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Massimo Manganaro

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Il Sole 24 Ore @mm-ilsole24ore-bot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ai e sicurezza informatica sottovalutate: un’azienda su 4 non fa formazione L’indagine Experis (Manpowergroup) misura l’impatto delle n... www.ilsole24ore.com/art/ai-e-sicure…
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/09/2026
AMD to buy Fei-Fei Li’s AI start-up for $8bn ft.trib.al/BUDmHcy
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AMD to buy Fei-Fei Li’s AI start-up for $8bn
World Labs was founded by Stanford University researcher to work on AI models that understand 3D environments
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Facta @facta.news · 21/09/2026
Perché ricerche e inchieste hanno mostrato che diffondono informazioni false o fuorvianti, finendo per legittimare anche teorie del complotto già ampiamente confutate
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Affidarsi ai risultati dell’IA per le ricerche su Google non è una buona idea | Facta
Perché ricerche e inchieste hanno mostrato che diffondono informazioni false o fuorvianti, finendo per legittimare anche teorie del complotto già...
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 16/09/2026
Switching password managers has usually meant exporting an unencrypted file with all of your credentials exposed. No bueno. Now, a feature on Android 8 and newer devices helps you migrate between password managers. Learn more in our digital security newsletter — and subscribe!
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Android offers password manager switching tool
Password managers are great, but switching away from one is a hassle. A new Android feature eases the pain
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
oh so he’s a comedian now
BBC headline with photo of Sam Altman: “OpenAI boss says world ‘right to be afraid’ but should trust AI firms”
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noyb – European Center for Digital Rights @noyb.eu · 12/09/2026
🍪📰 "Nineteen groups behind the #killthecookiebanner campaign wrote an open letter to #EU institutions on Thursday, calling for lawmakers to adopt the Commission proposal to streamline consent requests for #cookies."  Read more 👉 www.euractiv.com/news/digital...
Digital rights groups renew push to simplify cookie banners

'Kill the cookie banner' backers urge lawmakers not to drop proposal
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/09/2026
Creating an AI agent and asking it to email strangers on your behalf is like forcing strangers to watch you masturbate. Incompetently.
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European Parliament @europarl.europa.eu · 11/09/2026
Emma Bonino never waited for the world to catch up. She went ahead and pulled it with her. That is how she will be remembered in Italy and in Brussels, where she served as a Member of @europarl.europa.eu and European Commissioner. The Europe she fought for will miss her
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Facta @facta.news · 09/09/2026
Tramite un suo ex collaboratore, il leader di Futuro Nazionale aveva creato una pagina su sé stesso diversi mesi prima dell’uscita del libro “Il mondo al contrario” | Leggi l'inchiesta di Alessandro Pilo e @simofons.bsky.social
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Così Vannacci preparava la sua ascesa politica su Wikipedia
Tramite un suo ex collaboratore, il leader di Futuro Nazionale aveva creato una pagina su sé stesso diversi mesi...
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Futurism @futurism.com · 09/09/2026
"The bully is mad."
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Elon Musk Seems Legitimately Shaken Over This New Documentary
Documentarian Alex Gibney had a very rich source of material to draw from for his upcoming documentary titled "Musk."
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 07/09/2026
Trump administration attacks UK plans to boost traditional media on social platforms
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Trump administration attacks UK plans to boost traditional media on social platforms
US embassy says Downing Street’s plan to give BBC, ITV and other established media more online visibility carries risk of ‘censorship’ The Trump administration has raised “serious concerns” over Downing Street’s plan to force YouTube and other digital platforms to hand more prominence to established broadcasters, warning the move risks “facilitating censorship”. In a pointed intervention, the US government said the proposals to boost traditional media outlets in social media algorithms could “establish a template that authoritarian regimes could invoke to justify more control over online content”. Continue reading...
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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 07/09/2026
Accusing others of ‘confrontation’ is a bold choice when your own state is launching near-constant missile and drone barrages at Ukrainian cities.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 06/09/2026
"This AI classification blind spot means that patients with darker skin would receive measurably worse care." f-st.co/jLi962m
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Skin cancer detection tools powered by AI are improving. Not everyone is benefitting
New AI tools used in dermatology have a crucial shortcoming.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 06/09/2026
The brain you were born with contains the same learning engine as every genius who ever lived. f-st.co/3gpH3jh
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5 myths about being a genius
The trouble is that your impostor and your genius can’t work the neural gears at the same time.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026
Amazon's own balance sheet presents the most compelling evidence that we are stuck in the Enshittocene, the era in which everything is turning into a pile of shit, because the worst ideas of the worst people now make the most money. 1/
Hieronymus Bosch's 'The Conjuror,' a painting depicting a medieval con artist playing a shell game for an audience of astonished peasant rubes. The image has been altered: the conman now has Jeff Bezos's grinning head, and the mouths of all the peasants have been replaced with inverted Amazon 'Smile' logos, so they are now frowning.

