she's the director of big brother watch.on a database and then they run software behind cctv cameras that are in public spaces, events, protests, carnivals and they scan the whole crowd. they scan biometric week, so they are constructing unique maps of each of our faces to compare against the watch list. —— they scan biometrically. it is up to 98% inaccurate at the moment, get some 98% inaccurate at the moment, get some images of innocent people are being retained and stored on police databases. are they? yes. south wales police have stored almost 2500 images of innocent people in a biometric database, most if not all of those people will not even know their images are on the database. isn't that partly because these pilot schemes? metropolitan police say we pilot schemes? metropolitan police say we are pilot schemes? metropolitan police say we are trialling the software, it isa say we are trialling the software, it is a pilot and when we get to the end of the pilot scheme we evaluate how successful or otherwise it has been?

a report by the civil liberties group big brother watch claims the technology is inaccurate in more thanimproving. rory cellan—jones reports. champions league final in cardiff last year and south wales police are trying out a new way of monitoring the crowd, but the facial recognition technology isn't a great success. it ends up wrongly identifying people as being on a police database 93% of the time. at the notting hill carnival, the same technology has performed even worse for the metropolitan police, with a 98% failure rate in identifying people on a watchlist. now a civil liberties group says the whole experiment should end. what we are building is essentially a mass surveillance system that can biometrically track, locate, identify, or misidentify people everywhere they go. and i think we need to stop and ask ourselves the question, is this something that we want? technology to identify faces in the crowd is pretty hit and miss at the moment, but it is making rapid progress and the police say they need to work out whether it could help them protect the public at major events. the me

a report by big brother watch claims it has a failure rate of more than 90%. which means they have a data base of images inaccurate which means they have a database of images of entirely innocent people, almost 2500, meanwhile the metropolitan police's matches are 98% inaccurate so it's almost entirely inaccurate and its dangerous as well. it will fundamentally change policing in the uk. south wales police have admitted they are using it. does it matter they are using it. does it matter they have these images to you?m absolutely matters, it's extraordinary. that's never happened in the uk before. also extremely unusual that the police are using an extremely intrusive and authoritarian new technology that they have no legal power to use survey to stop, they need to stop using it, and we need to have a conversation in this country about what kind of police force would want, what kind of society do we wa nt to want, what kind of society do we want to live in. i don't think we wa nt to want to live in. i don't think we want to go down this particularly 0rwellian ro

big brother watch has described the technology used to automatically match faces with images on a database at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. we begin with the guardian and they're leading with the deaths of dozens of palestinians in gaza. they say it's the bloodiest day the palestinian territory has suffered in years. protests were stoked by the opening of the us embassy injerusalem. and with 5 days to go before the royal wedding, the daily mail is reporting that meghan markle is pleading with her father to walk her down the aisle. it is unclear whether meghan markle's father will attend the wedding on saturday as planned, after he controversially made a deal with the paparazzi. the financial times reports that a us supreme court has paved the way for legalised sports gambling across the us — after it struck down a federal law that banned such wagering in almost all american states.

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but big brother watch is asking whether the uk really wants to go down the same path. economy show that unemployment has fallen again. the number of people out of work dipped by 46,000 betweenjanuary and march — to a total of 1.42 million. at the same time the number of people in work rose by 197,000, to its highest in nearly five decades. average earnings, not counting bonuses, rose in the 12 months to march by 2.6% and they've slightly overtaken the inflation rate for the first time in more than a year. the government says these figures cement the turnaround in the economy. the headlines on bbc newsroom live. palestinians begin to bury their dead — a day after israeli troops killed dozens of people and injured thousands in gaza. meghan markle's half sister says their father was taken advantage of by the media and she hopes he will still attend the wedding. wages overtake inflation for the first time in more than a year as unemployment falls to its lowest rate since the 1970s. and in sport, fulham are into the championship a final after beating derby. they meet kyle e

they feel like it's big brother watching. it's so new it's just being deployed.ando it's in a testing phase. say you're going to a soccer game across town and you and 10,000 people are walking through gates. the picture could be put in the computer. say there's a 100 people in the picture. it can compare it to people in the database and say john smith who we have been looking for for three years has just walked into the soccer game. he's wearing a blue shirt a his hair is combed to the side. >> or a mom with three kids who walk into an amazement park and run into different directions, the idea to track them down makes me feel good. >>> today wae're honoring an american war soldier. she was a 20 manager woman who had just been freed from indenture ed servantr kwarks wh she disguised herself as a man. she fought in many battles and was wounded several times. refusing medical care for fee she would be found out. she was wounded so badly the doctor had to help her and realized she was a woman. she was honorably discharged. she received back pay for her service. in 18

