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Portland, Maine has voted to ban facial recognition

The Verge

Portland, Maine has passed a ballot initiative banning the use of facial recognition by police and city agencies. Portland is just the latest city to swear off the technology, following previous bans by Boston, San Francisco, and Portland, Oregon. Illustration by Alex Castro / Th.

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Portland passes strongest facial recognition ban in the US

The Verge

The Portland City Council has passed the toughest facial recognition ban in the US, blocking both public and private use of the technology. Other cities such as Boston , San Francisco , and Oakland have passed laws barring public institutions from using facial recognition, but Portland is the first to prohibit private use.

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Portland bans private and public use of facial recognition tech

Digital Trends

The city of Portland, Oregon has unanimously passed an expansive new piece of legislation that bans both the private and public use of facial recognition tech.

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See You at #24NTC in Portland!

Forum One

Excitement is building as we eagerly anticipate March 13-15, when we’ll be in Portland for #24NTC! Plus, enjoy delectable Portland-fresh donuts and snag an exclusive invite to our Social Hour on Wednesday evening at a local favorite spot. Come experience the essence of the Portland community with us.

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Couples are saying ‘I do’ in ‘Minecraft’ as virtual weddings become more popular

Fast Company Tech

Sarah Nguyen, 24, from Portland, Oregon, and Jamie Patel, 25, from Leicester, England, met at 13 years old on a Minecraft role-play server. Most of their relationship was long-distance, lived out in the virtual world (the couple now resides together in Portland). Its the closest thing we have to a shared home, Nguyen told Wired.

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X is recovering after a data center outage

Engadget

According to Wired , firefighters responded to a fire at a data center leased by X near Portland, Oregon at 10:21AM PT on Thursday. While the company hasn't elaborated on the cause of the prolonged outage, the timing lines up with a reported fire at an X data center in Oregon on Thursday.

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Under Armour designed a plant-based clothing line that you can bury in your backyard

Fast Company Tech

It would seem unlikely for clothing designers to get their wheels turning by thinking about what happens to garments when people are through with them, but thats exactly the sort of backward thinking that led to Under Armours new regenerative sportswear collection, created in collaboration with Portland, Oregon-based Unless Collective.

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