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Corrections

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  1. Tellwright’s Murmur sorted protest organizers into a category called “threat actors”

    An earlier version of this story said Tellwright introduced Murmur in 2018. It was introduced in 2019.

  2. A university study of what eye implants see was changed in a closed session. The university won’t say how.

    An earlier version of this story said the committee first approved the project in 2021. It approved it in 2022.

  3. Towns bought Kerbside cameras for their own streets. Police across the country can search them.

    An earlier version of this story said 72 percent of searches came from agencies more than 50 miles away. The figure is 71 percent.

  4. A lender put a rural hospital’s patient monitors on “service hold” overnight over a late payment

    An earlier version of this story gave the time the hold was released as 6:30 a.m. It was 6:40 a.m.

  5. Reporters’ phones show signs of Tellwright’s Handset remote collection

    An earlier version of this story said Tellwright opened its Lawful Access Program to allied governments in June 2024. It did so in May 2024.

  6. A nonprofit data labeler now scores its home workers through their webcams

    An earlier version of this story said Rungwell’s pilot of Focus Assurance involved 221 labelers. It involved 212.