one day these pioneers want to have their own fleet exclusively for women to watch out more on the digital front and big brother will be watching if you go through the newest terminal at singapore's changi airport testing facial recognition technology for checking in immigration and boarding the airport. says it's partly to locate lost old light passages but the plans have raised privacy concerns those in charge also want to use the latest tech to predict flight arrivals quick and cut taxing times of the runway i don't mind being watched nice doing business with you i'll see you again very soon here on the band fizzling or news at its gala event. clearly for our. culture. card hair. superman. super food stylish style icon. lifestyle you're wrong. your. next. guest on the charm. money is a strong country. so we have achieved so much we can do this and if something hinders on some we must overcome it. going where it's uncomfortable global news that matters t.w. made for mines. we make up oh but we want tons of our food the un does the trick but we are the civil service and. they want to shape the continent's futu

we don't want to hear there could be possibly be big brother watching. the not first time this came up. unfortunately a case not too long ago a murder in a house. amazon alexa was there, echo, the name of the robot, so in court they did ask for the details and all the recordings on that echo. so yes, amazon echo is recording your information but you're wondering should i delete it? i can't deal with smart devices? i am too scared. no. you have to be smarter about your technology, you also don't want to give out your information. you need to be responsible and diligent. i have a few tips for that. how to protect yourself from the smart data, protecting your lights, security, system, heating into one central network. go into your amazon account or your google account. neil: check off the alexa tab. edelete the recording so it doesn't keep your past questions. change your router, get a secure router, the device that forwards data between computer systems. lastly change the passwords every once in a while on apps and wi-fi so you're constantly moving away fr

a report by the civil liberties group big brother watch — claims the technology is inaccurate in morereports. champions league final in cardiff last year and south wales police are trying out a new way of monitoring the crowd, but the facial recognition technology isn't a great success. it ends up wrongly identifying people as being on a police database 93% of the time. at the notting hill carnival, the same technology has performed even worse for the metropolitan police, with a 98% failure rate in identifying people on a watchlist. now a civil liberties group says the whole experiment should end. what we are building is essentially a mass surveillance system that can biometrically track, locate, identify, or misidentify people everywhere they go. and i think we need to stop and ask ourselves the question, is this something that we want? technology to identify faces in the crowd is pretty hit and miss at the moment, but it is making rapid progress and the police say they need to work out whether it could help them protect the public at major events. we're just we'rejust going to we're

is big brother watching?mazon did say yes, the alexa which is a virtual privacies stance did record the conversation but amazon has a explanation. there was a series of miscommunications. according to amazon, amazon heard the word alexa. so it turned on. alexa heard within the conversation, record this conversation. then it started to record. alexa asked the couple who should i send this to? for some reason the couple mentioned this employee's name. amazon took that, okay, let's say his name is bob and sent it off to bob. there is a series of events amazon says, very unlikely, we could essentially call this a butt dial. i rechecked with amazon and reissued a statement from their spokesperson dawn, unlikely a string of events is we're evaluating options to make this case even less likely. might be unlikely at the moment, but, there are concerns. we need to be reassured that big brother isn't watching a case not too long ago unfortunately a murder in a hot tub. in court the court asked for records of the amazon

watching the tropics this weekend. already we're talking about the possibility of alberto. rob: a 6-month hurricane season. >> 36 after the hour. big brotheramazon under fire for offering facial recognition software. the online retail giant is gone too far, he joins us live next. rob: the new plan to penalize protesters backfiring, the new petition for the league's top sponsors to call it quits. jillian: just as dangerous as cigarettes, the new call for graphic tobacco style warnings on junk food. ♪ need something printed? the business advisors at office depot can assist with exactly what your business needs to grow. get your coupon for 20% off services, technology and more at office depot and officedepot.com. your hair is so soft!re did you use head and shoulders two in one? i did mom. wanna try it? yes. it intensely moisturizes your hair and scalp and keeps you flake free. manolo? look at my soft hair. i should be in the shot now too. try head and shoulders two in one. rob: amazon under fire for selling facial recognition software to the police. the aclu asking the company to start marketing recognition programs government agencies, call