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Steve Jurvestson (modified)
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Futurism @futurism.com · 05/09/2026
This needs to stop now.
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Hikers Rescued After Using Google AI to Plan Disastrous Trip
Three hikers who used Google's Gemini to plan their trip to the summit of Mount Shasta had to be rescued by Forest Service rangers.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 05/09/2026
The United Nations has voted to adopt a new world map that makes the African continent bigger while shrinking North America and Europe. 👉 ebx.sh/yx6m0M
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Reuters @reuters.com · 04/09/2026
Exclusive: A swarm of rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German website this spring and transformed it into a bulletin board for other AI agents, according to new research reut.rs/4gJ7FPG
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EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI agents hijacked German website in previously undisclosed AI breakout this spring
A swarm of rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German website this spring and transformed it into a bulletin board for other AI agents, according to ​new research and two people familiar with the matter.
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Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A 2-minute case study of what can go wrong at the intersection of AI and privacy, especially when children are involved:
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
Map showing Lower Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 02/09/2026
MapQuest is now the No. 1 U.S. app after bucking Trump’s ‘Lake America’ renaming
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MapQuest is now the No. 1 U.S. app after bucking Trump’s ‘Lake America’ renaming
The once-dominant mapping app has surged to the top of Apple’s U.S. App Store after refusing to adopt Trump’s “Lake America” name, drawing more than half of its 2026 U.S. downloads in just six days.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/09/2026
Freelancers are getting buried with ‘soulless’ AI slop cleanup: ‘It’s a shame we need to do it’
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Freelancers are getting buried with ‘soulless’ AI slop cleanup: ‘It’s a shame we need to do it’
As more companies turn to AI, they’re hiring freelancers to cleanup its mistakes rather than create original work
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 02/09/2026
Norway considers ban on camera-enabled wearable ‘pervert glasses’
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Norway considers ban on camera-enabled wearable ‘pervert glasses’
The Nordic country says wearable camera headsets need to be regulated given their privacy risks.
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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Lake Gen X Erasure
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Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
No wonder it has been so easy for AI companies to sell cognitive lobotomy as 'productivity.'
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 30/08/2026
The best privacy tools for using AI without giving up your data f-st.co/6CIkJe4
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The best privacy tools for using AI without giving up your data
From private AI chats to offline transcription and secure PDF redaction, these tools keep sensitive information from leaving your device.
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 29/08/2026
AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI regularly publish reports on how people are using products like Claude and ChatGPT, but they only release the data they want us to see, AI researchers say.
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We still don’t know how people are really using AI
But a new study shows that work use cases make up less of the picture than AI companies claim.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 27/08/2026
Hold up, there’s a new Twitter in the town
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Hold up, there’s a new Twitter in the town
You read that right. There is a new social network called “Twitter.now” on the block, and it’s being operated by a startup called Operation Bluebird, whose founding team includes former Twitter trademark counsel Stephen Coates. As ArsTechnica reported, X sued the company last year and asked a Delaware judge to issue an injunction to stop […]
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 26/08/2026
Meta agrees to sweeping changes to restrict kids’ access to its apps as part of settlement with states
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Meta agrees to sweeping changes to restrict kids’ access to its apps as part of settlement with states
One of the most notable changes is that Meta plans to implement a daily two-hour time limit for teens that can only be disabled with parental permission.
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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Gates calls for new national institutions coordinating AI policy across areas including security, employment, education, taxation and health — alongside an international org with elements of nuclear inspections and international aviation regulation. www.axios.com/2026/08/26/b...
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Bill Gates sounds the alarm on an AI transition
"On the current course and speed, there's a very high chance of a net negative outcome," Gates told Axios.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/08/2026
Bill Gates is loudly warning that A.I. poses a grave threat to jobs and human life, and that addressing the risks should be “the world’s top priority.” In an interview with The New York Times, Gates said the tech industry was knowingly downplaying those threats. nyti.ms/4qApGnH
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 25/08/2026
A US military C-17 transport plane has mysteriously landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport from Riga, Latvia, with Russia’s government claiming to have no information about the aircraft or its arrival. After landing, a US diplomatic motorcade was seen being escorted by police.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026
no devices and low-tech for billionaires’ kids but ai for the rest of us plebs www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
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Silicon Valley Executives Are Tech Fans. Just Not for Their Own Kids.
At home, moderation and restraint are the rule for tech parents. Boredom is exalted. Maybe they’re onto something.
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Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“Draw a cartoon of Sam Altman talking out of both sides of his mouth”
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026
People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.
