Harmon Leon
New York Observer
New York, United States
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The 13 High-Tech Tools Used by Protestors and Cops In Their Escalating Battle
Technology has rewired the criminal justice system and it’s changing the way Americans protest and how the police crack down on protests. → Read More
Walmart & Uber’s TV Ads Praise Frontline Heroes. But How Much Are Companies Helping?
Walmart and other major companies are spending big on TV ads responding to the coronavirus. Their policies aren't always so moving. → Read More
Whole Foods Secretly Upgrades Tech to Target and Squash Unionizing Efforts
Whole Foods is tracking and scoring its 510 stores across the U.S. to determine the risk of its workers unionizing, leaked internal documents have shown. → Read More
‘Zoom-Bombing’ Can Make Video Conferences a Living Hell—Here’s How to Avoid It
An Observer writer got a first-hand taste of Zoom-bombing, or hackers crashing video conferences indiscriminately, when hosting a live streaming comedy show. → Read More
Amazon Employees in NYC Walk Out in Protest of Unsafe Conditions Amid Coronavirus
About 100 workers at Amazon's Staten Island warehouse walked off their jobs to demand more protection and better pay from Amazon amid the coronavirus pandemic. → Read More
Elon Musk Is Repurposing Tesla Factories to Make Hospital Ventilators
Elon Musk said Tesla's Buffalo, New York, factory will soon reopen to produce ventilators to help hospitals deal with an influx of coronavirus patients. → Read More
Why Does It Take a Coronavirus Pandemic for Uber to Finally Offer Drivers Sick Leave?
Uber said on Wednesday that it will offer drivers 14 days of sick leave if they fall ill with the coronavirus Covid-19 or need to be placed in quarantine. → Read More
This Startup Aims to Be the Airbnb of Renewable Energy Sharing
Fuergy, has a mission to make renewable energy effective and affordable to everyone—via an AI-powered device and the principle of sharing. → Read More
Invasive, Ecosystem-Destroying Green Crabs Could Make Bio-Friendly Plastic
What do you do with invasive green crabs that have been overrunning ecosystems from Nova Scotia to California? You turn these crustaceans into biodegradable plastic. → Read More
Leaked Tesla Employee Handbook: CEO Elon Musk Likes to Have ‘Fun’
If you want to get inside the mind of Elon Musk, then look no further than the four-page leaked copy of Tesla's employee handbook, "The Anti-Handbook Handbook." → Read More
Tesla Jailbreaking: How to Combat Software Updates That Are Removing Car Features
As Tesla features move from hardware to software, later software updates can remove certain car options from used Tesla vehicles. → Read More
Will Tesla Design NASA’s Next Moon Rover?
As NASA ramps up the Artemis lunar exploration program, the agency is turning to American auto companies to problem-solve the best way to get around the moon's surface. → Read More
This Controversial Company Is Selling Your Social Media Photos to Law Enforcement
Clearview AI is a massive database comprised of some three billion photos scraped from social media platforms—and then sold to law enforcement agencies. → Read More
An Inside Look at the Good, Bad and Complicated Parts of the Dark Web
"Dark web" is a catch-all term for the part of the internet that isn’t indexed by search engines; it contains sites that don’t show up on Google searches. → Read More
Africa’s Fastest Growing Tech Hub Faces New Hurdles With Travel Ban
Nigeria has become a hotbed for venture capital and startups. And with the formation of this African tech hub, it’s become an entry point for talented people to make it to Silicon Valley. → Read More
Is Internet Company Cloudflare Servicing Alt-Right & Pedophilic Sites?
Anti-toxicity startup L1ght claims that Cloudflare—which terminated service for 8chan last year—still services a multitude of abhorrent websites. → Read More
Unbiased Surveillance: AI Security Tech That Spots Guns, Not People
Athena Security’s mission is to make existing cameras smart, taking the bias and profiling out of the equation by having smart AI security cameras that only looks for guns and weapons. → Read More
How Richest Man in the World Jeff Bezos Got $8 Billion Richer in Minutes
On Friday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos added a mere $8 billion to his fortune after Amazon stock jumped more than 7%, closing above $2,000. → Read More
Deceased Sightings on Google Street View Take Creepy to a New Level
Google Street View users are seeing dead people—dead people they know and are often related to—captured forever (or at least for the time being) on Google Maps. → Read More
How LSD, Nuclear Weapons Led to the Development of Facial Recognition
Sixty years ago, the first version of facial recognition technology was developed by Woody Bledsoe, with research funded by the CIA, as recently revealed documents show. → Read More