GoKawiil - Tech News

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This Menacing Police Robot Perfectly Shaped Like a Soccer Ball Definitely Won’t Be Vandalized by Angry Locals (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: according company, hour, police

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Public Offers Implausible Number of Alibis for Man Accused of Destroying Flock Cameras (futurism.com)

2026-08-07 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: comments, community, flock

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Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines for a Pretextual Weed Search (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | by About The Author | tags: camera, flock, michigan

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Police departments are told to call license plate readers "county resources" instead of naming them (techspot.com)

2026-08-05 | by Daniel Sims | tags: license plate readers, flock cameras, police surveillance

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AI Data Centers Are Driving Up Power Bills – This Map Shows Where (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | by Nikshep Myle | tags: ai data centers, gadget review, techradar

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All of Winona Police Department's Flock cameras cut down and stolen (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: flock, license plate reader, winona police

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ExfilSquad hackers leak info of over 100,000 UK police officers, staff (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: exfilsquad, pnld, police national legal database

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Dozens of police officers accused of using license plate cameras to track women (techspot.com)

2026-08-03 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: flock safety, license plate reader, police surveillance

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Rogue Police Officers Have Turned Flock's Nationwide Camera Network Into a Stalking Tool (slashdot.org)

2026-08-03 | by Posted | tags: flock, license-plate readers, have i been flocked

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Police in the US are making their own true crime podcasts (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | by Sheila Flynn | tags: police, true crime podcasts, surveillance footage

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Flock Surveillance Cameras Are Actually Horrible for Fighting Crime, FBI Data Shows (futurism.com)

2026-08-01 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: flock safety, license plate readers, atlanta police department

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61-Year-Old Japanese Man Arrested After Decade of Rocking Too Hard (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: japanese man, rock music, police arrest

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How police are trying to divert teen hackers away from crime (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-07-31 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: cyber choices, police, hacking

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Deflock Casa Grande (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: city hall, camera system, police monitoring

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A username typo sent the wrong man to prison for over a year (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: kik messenger, wisconsin police, canadian court

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Police Removed Prominent Scientists from the ADA Meeting. Researchers Respond (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: ada, police, scientists

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Swiss rail giant Stadler rejects $12.3M ransom demand after cyberattack (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: stadler, everest ransomware, thurgau police

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US Police Now Armed With Israeli Spy Vans Simulating Mobile Phone Towers (slashdot.org)

2026-07-21 | tags: us police, israeli spy vans, mobile phone towers

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New Orleans Cops Published Policy Document Allowing Weaponized Drones (slashdot.org)

2026-07-20 | tags: new orleans police, drone manual, weaponized drones

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The creepiest 'sales demo' of all time (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-20 | by Jason Hunyar | tags: flock, dunwoody, camera system

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When Flock Comes to Your Town: I Asked Experts What to Do About These AI Cameras (cnet.com)

2026-07-17 | by See Full Bio | tags: flock safety, ai license plate cameras, los angeles police

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UK cops say arrest of two young hackers disrupted the operations of an infamous hacking group (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-16 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | tags: scattered spider, transport for london, uk police

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Teen hackers who live streamed cyber-attack on TfL jailed (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-16 | by Joe Tidy | tags: accumulated, accumulated millions, cryptocurrency

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Computer cops (theverge.com)

2026-07-16 | by Webb Wright | tags: axon, departments, police

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COMPUTER COPS: Inside the big business of selling AI to the police (theverge.com)

2026-07-16 | by Webb Wright | tags: axon, departments, police

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Linux Foundation's Latest Foray Is To Standardize Internet-Native Payments For AI Agents (slashdot.org)

2026-07-14 | tags: accomplice, accomplice goods, company thing

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Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes Reality of Urban Surveillance (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-13 | by Andy Greenberg | tags: drone, footage, police

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A Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban Surveillance (wired.com)

2026-07-13 | by Andy Greenberg | tags: drone, footage, police

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An abandoned IBM campus became a TikTok sensation, now it's a magnet for trespassers (techspot.com)

2026-07-13 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: campus, police, property

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Facial Recognition in UK Shops Will Soon Instantly Alert Police About Offenders (slashdot.org)

2026-07-12 | by Posted | tags: facewatch, facial, facial recognition