. >> wasn't there for any of the information being discussed but does send a message that big brother is watching, number one. them number two the meeting was about nunes and gowdy, one briefing, with two conservatives, one of whom is a very solid ally of the president on these questions and who wants us to believe essentially susan rice is in cahoots with jeff sessions to turn the deep state against them. the fact he was in both of these briefings and said zip because there were other adults in the room who could say what he was saying is true or false, that speaks volumes to me. >> yeah. and, look, i think we probably are going to expect nunes to eventually make the case they need more information. i don't think that this is going to sea the conservatives, certainly. and the fact that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said what he did yesterday saw nothing surprising in there also tells you something with staking out the meeting yesterday no republican wanted to discuss what happened at all. richard byrd who has not been pushing the issue like nunes avoided reporters. did not want to touch

and so many surveillance cameras looking over everyone's shoulders, privacy advocates say big brother is watchinghouldn't be. >> supercharged surveillance to track protesters. to target immigrants and to really spy on entire communities. >> reporter: in a statement to nbc news, amazon writes in part, various agencies used recognition to find abductive people. amusement wo menment parks use d children. some people could choose to abuse the technology. >> derek thompson. senior editor business tech writer at "the atlantic" joins me and host of the podcast crazy genius. love to plug your podcast. >> thank you for that. >> is this, as was indicated there in the piece, is this, like, surveillance on sayre royd steroids? >> it is, but whether or not it's a good technology good or a good technology used for bad ends. it's the story of our time. facebook said, wonderful way to keep up with friends and talk to far-flung aunts. didn't realize russians would use it for espionage and same thing happening here. when this technology was debuted in november 2016 the first samp examples, cute to identify the fac

many surveillance cameras already looking over everyone's shoulders, privacy advocates fear big brother is watching. and shouldn't be. >> what we're talking about here is really super-charged surveillance. to track protesters, to target immigrants and to really spy on entire communities. >> in a statement to nbc news, ak zon writes in part, various agencies have used recognition to find abducted people, amusement parks use rekognition to find lost children. our quality of life would be much worse today if we outlawed new technology because some people could choose to abuse the technology. the washington county sheriffs office has built a database of 300,000 mug shots. they say that's just a start. >> we want to get more agencies on board. so that we can share information with them. that's still pretty far off. but that's where we want to go. >> amazon is not the only company pushing this technology. they're hoping by pushing it, though, that people will not only accept it they will also understand it there's a pretty good bet, guys, that residents here in orlando have no idea that this system is so

big brothers. you can actually watch them in the finals tomorrow, the remaining players. you can watch round by round and see what they spelled and what they spelled incorrectly over on the website and then you can pretend you knew how to spell it. >> i wonder what their favorite words are. >> if they get eliminated, probably not that one. >> but they'll never forget it, most likely. >> did you guys ever compete in spelling? >> i did. i didn't get to that level, but i did okay statewide. >> we'll have to have a poll on the newschannel. you can see all our top stories updated on nbcbayarea.com. >>> coming up here, backlash over a passenger getting questioned about her baby at the airport. exchange between a ticketing ag >>> welcome back, everyone. a coaching moment. that's what southwest airlines is now calling an exchange between a ticketing agent and a cal woman's basketball coach tied to her young racial son. >> checking in for a southwest airlines flight from denver to oakland, cal berkeley basketball coach lindsey gottlieb got on social media to tell the airlines she

big day. megan will be with her mother and prince harry will spend time with his brother william. >> you can watch the royal wedding right here. coverage begins at 1 am. >>> a big day for people crazy for the kardashians. >> especially people who are fans of kylie cosmetics. they opened up a shop in union square and the line to get in stretched for blocks. kylie jenner was there last night putting the finishing touches on the displays. >> i have been in the here -- >> the store is on grand avenue. check it out while you can. it is only open for one week. >>> this is a little-known fact. he has been keeping up with the kardashians for years. san jose is sunny but it is still breezy and cool in san francisco. will the cold break for the weekend? >>> and coming up at 6 pm, the pilots making history on this alaska airlines flight. >>> the markets closed mixed today. here is a look at the closing numbers from wall street. >>> we are almost there. we almost made it. the weekend is almost here.>> they made it already. we will be there soon. it is going to be a pleasant weekend. but for people who were sa

big brothers. it is excited to see how they were before she came and after she was born. >>> thanks for watching andour buzz word for your chance to of sexual assault last week. director roman polanski was also voted out. >>> 70-year-old martin winterkorn is indicted for conspiring to coverup the scandal. but it is largely to be symbolic. as a german citizen, he's expected to seek protection under german extradition laws. >>> students are expected to return to class after teachers in arizona ended their strike. teachers were awarded a 19% raise over the next three years and reverses some recession-era cuts. >>> we are following a line of storms this morning centered around the upper midwest and stretching into the northeast. but as abc's rob marciano explains, the worst of the severe weather is heading out. >> you see it stretching across the hudson and into connecticut. luckily, this is a weakening phase. we will have storms but not as severe as they have been the past couple days. and another day of peak temperatures near 90. that would be the first official heat wave. rob marciano, new york. >>>

