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This Week In Techdirt History: November 23rd – 29th

  • Leigh Beadon
  • Published date: 2025-11-29 20:00:00 UTC

Five Years Ago This week in 2020, Portland, Maine passed a facial recognition ban that said the city can fire employees who violate it, which might have been useful in Seattle where a police detective took Clearview for a spin and possibly violated local laws…

Amazon says to invest $50 bn in US government AI infrastructure

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  • Published date: 2025-11-29 14:09:42 UTC

Washington (AFP) Nov 24, 2025 Amazon announced on Monday a massive $50 billion investment to expand artificial intelligence and supercomputing capabilities for the US government, positioning the tech giant as a key player in building custom AI technology f…

The Biggest Causes of Medical Device Recalls

  • Stephen Cass
  • Published date: 2025-11-29 13:00:02 UTC

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration records, in an average year over 2,500 medical device recalls are issued in the United States. Some of these recalls simply require checking the device for problems, but others require the return or destructi…