10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Monday.A huge data leak showed the inner workings of how China surveils and detains its Uighur population using an AI-powered policing platform that claims to be able to predict criminality. The system amasses enormous amounts of personal data including facial recognition data.Facebook built a facial-recognition app that let employees identify people by pointing a phone at them. The app was not released publicly, and Facebook told Business Insider that it worked only on company employees and any of their friends who opted in to the social network's facial-recognition system.Elon Musk said Tesla has already received 200,000 orders for the Cybertruck. The passenger pickup truck was unveiled Thursday night and immediately sparked headlines

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