Axon (formally known as Taser) has been shifting its business toward body cameras for police officers for the past few years, but today, the company is making a big change. At the recommendation of its AI ethics board, “Axon will not be commercializing face matching products on our body camera,” the company announced in a blog post today.

Axon founded its AI and Policing Technology Ethics Board last April to help advise the company on how to ethically develop products. The board’s first report was published today, with a focus on advising Axon against using facial recognition technology.

According to the board’s report,…

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Dodge’s most potent Chargers enjoy more menacing looks and sharper reflexes.

For 2020, Dodge gives the Charger SRT Hellcat and Charger Scat Pack the Widebody treatment for meaner looks and performance.

A wider body, bigger tires and massaged suspension make the 2020 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody a more menacing proposition.

Following a positive response to the Challenger Scat Pack Widebody, Dodge also brings the wider look to the Charger Scat Pack for 2020.

My esteemed colleague Russell Brandom leads our policy team. He was struck by the disingenuous response from conservative lawmakers to the most recent video sting from Project Veritas, which presented YouTube employees in an unfair light. Russell asked if he could take over the column today, and I was happy to oblige. I’ll be back tomorrow with thoughts on Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance at the Aspen Ideas festival.

James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas has been on a tear against Google lately, with the most recent salvo coming this Monday. Like most of O’Keefe’s work, it’s deceptively edited and doesn’t add up to much, but he managed to catch one executive in a pretty poor choice of words. In a hidden camera conversation with Jen Gennai,…

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Hey, at least it’s affordable.

AT&T showed us our most astounding 5G speeds yet, but isn’t the overall champion.

There’s a whole lot of value tucked away behind this revived Plymouth badge.