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But, he lamented, it is not illegal. Surveillance algorithms will not operate, as they currently do, inside a black box. Defendants are never kept in the dark about how they fell under suspicion. Massachusetts Institute of Technology facial recognition researcher Joy Buolamwini stands for a portrait behind a mask at the school, in Cambridge, Mass. Buolamwini’s research has uncovered racial and gender bias in facial analysis tools sold by companies such as Amazon that have a hard time recognizing certain faces, especially darker-skinned women....

About a week ago, the a key on my MacBook Pro broke. Once flat and useful, the poor little guy now looks like a mini ski slope and barely works. Several of my friends have similar keyboard problems on their overpriced laptops. This is my broken “a” key.Photo: Adam Clark Estes (Gizmodo) So it felt like a relief earlier today when Apple announcedan expansion of Keyboard Service Program. Now, the company will repair pretty much any MacBook Pro with the problematic butterfly mechanism for free....

Buying an air conditioner is hard. But dont worry, its actually fairly easy to buy, install, and enjoy an air conditioner. First, there are really two kinds of air conditioners that most people can buy and install themselves. Image: Gizmodo Window units, and portable units. For most people, a window unit will be the ideal kind of air conditioner to buy. Its cheap, easy to find, and does the job well enough....

Only youll have to pay Apple for that privilege. With Channels, the content is streamed directly from Apples servers instead. HBO did not immediately reply to our request for comment. Photo: Alex Cranz (Gizmodo) One could presume its because Apples Channels feature is independent of HBO. Its an Apple exclusive feature because Apple is doing all the work. Which sort of makes sense! So you want the potentially highest-quality cordcutting version of a service like HBO?...

Youve likely heard about the intense conversations between the United States and China over tariffs. However at least one thing is clear, Apple phones are going to get more expensive. This might be surprising if you rememberTim Cooks statements late last year. Photo: Alex Cranz (Gizmodo) Unfortunately, Apple may not be safe in the long run. The Trump administration isincreasingly expectedto apply tariffs to the remaining goods that the U.S. imports from China....

To which I say: No thanks. The iPhone XR camera will reportedly get a second camera for better zoom. All of those new features sound great in print. Illustration: (Gizmodo / Mark Gurman) A wider angle lens would come in handy on the familys vacation to the Grand Canyon! But then you see what that square bump would like all three iPhone models… Alleged next iPhone case moldings show what we discussed in our story last week in terms of new cameras....

Gather round, consumers, for yet another Apple rumor. Thats ahead of schedule,according to Toms Hardware. The iPhone XR successor will get a second camera on the back. A man leaving an Apple store in Beijing, 2019.Photo: Andy Wong (AP) The third camera on the high-end models will have an ultra-wide-angle lens to produce larger and more detailed photos. It will also enable a broader range of zoom. The second camera on the new XR model will have increased zoom as well....

Apples Worldwide Developers Conference, or WWDC, starts up in just a few weeks on June 3. You could sift through the massive pile yourself, but heres a rundown of the five most interesting rumors. This also tracks with recent reports that Apple has startedtesting sleep trackingon the watch itself. With WWDC less than a month away, it’s rumor seasonPhoto: Getty Images After all, you cant track sleep if your watch dies on you in the middle of the night....

Analysts had expected almost 180 million chip shipments for the period, according to a FactSet survey. The Journal wrote that A decision there could come at any moment. News from the future, delivered to your present. Photo: Richard Drew (AP) Meta Pissed Off Everyone With Poorly Redacted Docs Meta is being very transparent on accident. Apple, Are You Okay? I need Apple to blink once for yes and twice for no, because it’s getting weird....

Everyone has a theory: Maybe its that iPhones are too expensive. Maybe its all of these, or something else entirely. News from the future, delivered to your present. The iPhone XS (left) and XS Max (right).Photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez (AP) Meta Pissed Off Everyone With Poorly Redacted Docs Meta is being very transparent on accident. DOJ says workers in the Philippines completed transactions manually.

When Apple kills a piece of tech, its typically gone for good. Even this particular patent was originally filed back in Q3 2016. It just didnt get published by the US Patent and Trademark Office until this week. Photo: (Gizmodo) Additionally, this patent doesnt mean that the notch will go away, at least not immediately. News from the future, delivered to your present. Meta Pissed Off Everyone With Poorly Redacted Docs Meta is being very transparent on accident....

You may not know it, but your iPhoneif an iPhone 8 or lateris capable of much faster charging. The only problem is, Apple doesnt give you the stuff necessary for it. But a new rumor claims that could be changing, and it should. Photo: Gizmodo Apples phones are currently shipped with a standard 5W charging cube. If youve purchased an iPhone in the last few years, you know what this looks like....

News from the future, delivered to your present. Framework Laptop 13 Review: Wait, Did I Actually Have Fun With a PC? The Framework 13 now feels like a laptop that’s more than a modular, repairable novelty. Intel signage advertising 5G technology at CES 2018 in Las Vegas, January 2018.Photo: David Becker (Getty Images) It’s now a unit that’s a joy to both build and use. Meta Pissed Off Everyone With Poorly Redacted Docs Meta is being very transparent on accident....