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Facial recognition software leads to arrest of suspect accused of injuring ICE officer

FOX News

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. FBI investigators identified Robert Jacob Hoopes as a suspect in the injury of an ICE officer during protests in Portland, Ore., using facial recognition software, according to a criminal complaint from the case. In the criminal complaint, an unidentified FBI special agent said that a photo shared on OregonLive.com -- the online version of The Oregonian -- was put into "commercially available facial recognition software." The software allegedly provided 30 possible comparison photos from public databases. FBI Portland reviewed the photos and found one from a Reed College SmugMug page called "Canyon Day April '23," in which a tattoo on the suspect's forearm is visible.


DOJ charges man with threats against Merriam-Webster over dictionary's gender definitions of woman and girl

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Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. The Justice Department charged a California man of hurling threats of violence against the Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster Inc., while he allegedly accused the dictionary of promoting "lies and anti-science propaganda" regarding its gender definition entries for the words "woman" and "girl." Jeremy David Hanson, 34, of Rossmoor, California, was charged in federal court in Springfield, Massachusetts, by criminal complaint with one count of interstate communication of threats to commit violence. He was arrested and made an initial federal court appearance in the Central District of California on Wednesday.


Apple engineer arrested for stealing secret files on tech giant's automated car plans

Daily Mail - Science & tech

An ex-Apple engineer has been charged with stealing secret blueprints for the tech giant's automated car project before trying to flee the US for China. Xiaolang Zhang was arrested by FBI agents at San Jose airport in California on Saturday when he passed through a security checkpoint. He is accused of downloading the plan for a circuit board for the automated car just days before he quit to go to a Chinese self-driving car startup. The charge is punishable by 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. A criminal complaint filed on Monday said Zhang was hired by Apple in December of 2015 to develop software and hardware for the company's autonomous vehicle project, where he designed and tested circuit boards to analyze sensor data.


Why Facebook and other big sites are opposing this rape victim's lawsuit

Washington Post - Technology News

She was a 22-year old aspiring model from Brooklyn. Searching for a way to crack into the industry, she turned to ModelMayhem.com, a website that connects freelance models to casting agents, photographers and others in the business. She flew down to Miami to meet the agent she had met online and, upon her arrival, he drugged and raped her. Her brutal assault was filmed and posted on the porn website Miami's Nastiest Nymphos. She awoke bruised and disoriented in a motel room with no knowledge of how she got there.