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July 27, 2018

Supermassive Black Hole Caught Sucking Energy From Nearby Starlight | Astronomy.com

On May 19, 2018, one of those orbiting stars, called S2, passed through Sagittarius A*’s gravitational field, providing scientists with a prime opportunity to study whether a phenomenon predicted by Einstein, dubbed gravitational redshift, takes place under the most extreme cases.

Amazon’s Face Recognition Falsely Matched 28 Members of Congress With Mugshots | American Civil Liberties Union

Amazon’s face surveillance technology is the target of growing opposition nationwide, and today, there are 28 more causes for concern. In a test the ACLU recently conducted of the facial recognition tool, called “Rekognition,” the software incorrectly matched 28 members of Congress, identifying them as other people who have been arrested for a crime.