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The Federal Trade Commission, joined by twenty-two state attorneys general, has filed suit against Amazon, alleging the company secretly overcharged advertisers going back to two thousand nineteen. The complaint claims Amazon manipulated its ad auction system to inflate costs without telling buyers, and that the deception is ongoing. This adds to a growing pile of antitrust pressure on the company.
Shifting to Texas, where Governor Greg Abbott has ordered state agencies to cut off funding for Flock Safety's AI-powered license plate readers. The move follows mounting public anger over privacy violations and documented cases of officers misusing the surveillance network. It's a rare moment of government pulling back on a surveillance tool it had quietly embedded across hundreds of jurisdictions.
And in the world of military technology, a closer look at the F-thirty-five pilot helmet, a four hundred thousand dollar piece of custom-fitted hardware that lets pilots effectively see through the aircraft's fuselage. Six infrared cameras mounted on the jet's exterior feed a full three-hundred-sixty-degree view directly into the visor. The Pentagon nearly scrapped the program over cost and technical problems, but ultimately decided the capability was worth it.
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