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Technology’s relationship with unauthorized immigration, border security

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No matter what side of the unauthorized immigration and border security debate you're on, technology plays a major role in...

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Social Media

State Dept answers FAQs on social media screening visa applicants

Navanwita Sachdev8 months ago

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The US State Department releases its FAQs regarding the social media screening of visa applicants while addressing those that don't have...

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Business Technology

Shareholders tell Amazon to stop selling Rekognition facial recognition tech to govt

Tim Hinchliffe1 year ago

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Amazon shareholders file a resolution demanding that Amazon stop selling facial recognition software Rekognition to government and law enforcement, citing...

Business

Rebranding immigration for a positive economic impact

Sam Brake Guia1 year ago

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Immigration is one of the hottest topics in the news today, and while the United States seems to be divided...

Technology

ACLU files FOIA request demanding DHS, ICE reveal how they use Amazon Rekognition

Tim Hinchliffe1 year ago

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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) files a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request demanding that the Department of Homeland...

Technology

Amazon, Palantir are aiding mass deportations of govt ‘undesirables’: report

Tim Hinchliffe1 year ago

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A report reveals that Silicon Valley giants like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Palantir are providing Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

Technology

‘The process is slow, expensive and relatively scary’: How one startup is changing the immigration process for the better – Interview

Sam Brake Guia2 years ago

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In the face of the unfortunate events occurring on the US' southern board, with families being inhumanly separated, it can be difficult...

Technology

Immigration: The key to the US’ tech skill gap?

Sam Brake Guia2 years ago

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Trump has been very vocal about the need for "JOBS, JOBS JOBS!" in the USA. The creation of jobs was...

Business

The solution to Trump’s H1B visa restrictions for tech companies is to shift from outsourcing towards ‘nearshoring’

Alejandro Vasquez3 years ago

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For decades, H1B visas have been one of the cornerstones of the traditional IT outsourcing business model. In many ways,...

Brains Byte Back

(Previously The Sociable Podcast) The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

How focused are you right now? Are you aware of the feeling of your feet touching the ground? The air flowing in and out of your lungs? Or are your thoughts, racing around your head, your main focus of attention? If you are like the majority of people, it can be hard to harness your full attention and focus.

Listen to this podcast below and on Spotify, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Breaker, Google Podcasts, Overcast, and Radio Public.

In this battle to stay focused, we might have an unlikely ally, our smartphones. In recent years, numerous apps have popped up to help us meditate, stay calm and remain focused in our daily lives. In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Drew Brazier, an experienced psychologist and the co-founder of the Mindcurrent app—a mindfulness app that uses expert tips and exercises to help users reduce stress. You will learn what benefits meditation can provide, how apps can help with daily guidance and how perceptions are changing in our society.

And for our Weird Wide Web piece, we have a story on Airbnb, regarding a new patent on software that scans user’s online presence to predict whether or not they are trustworthy.