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    • UK's science minister Chris Skidmore says the UK won't implement EU's Copyright Directive, which includes Article 13, after the country leaves the EU (Chris Smith/Trusted Reviews)

    Chris Smith / Trusted Reviews: UK’s science minister Chris Skidmore says the UK won’t implement EU’s Copyright Directive, which includes Article 13, after the country leaves the EU  —  One of the most intriguing aspects of Britain’s departure from the European Union will be which elements of EU law will be dropped and retained …

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    • An in-depth look at facial recognition technology, with a primer on how it works, who is using it in the US, and how to avoid it online and in public (The California Sunday Magazine)

    The California Sunday Magazine: An in-depth look at facial recognition technology, with a primer on how it works, who is using it in the US, and how to avoid it online and in public  —  The controversial and nearly ever-present technology that could replace the fingerprint  —  From iPhones and Snapchat filters … An in-depth

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    • Laws that ban facial recognition miss the larger point: we need laws on all tech used for identification and to decide how much of our data should be surveilled (Bruce Schneier/New York Times)

    Bruce Schneier / New York Times: Laws that ban facial recognition miss the larger point: we need laws on all tech used for identification and to decide how much of our data should be surveilled  —  The whole point of modern surveillance is to treat people differently, and facial recognition technologies are only a small

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    • GelSight raises $10M Series B for its imaging system that uses an elastomeric-based sensor and computer vision to produce highly accurate 3D maps of surfaces (Jeremy Bogaisky/Forbes)

    Jeremy Bogaisky / Forbes: GelSight raises $10M Series B for its imaging system that uses an elastomeric-based sensor and computer vision to produce highly accurate 3D maps of surfaces  —  Deputy editor for Industry; eyes on the skies  —  The human finger is incredibly sensitive, with a dense array of receptors … GelSight raises M

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    • Galvanize to be acquired by education company K12 Inc. for $165M in cash, according to an email to shareholders; some shareholders won't get proceeds (Kate Clark/The Information)

    Kate Clark / The Information: Galvanize to be acquired by education company K12 Inc. for $165M in cash, according to an email to shareholders; some shareholders won’t get proceeds  —  A wave of consolidation in the education technology market appears set to continue this year.  —  K12 Inc., a publicly-traded education company … Galvanize to

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