Hawks, stocks and peril: Iran-America brinkmanship
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Iran’s downing of an American drone today is just the latest source of tension between the countries. Where does it end? As facial-recognition technology improves, rising privacy concerns are hampering its adoption. And in Britain, advertisements that play to gender stereotypes are under more scrutiny from regulators and consumers. Additional music by Lee Rosevere "Puzzle Pieces". For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
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