big brother is always brought over books. bombs away usa no nation the world enjoys watching things explode is loaches yours truly to the extent that our national anthem even glorifies the rockets' red glare bald eagles soaring or democracy and freedom but literally rockets exploding and by now military expeditions involving have explosives are almost an annual tradition alongside thanksgiving on the fourth of july whether in afghanistan pakistan iraq libya syria somalia yemen you name it and the pentagon is guaranteed to us but a brief explosive spring break there or two but all is not well in explosives world as r.t. is on the parm paul explains. the pentagon's office of manufacturing and industrial base policy released its annual report for the house committee on armed services it meant to help congress prioritize spending according to defense one the report quote has concluded that the industrial base of the munitions sector is particularly strained something the report blames on the start and stop nature of munitions procurement over the last twenty years as well as the lack of new designs being internally developed of co

big brother? residents of one city on the country's east coast might just have the answer. they're taking part in a radical social experiment, in which their every move is watchedy surveillance cameras. they are awarded points for good behavior and they lose points for bad behavior. the best-performing residents earn social and economic rewards. correspondent: at first glance, the city on china's east coast looks like a tranquil, ideally seaside city -- idyllic seaside city. but a close look reveals cameras on every corner. it has become the center of a vast social experiment that could soon transform the country. city authorities use a point system to evaluate behavior and people who sing communist songs gain points, they are commended in -- commended in public and i have loans available. people who lose points could be banned from traveling by plane. in front of the camera, residents are all smiles. voice of translator: i think there are only good people here now, and far fewer bad ones. that is how it should be, right? voice of translator: i don't want to live in a chaotic society. i don't want honest people to suffer. that's why think people who are dishone

watch them tie the knot. u.s. viewership is actually on track to beat the u.k.'s, which reportedly was about 18 million. and that's solidly out does his big brother'sican viewers in 2011. what do you make of ha? >> we have an american, you know, princess right there so naturally going to get more. this is one of my favorite spots. favorite moments with the flower arch on there, too. >> the whole thing. it was very well done. i found myself watching as well. it's hard not to, right? it ended up looking like a soap opera, fairytale sort of the way it was shot. >> there were moments of stand by me with the choir, the preacher's sermon, so many outstanding parts. >> lots to look at. >> all right. toy maker hasbro has won its bid of trademark of favorite childhood set. the toy maker announced the u.s. trademark office recognized the distinctive smell. trademarks are rarely issued for scents. the play dough brand has been around since 1956. some scented products are already available online. >> a valuable life lesson that manages to touch generations. you're watching "early today." and around the world... starts with one person... you. this red nose day.

term for big brother or residents of wrong chang on the country's east coast they just might have the answer they're taking part in a radical social experiment in which their every move is watched by surveillance cameras there are awarded points for good behavior and they lose points for bad behavior the best performing residents earn social and economic rewards. at first glance wrong chang on china's east coast looks like a tranquil ideal seaside city but a closer look reveals a cluster of surveillance cameras at almost every corner grown ching has become a model city through a vast social experiment that could soon transform the country city all thora t's use a point system to score citizens' behavior people who help their parents and sing communist songs gain points their commended in public and get easy access to loans and jobs but people guilty of traffic violations lose points and could be banned from traveling by plane or train in front of the cameras wrong chen citizens are all smiles one time then sat me on tell you how you can i think there are only good people here now and far fewer bad ones. that's how it should be right. i don't want to live in a chaotic society. a

watching the warriors warm up was a welcome time to relax for christopher griffon. at 15 years old he's a big brothere the glue in the family. without my mom it's just like -- weird. >> reporter: but tonight a special distraction if only a brief one. >> even though you see smiles on their face, but deep inside it's still tough the mom's not there. >> reporter: working with the open public education fund and his group worked with the warriors to get tickets for the griffon family. he's also working with the kid's dad to raise money for college funds for each of them. nbc bay area news. >>> from super heroes to those making a political statement and then of course to the scantily clad, in fact some without any scantily at all. they weren't clad. the beta breakers went off without a hitch today. the 107th edition of the famous race, runners testing themselves, some wearing unique costumes. coming up a full report on event that is truly san francisco. >>> if you plan on voting in the june 5th primary and you haven't registered yet you are running out of time. tomorrow is the last day to register to cast

