policy Archives - Internet of Things News https://www.iottechnews.com/news/tag/policy/ Internet of Things news and strategy Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:11:12 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.iottechnews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/09/iot-icon-60x60.png policy Archives - Internet of Things News https://www.iottechnews.com/news/tag/policy/ 32 32 WEF: Inequality likely to worsen as robots set to do half of work by 2025 https://www.iottechnews.com/news/2020/oct/21/wef-inequality-worsen-robots-half-work/ https://www.iottechnews.com/news/2020/oct/21/wef-inequality-worsen-robots-half-work/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:11:11 +0000 https://iottechnews.com/?p=21040 A report from the World Economic Forum (WEF) predicts that robots will do half of all work tasks by 2025, with inequality likely to worsen as a result. Concerns about the impact of automation on jobs are not exactly new, but most felt the timeline for significant change would be longer – providing more time... Read more »

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]]> https://www.iottechnews.com/news/2020/oct/21/wef-inequality-worsen-robots-half-work/feed/ 0 IBM will no longer build facial recognition tech, sends letter to Congress https://www.iottechnews.com/news/2020/jun/09/ibm-no-longer-build-facial-recognition-tech-letter-congress/ https://www.iottechnews.com/news/2020/jun/09/ibm-no-longer-build-facial-recognition-tech-letter-congress/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2020 16:54:16 +0000 https://iottechnews.com/?p=20631 IBM has announced it will no longer build facial recognition amid growing concern over the technology’s implications. In a letter to Congress, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna wrote: “IBM firmly opposes and will not condone uses of any [facial recognition] technology, including facial recognition technology offered by other vendors, for mass surveillance, racial profiling, violations of... Read more »

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