The Boston City Council today voted unanimously to ban facial recognition, making Boston the largest city in the country to ban the technology since San Francisco passed the first citywide ban in May 2019. Nearby Somerville, Massachusetts passed a facial recognition ban roughly a year ago as well. The vote in Boston comes the same […]
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For the latest in consumer and industry news, top trends and market perspectives, stay tuned to Mintel News featuring commentary from Mintel’s team of global category analysts. April 04th, 2020April 08th, 2020 The number of adults indicating extreme levels of concern about exposure to COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus) has more than doubled in the past
President Trump wants to take action against vaping products. Alex Wong/Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday stepped up the US government’s action against e-cigarette manufacturers, suggesting a ban on flavored vaping products. Health concerns over e-cigarettes have increased in recent months amid an outbreak of serious lung illnesses that may be related to using e-cigarettes, or
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Amazon-owned doorbell camera company Ring is facing questions from a U.S. senator over its partnerships with police departments around the country. Sen. Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, sent a letter Thursday to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos raising privacy and civil liberty concerns about Ring cameras that are capturing and storing footage of U.S. neighborhoods. Markey
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The Q4 2018 Quarterly Index from the National Write Your Congressman (NWYC) organization reveals immigration ranked as a top small business concern in this quarter. According to NWYC, this is the first time the issue of immigration ranked in the top five. NWYC Q4 2018 Small Business Sentiment Index The top five issues small businesses
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? We’ve been hearing a lot of good news about the economy for a couple years now. That includes today, with the release of the second quarter GDP, which saw a 4.1% rise. So it’s a bit of a surprise to see a report this week showing that a majority of small business owners surveyed
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Twitter is going on the offensive; adamantly stating that the company is not reading users’ direct messages. The denial comes on the heels of allegations raised that Twitter employs hundreds of people tasked with reading account holders private messages. Project Veritas Makes Disturbing Claims Project Veritas recently posted footage that allegedly features Twitter engineers who
While Snapchat is known as the key place to reach younger users, as the home of tech-savvy Millennials, Snap Inc. itself rarely provides any detailed figures on exactly how many people are using each of its elements, on who, exactly, you’ll be able to reach by marketing through the app. Of course, there are overall
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Influencer marketing is on the rise, and looks set to become an even more significant consideration as we move into 2018 (according to the many prediction posts). But the latest controversy surrounding YouTube star Logan Paul underlines the need for brands to exercise caution over which influencers they work with, and to understand the significant
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