big brother. >> i think you're not the only one. >>> let's talk about what's going on weather wise. maybe open up the windows for you, let in the fresh air. it's going be that way. but just watchor the pollen. tree pollen is is running high. here's a look at san jose, 280 and 17. off to a mostly sunny start. we'll have more sunshine and slightly warmer weather. tonight will be cooler. mainly clear. comfortable temperatures. but it's going to be breezy for mom's day. main part of the storm is going to head up to the pacific northwest, bring them rain. we're getting the tail end of it in the form of drier air and few high clouds. let's check out our temperatures. pretty close to average in the south bay. 75 in los gatos. ought to be gorgeous on the boardwalk today. santa cruz 73 and sunshine. 66 in millbrae. flirt with 60 along the coast. mid-60s for downtown, south san francisco and sausalito. that's up from the low 60s yesterday. mid-to-upper 70s throughout the north bay valleys. berkeley and oakland upper 60s. everybody else 70 to 72 degrees. heading to the east bay valley, temperatures in the mid-to-upper 70s for the most part. tonight mid-40s to low 50s. my accuweather fore

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big. she is american, she is a california girl. people my age, and actually all ages, they remember that little boy and his brother behind his mother's cascade. we were all saddened by that. we have watchedde that car is the bride—to—be, meghan markle and her mother, doria ragland. we saw them arrive last evening, both looking elegant and composed. i think we will see a glimpse of the bride. the world is waiting. 1.9 billion —— billion views around the world. we see she is wearing a veil, but not much more than that. it is moving at a stately pace as it progresses along the driveway of the hotel, once the home of another remarkable american, nancy astor. the first female mp to ta ke nancy astor. the first female mp to take a seat in the house of commons, backin take a seat in the house of commons, back in 1919. i think now is an opportune moment to throw to tina. yes, sorry, iam just opportune moment to throw to tina. yes, sorry, i am just trying to get a site of meghan. she is coming past us right now. she is looking absolutely stunning. she hasjust waved. she is wearing a long veil. meghan looks happy and relaxed, sitting next to her mum, doria, bursting with pride. you can imagine wha

big in american. she's american. a california girl. people my age and actually all ages remember that little boy, harry, and his brother behind his mother's casket. we were all so saddened by that. we've watched these boys grow up and become amazing young men and then for him to fall in love with this very modern woman. she has her own voice. proves to me that he has incredibly good taste. what a spend id car that is. inside that car is the bride to be. meghan markle and her mother. we saw them arrive yesterday. see a glimpse of the bride. she's wearing a veil. but for now, not much more than that. it's moving a stately pace. once the home of another remarkable american. the first female to take her seat in the house of commons back in 1919. >> now is an opportune moment. >> yes, sorry. i'm just trying to get that sight of meghan. she is coming past us right now. looking absolutely stunning. she is wearing a long veil. looking happy and relaxed sitting next to her mom doria bursting with pride. you can just imagine what that journey is going to be like for the next 30 minutes. that's how long it will take to get to windsor castle which is 9.5 miles away from here. it's been closed to the publ

brother. he will stick and stay. >> when i came through the customs, a guy said you're making a big deal about this wedding but the really big story is the fa championship. watcht william does. this guy who don't know nothing about nothing said that william will be here at the wedding and then he will go to the football game. we'll see. >> well, he's going to stay but i bet you they'll have a tv on. >> they'll have a tv on at the reception. back in 2011 and today the roles are reversed, the world has watched these two princes grow up in both joyful and somber times. vladimir has more on their unique relationship. i think it's great to have a best friend and your best friend is your best brother too. it's kind of nice. >> it is, indeed, gayle. in fact you mentioned something that was really interesting. if you recall back in 2011 when prince william was getting married, harry was at the altar there and he whispered something in his brother's ear. we don't know what was said but clearly that bond that you speak of is one that is very, very strong. it goes back, of course, to their shared grief over their mother's passing. you talked about it several times. we al

but big brother watch is asking whether the uk really wants to go down the same path. later in an effort to rescue the iran nuclear deal after president trump's decision to withdraw from it. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas sent this from brussels. i think there is a lot of pessimism, here. we didn't see that today so far. we saw the foreign minister of iran meeting the eu foreign policy high representative. in that meeting, they were all smiles. they all looked very relaxed and very happy. javad zarif emerged to say that it was good and constructive, we are on the right path to move forward, he said. over dinner this evening, borisjohnson, and his french and german counterparts will be talking to mr zarif, urging him to stick with the deal, essentially keeping those curbs on iran's nuclear programmes, mrjohnson saying that this is important for european security. what the iranians were to see here is can the europeans keep their business, and investment flows going? that is the crunch point, because what diplomats are saying is that the americans have been