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IBM announced this week that it would stop selling its facial recognition technology to customers including police departments. The move prompted calls for other tech firms, like Amazon and Microsoft, to do the same.

IBM Abandons Facial Recognition Products, Condemns Racially Biased Surveillance

IBM is the first major technology company to walk away from facial recognition technology amid nationwide protests for racial justice and police reform. Amazon and Microsoft have not followed.

Transition Point

Ben Betz’s life as a Navy Seal is all-encompassing. Then, he leaves and begins his search for a new identity.

A lab technician dips a sample into the Abbott Laboratories ID Now testing machine at the Detroit Health Center on April 10, 2020.

FDA Cautions About Accuracy Of Widely Used Abbott Coronavirus Test

The test has been promoted by the Trump administration as a key factor in controlling the epidemic in the U.S. and is used for the daily testing that is going on at the White House.

A sign warns people to practice social distancing and to wear a mask at the Imperial Beach pier, Sept. 14, 2020.

San Diego Nears 50,000 Coronavirus Cases Mark, 8 More Community Outbreaks Reported

The number of cases will likely cross 50,000 on Saturday, a milestone for the region, which experienced its first case in February.

Spc. Trent Bostic of the North Carolina National Guard examines and sorts produce at a Food Bank in this undated photo.

As It Responds To The Pandemic, The National Guard Says More People Want To Enlist

In some states, recruiters are reporting an uptick in the number of people who are expressing interest in joining the Guard.

Disney Reports First Quarterly Earnings Since Pandemic Began

The company estimates losses to be "as much as $1.4 billion" in the second quarter of 2020. On a brighter note, it was announced that Shanghai Disney will open on May 11.

Valerie Samano, left, places flowers at a memorial near the Staples Center in Los Angeles, after the death of Laker legend Kobe Bryant on Sunday.

Kobe Was 'More Than An Athlete': The Sports World Mourns A Basketball Legend

The retired Los Angeles Lakers star died at age 41 in a plane crash on Sunday. Former teammates, peers and other sports legends expressed their grief and shock on social media.

Laura Benanti performs in New York City in 2016. She recently asked high school students to send her videos of their musical theater performances after many of them were canceled.

A Broadway Star And #SunshineSongs Bring High School Musical Theater To Small Screens

High school musicals are canceled around the country over coronavirus concerns. Broadway star Laura Benanti asked disappointed high school singers for the next best thing: performance videos.

A woman walks by a COVID-19 response sign at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla on Aug. 22, 2020.

San Diego County Sees Record 19 Community Outbreaks Of COVID-19

San Diego County public health officials have reported 291 new COVID-19 infections and six deaths from the illness, raising the county's totals to 49,446 cases of the coronavirus and 819 fatalities.

Francis Collins was the head of the Human Genome Project, a publicly-funded, international effort to sequence all three billion letters of the human genome.

THE GENE: AN INTIMATE HISTORY

Airs Tuesdays, April 7 & 14, 2020 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + Fridays, April 10 & 17 at 4 p.m., Saturdays, April 11 & 18 at Noon, Thursdays, April 16 & 23 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 + PBS Video App

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