractable claims $25M to sell damage-assessing AIs to more insurance giants

London-based insurtech AI startup Tractable, which is applying artificial intelligence to speed up accident and disaster recovery by using computer vision to perform visual damage appraisal instead o

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New York state prepares 40 mln emergency funding for COVID-19

The U.S. state of New York will set aside about 40 million U.S. dollars for potential outbreak of COVID-19, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday. Though no confirmed case of COVID-19 had so far b

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Wall Street falls more slowly as investors parse coronavirus fears

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., February 26, 2020. /VCG The SP 500 fell for a fifth straight day on Wednesday and whi

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Vice President Mike Pence will lead the US response to the COVID-19 outbreak

In an early-evening press conference, President Donald Trump tapped Vice President Mike Pence to lead the U.S. response to the COVID-19 outbreak that has spread through Europe, Asia and Latin America

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Interview: China's rural revitalization a model for world's countryside development--Dutch architect

China's rural revitalization strategy is emerging as a model for the sustainable development of the world's countryside, or the 98 percent of Earth's surface not occupied by cities, a renowned Dutch

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Lessons for Asia's tourism as it reels from coronavirus

The past month or so has been mostly wretched for tourism in Asia.The novel coronavirus outbreak, which began in China but has since spread both within and outside the continent, has severely curt

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Top congressional Democrats OK with Sanders becoming party's presidential nominee

Bernie Sanders speaks at a rally at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the United States, Feb. 2, 2020. (Photo by Joel Lerner/Xinhua) Having won the nominating contests in New Hampshire and Nevada following a narro

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Wall Street can't burn Bernie

Editor's note: Jeffrey D. Sachs is Professor of Sustainable Development and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University, Director of Columbia's Center for Sustainable Developm

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Outdoor Voices founder Tyler Haney says adios altogether to the company amid layoffs

Last week, the Business of Fashion broke the news that cofounder and CEO Tyler Haney was stepping down from her role as CEO of the activewear label, citing slowing growth for the company and reporting

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Andreessen makes Ribbon Health the first investment from its $750 million new healthcare fund

One of the biggest roadblocks to reducing costs in the American healthcare system is the system’s inherent lack of transparency.Most healthcare networks and hospital systems can’t even acc

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Long term room-rental platform Badi launches its service in NYC

As things stand in many countries, renting houses and whole apartments is relatively straightforward, if you can afford it. But trying to find rooms in those apartments and houses to rent has been cha

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Panasonic is ending its solar cell partnership with Tesla

Panasonic said it will stop producing solar cells and modules at Tesla’s factory in Buffalo, New York, ending a four-year joint venture with the electric automaker. Nikkei Asian Review was the f

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Can Fidel Castro sink Bernie Sanders?

Editor's note: Chris Hawke is a graduate of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and a journalist who has reported for over two decades from Beijing, New York, the United Nations, Tokyo, Ban