Slog AM: Amazon Workers Walk Out, Seattle Could Remove Police Oversight, AI Could Murder Us All
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- The company is now banking on the smart shopping cart to potentially revolutionize the food shopping experience.
- Acknowledging the failure to widely implement the 'Just Walk Out' technology, Amazon shifts focus to the smart shopping cart as a more feasible solution.
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- The protesters were arrested and after refusing to leave the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian in Sunnyvale or the workspace in New York City for nearly 10 hours, they were transferred to administrative positions to urge Google to terminate the Project Nimbus contract and cease business with the Israeli government.
- No Tech For Apartheid, a project by Jewish Voice for Peace and Linda Sarsour’s MPower Change, described the terminations as an "indiscriminate act of mass retaliation."
- The office occupations at Google were accompanied by demonstrations on-site and in Seattle, aiming to compel Google to withdraw from the project to establish cloud-based data centers and transition a significant portion of the Israeli government's IT infrastructure to cloud-based servers.
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- The King County prosecutor's office noted that Dave had his emergency lights on, pedestrians heard his siren, and Kandula seemed to try and cross the intersection as his vehicle approached.
- Although no serious charges will be filed, there is a possibility that city prosecutors could pursue lesser charges such as negligent driving.
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1 hurt in shooting near Garfield High School: One person was shot near Garfield High School Wednesday afternoon, according to the Seattle Police Department.
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Washington State University officer fires at student in residence hall: The student was not hit by a bullet and was taken to Pullman Regional Hospital for ...
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Seattle city attorney issues traffic violation to officer who fatally struck Jaahnavi Kandula
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Opinion: Artificial intelligence will show how smart humans can become: The Seattle area is in the thick of the race for artificial intelligence dominance.
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SPD officers suspended after waiting 20 minutes to respond to shooting: Two Seattle police officers have been given a day off without pay for their lackadaisical ...
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Dog Shot by Amazon Delivery Driver: A family in Alabama says their dog needs surgery after a delivery driver walked onto their porch and shot him.
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Seattle police use of force nears all-time lows, but racial disparities still plague the numbers
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WA Senate passes bill that would ban hogtying by police: Washington is moving to bar police from hogtying suspects, a proposal spurred by the March 2020 death of ...
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Amazon Licenses Cashierless ‘Just Walk Out’ Tech to Other Retailers: The company is cutting back on the “Just Walk Out” tech in its own grocery locations.
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