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Crow @abbyjane.cloverdalelane.com · 14/08/2026
I think about this a lot.
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eat shit, René Magritte
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Mauv @ThatsMauvelous • 1d the machine refused to recognize my humanity until i professed to believe that a sign painted to look like a traffic light is indeed a traffic light.
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Select all squares with traffic lights
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 13/08/2026
While ShieldFont isn’t a foolproof defense, its implementation could create a lot of extra work for scrapers and slow down the indiscriminate, large-scale scraping that's become increasingly prevalent across the web.
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The web’s newest weapon against AI scrapers is a font
“ShieldFont” aims to poison AI training data without making pages unreadable for people.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/08/2026
Meta glasses banned from courts in England and Wales
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Meta glasses banned from courts in England and Wales
Exclusive: Court service says anyone trying to enter buildings with glasses will have them confiscated and returned when they leave Courts in England and Wales have joined a number of restaurants, theatres and pubs in banning Meta glasses, amid a mounting backlash against what has been described as “spyware”. Last month courts in New York announced a ban on the controversial glasses, which can record video footage while being worn. Continue reading...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/08/2026
E-scooters far more dangerous than motorbikes or cycles, analysis suggests
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E-scooters far more dangerous than motorbikes or cycles, analysis suggests
Study of accidents in England and Wales shows e-scooter riders three times more likely to suffer traumatic brain injury than bikers Electric scooter riders are three times more likely to suffer traumatic brain injuries than motorcyclists, according to an analysis of accidents in England and Wales – which found women were particularly at risk of serious harm. Brain injuries accounted for more than a third of adult injuries on e-scooters, but riders also sustained more internal organ and blood vessel damage than did motorcyclists or pedal cyclists, the study found. Continue reading...
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 01/08/2026
🌐 Happy World Wide Web Day! Created by Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 1989, the World Wide Web transformed how we share knowledge online. In 2025, Sir Tim was honored as an Internet Archive Hero Award recipient for his lasting impact on the web. More 👇 blog.archive.org/2025/11/05/c... #WorldWideWebDay
Headshot of Sir Tim Berners-Lee.
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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Yet another way to jailbreak LLMs: When asking them for forbidden information, make them think the request is part of their chain-of-thought: arxiv.org/abs/2603.12277
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Prompt Injection as Role Confusion
LLMs see the world as a single stream of text, partitioned into roles like <user> or <tool>. We trace prompt injection to role confusion: models perceive the source of text from how it sounds, not its...
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 30/07/2026
"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...
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AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt
AI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 29/07/2026
'I didn’t want to talk about Claude. I wanted to talk about the user, about addiction and dehumanisation, about power and accountability.' Theologian Carmody Grey explains how the AI industry is courting the humanities — but asking the wrong questions ft.trib.al/MIQRiNX
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 25/07/2026
AI’s quest for morality ft.trib.al/h7qVmBc
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AI’s quest for morality
The industry is courting theologians and philosophers. But it is asking them the wrong questions
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 15/07/2026
Twenty-six Meta employees have filed a lawsuit accusing the tech giant of using AI-powered software that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or who took medical leave in ‌selecting workers for layoffs.
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Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, lawsuit claims
The lawsuit says that the company relied on factors such as productivity and AI token usage when it slashed thousands of jobs earlier this year.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 14/07/2026
RIP the US state department ft.trib.al/ZxCEkLt
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RIP the US state department
America’s diplomats used to have global sway. Now they are besieged by their own president
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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
It's not OK to wear smart glasses around other people. It's not cool. It's creepy, disrespectful. It pollutes the public sphere with the oppression of surveillance. It puts the onus on non-Glassholes; that's not asking for consent. www.vogue.com/article/do-s...
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Do Smart Glasses Have a Surveillance Problem?
Big Tech is investing in fashion’s cultural legitimacy to make AI smart glasses socially acceptable, but consumers view them as synonymous with surveillance. Is removing the camera the key to adoption...
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Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Autonomous vehicles consistently block emergency vehicles like ambulances and fire trucks. techcrunch.com/2026/07/08/f...
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Feds demand autonomous vehicle companies stop interfering with first responders | TechCrunch
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said emergency scenes are not "edge cases."
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/07/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The space between a question and an answer has value, and that value should not be engineered away,” Anne-Laure Le Cunff, a neuroscientist and former Google engineer, writes about AI's instantaneous search results.
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Opinion | We Are Losing the Ability to Discover What We Didn’t Know to Ask
What used to be a meandering journey is now an immediate arrival at your destination.
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Smart Glasses Banned in New York Courtrooms Statewide The ban applies to all 1,240 courts in the state. gizmodo.com/smart-glasse...
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Smart Glasses Banned in New York Courtrooms Statewide
The ban applies to all 1,240 courts in the state.
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