SpaceX Childcare Workers Said They Might Have Been Exposed To The Coronavirus. Elon Musk Is Making Them Work Anyways.
Daycare workers serving the children of SpaceX employees are asking the company for more serious measures to combat the novel coronavirus since learning a parent was tested after coming down with symptoms.
Elon Musk Incorrectly Tweeted Children Are “Essentially Immune” From The Coronavirus. Twitter Said That’s Okay.
Musk's tweet that children were “essentially immune” from the coronavirus contradicted information from the CDC and scientific research.
Tesla Said It Is Pausing Operations At Two Factories Because Of The Coronavirus
The announcement comes after Tesla defied a shelter-in-place order issued by Alameda County that requires residents to stay at home and nonessential businesses to close.
Tesla's Factory Can Stay Open But Manufacturing Cars Would Break The Law, A Sheriff's Office Said
Tesla’s Fremont factory will reduce its workforce from 10,000 to 2,500 workers, according to a spokesperson with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.
Apple Just Closed All Its Stores Outside Of Its "Greater China" Region
Hourly Apple retail workers will continue to be paid at a "business as usual operations" rate, the company said.
Elon Musk Told Workers They're More Likely To Die In A Car Crash Than From Coronavirus
“The risk of death from C19 is *vastly* less than the risk of death from driving your car home.”
Secret Users Of Clearview AI’s Facial Recognition Dragnet Included A Former Trump Staffer, A Troll, And Conservative Think Tanks
CEO Hoan Ton-That said his facial recognition app is strictly for law enforcement. But he’s shared it with political connections, potential investors, and entities designated as “Friend.”
An Employee At Mark Zuckerberg And Priscilla Chan’s Charitable Organization Has Tested Positive For Coronavirus
All other employees at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative have been asked to work from home.
Senators Are Probing Clearview AI On The Use Of Facial Recognition By Gulf States And International Markets
Following reporting from BuzzFeed News, Sen. Ed Markey slammed Clearview for its “unacceptable” responses to a prior letter and asked how its facial recognition technology might lead foreign governments to “suppress their citizens.”
Twitter Employees Show Support For Embattled CEO With #WeBackJack Hashtag
After activist investor firm Elliott Management announces it has amassed about $1 billion in shares of Twitter, employees have started to sound off.
The Facial Recognition Company That Scraped Facebook And Instagram Photos Is Developing Surveillance Cameras
Clearview AI is operating a sister entity called Insight Camera that’s been experimenting with live facial recognition, according to documents seen by BuzzFeed News and companies that have used it.
Clearview AI Created Accounts For The Offices Of Four Republican Lawmakers Including Trump’s Nominee For Director Of National Intelligence
The office for Rep. John Ratcliffe had access to use Clearview AI’s facial recognition, but never logged in or ran searches.
Apple Just Disabled Clearview AI's iPhone App For Breaking Its Rules On Distribution
A BuzzFeed News analysis of Clearview AI’s app for Apple’s mobile operating system found that the company had been violating the iPhone maker’s rules to distribute its apps to law enforcement agencies and other customers.
More Than A Dozen Organizations From The Met Police To J.K. Rowling’s Foundation Have Tried Clearview AI’s Facial Recognition Tech
Exclusive: The UK National Crime Agency and a number of police forces across England, as well as several private investment firms, have registered users with facial recognition software company Clearview AI.
Clearview’s Facial Recognition App Has Been Used By The Justice Department, ICE, Macy’s, Walmart, And The NBA
A BuzzFeed News review of Clearview AI documents has revealed the company is working with more than 2,200 law enforcement agencies, companies, and individuals around the world.
Jeff Bezos, The World’s Richest Man, Pledges $10 Billion To Fight Climate Change
“I’m committing $10 billion to start and will begin issuing grants this summer. Earth is the one thing we all have in common — let’s protect it, together.”
After Months Of Scandal And Scrutiny On Its Founder, Andy Rubin’s Essential Is Shutting Down
The company's shutdown leaves 114 people, including Andy Rubin, out of jobs.
The ACLU Slammed A Facial Recognition Company That Scrapes Photos From Instagram And Facebook
”The report is absurd on many levels and further demonstrates that Clearview simply does not understand the harms of its technology in law enforcement hands.”
Clearview AI Wants To Sell Its Facial Recognition Software To Authoritarian Regimes Around The World
Facebook confirmed to BuzzFeed News that it has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Clearview AI, asking the company to stop using information from Facebook and Instagram.
As Trump Expands His Travel Ban, Amazon, Apple And Google Are Silent
In January 2017, when the Trump administration first unveiled a travel ban targeting seven majority Muslim countries, the tech industry took up arms. This time around there's mainly been silence.