Chicago doctor develops thermal scanner to help safeguard workplaces
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Dr. William Yates talks about their new device that can scan temperatures, potentially safeguarding the public as people return to work or schools.

Facebook to label all rule-breaking posts - even Trump’s

“The policies we’re implementing today are designed to address the reality of the challenges our country is facing and how they’re showing up across our community,” Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook page announcing the changes.

UChicago scientists explore new digital testing method to detect COVID-19
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Evgeny Izumchenko, assistant professor at the University of Chicago, talks about their work evaluating a new digital method of testing saliva for COVID-19.

West Side school goes above and beyond to keep its students learning during quarantine
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Dr. Peggie Burnett-Wise, principal at Morton School of Excellence, talks about her staff's Herculean efforts to bridge the digital divide for their students during quarantine.

Facebook and Instagram will let users turn off political ads ahead of 2020 election

The feature will allow people to turn off all social issue, electoral or political ads from candidates, Super PACs or other organizations that have the "Paid for by" disclaimer on them.

‘Hey Siri, I’m getting pulled over’: iPhone feature will record police interaction, send location

A feature exclusively available for Apple users called “Shortcuts,” which was launched in 2018, allows users to conduct tasks on their phones that would normally require multiple actions with a single voice command of the iPhone’s artificial intelligence capability, Siri. 

Apple tracking looted iPhones

Apple is watching the looters who have pillaged its stores during the protests.

President Trump calls Floyd death 'shocking,' calls protesters 'thugs'; Twitter adds warning to tweet

(AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday called protesters in Minneapolis “thugs” and said that "when the looting starts, the shooting starts” — drawing another warning from Twitter for his rhetoric. Trump tweeted after protesters outraged by the death of a black man in police custody torched a police station.

Twitter fact-checks Trump; he threatens new regs or shutdown

Claiming tech giants “silence conservative voices,” Trump tweeted Wednesday that, “We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this to happen.”

Ford's cop cars can now kill coronavirus with extreme heat

The automaker has developed a software update for some of its Explorer-based Police Interceptor Utility patrol vehicles that allows them to use the climate control system to raise the cabin temperature to 133 degrees for 15 minutes to help kill any coronavirus inside.