Privacy experts say the ruling could make women vulnerable because their personal data could be used to surveil pregnancies and be shared with police or sold to vigilantes.
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Under pressure: Maine lobster processors embrace tech to create new menu items
Processors say high pressure opens up new product options, saves consumers from the hassle of shell removal and cuts down on labor at the processing plant.
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Maine Voices: Stop saying small-business owners oppose Maine biometric privacy bill
It’s in the interest of Big Tech to defeat L.D. 1945, which would create guardrails on how companies can use our personal identifiers – our fingerprints, faces and voices.
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Waterville program looks to boost startups, entrepreneurial efforts in central Maine
Initiative by Dirigo Labs to provide free training to 12 small businesses in ways to attract customers, develop products, navigate legal and financial hurdles, conduct marketing and more.
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Big tech grapples with Russian state media, propaganda
After the European Union’s president called for a ban on Russian state media, a wave of tech companies blocked the channels from their platforms.
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Windham man lands unexpected role on CBS’s ‘Undercover Boss’
Kyron Hobdy, a maintenance technician for mobile carrier UScellular, thought he was participating in a (fictional) British TV show called ‘Starting Over.’
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Our View: Bringing high tech to the Maine woods
Innovations by local entrepreneurs can improve safe access to the state’s mountains, lakes, streams and coast.
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Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data
About 640 million users opt for that form of authentication system.
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Portland sports tech firm KinoTek scores $2.1 million investment
The company, which has developed a platform to help clinicians rapidly obtain data on their clients’ movement, received the money from a Florida investment fund.
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Hannaford opens ‘virtual convenience store’ with fast delivery
Customers can use the Instacart third-party shopping service to order groceries for 30-minute delivery.