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Investors and entrepreneurs are paying thousands of dollars for rare access to Chinese factories, seeking a front-row seat to ​what many believe could be the next technological revolution.

Many attendees avoid publicising their visits. Among those known to have made the trip are U.S. investment ​firms Dimension, Capital Group and Thrive Capital, as well as U.S. tech podcaster Lex Fridman.

Axon says cops are asking it to make its automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) look different from Flock cameras because Flock vandalism has become so widespread, according to comments Axon’s CEO made in a now deleted webinar.

The comments highlight how Axon is trying to take advantage of sustained opposition against Flock's license plate cameras, with one law enforcement customer suggesting a camera redesign would “help with the optics while we batten down the hatches” as the backlash spreads.

As 404 Media has reported, some towns and cities are switching from Flock to Axon’s cameras after cops did lookups for ICE in Flock, tracked a woman who self-administered an abortion, and have repeatedly abused their access to stalk ex-spouses. ALPRs constantly scan the license plate, brand, model, and other identifying features of all vehicles that drive past the camera and then make this timestamped log of activity searchable by law enforcement without a warrant.

In an August 26 webinar that was hosted on Axon’s official Vimeo page called “From backlash to trust,” Axon Chief Customer Officer Mike Wagers took a question from the remote audience and asked, “is there any talk — and there has been talk — to redesign Outpost, our fixed ALPR camera, to not look exactly like a Flock camera?”

“We are looking at [...] do we change the general shape,” Rick Smith, Axon’s CEO, replied. At another point in the webinar, Smith brought up Axon’s Lightpost product, which is an ALPR and AI-powered camera that attaches to an existing streetlight. “Frankly, we’ve had a lot of customers saying, hey, we’d like something that looks different because there is all this blowback. ​​It's harder to vandalize because it's up higher,” he said.

Smith also said, “We’ve had some people say they’d like to see us make just a different camera, because our ALPR camera looks like an ALPR camera.” Another idea Smith brought up, pending customer feedback, is to go in the other direction and make ALPRs more explicit, with signs showing where they are located and a description of the city’s ALPR policies.

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The same coalition sued the Trump administration in 2017 after Trump sought to significantly reduce protections for the two national monuments, which was resolved when Joe Biden restored them as president.

The same coalition sued the Trump administration in 2017 after Trump sought to significantly reduce protections for the two national monuments, which was resolved when Joe Biden restored them as president.

This is a joke that not only made it into the episodes of tht show, but the movie as well. However, it is Gomez that is playing with the trains, not Pugsley.

As a side note, i always wanted an engine that smoked.

This is a joke that not only made it into the episodes of tht show, but the movie as well. However, it is Gomez that is playing with the trains, not Pugsley.

As a side note, i always wanted an engine that smoked.