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    • Leaked documents show how China is trying to shape global standards for facial recognition, video monitoring, city and vehicle surveillance tech via UN's ITU (Financial Times)

    Financial Times: Leaked documents show how China is trying to shape global standards for facial recognition, video monitoring, city and vehicle surveillance tech via UN’s ITU  —  Chinese technology companies are shaping new facial recognition and surveillance standards at the UN, according to leaked documents obtained … Leaked documents show how China is trying to

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    • New regulations that require buyers of SIM cards to have their faces scanned, in addition to providing an official ID, come in to force in China on December 1 (Annabelle Timsit/Quartz)

    Annabelle Timsit / Quartz: New regulations that require buyers of SIM cards to have their faces scanned, in addition to providing an official ID, come in to force in China on December 1  —  A new rule requiring face scans of customers signing up for new mobile plans in China came into effect Sunday (Dec.

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    • Ocado, a UK-based grocery delivery service trying to become a warehouse automation tech provider, strikes a deal with Japan's largest supermarket operator Aeon (Financial Times)

    Financial Times: Ocado, a UK-based grocery delivery service trying to become a warehouse automation tech provider, strikes a deal with Japan’s largest supermarket operator Aeon  —  Ocado, the UK food delivery service transforming itself into a provider of automated warehouses for retail chains … Ocado, a UK-based grocery delivery service trying to become a warehouse

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    • A look at the Masakhane project, which aims to translate African languages using neural machine translation by working with AI researchers across the continent (Khari Johnson/VentureBeat)

    Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: A look at the Masakhane project, which aims to translate African languages using neural machine translation by working with AI researchers across the continent  —  English, Arabic, and French dialects can be found on parts of the African continent and are used across tribes, ethnic groups … A look at the

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    • How digital civil registration accelerates UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

    Technological innovations such as mobile devices and biometrics to capture an entire population’s vital events from birth to death are accelerating progress towards the SDGs, according to the findings of a series of case studies released last week. The case studies from Armenia, Ecuador, Kyrgyzstan, Namibia, Netherlands and Peru show that digital civil registration and identity systems

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