The controversial facial recognition software Clearview AI may no longer be offered in the US. However, there remains a loophole for the most important customer: the US itself. Clearview AI is a facial recognition company that uses a database of billions of photos. Only those photos are not legally […]
Nearly $7 billion was lost to Internet scams last year, according to the FBI. However, the actual figure is much higher. The FBI states in its annual Internet Crime Report that $6.9 billion was lost to online scams last year. It involves extortion, identity theft, phishing, fraud and other […]
Moscow-backed separatists in southeastern Ukraine have removed road signs bearing the name of the almost entirely conquered city of Mariupol in Ukrainian and English and replaced them with signs in Russian. The Ministry of Transport of the self-declared People’s Republic of Donetsk said in a statement. The ministry also […]
Apple is suing tech start-up Rivos. The start-up has hired engineers who have access to sensitive Apple company information. The Cupertino tech company has accused several former employees of theft of information related to chips, Reuters reported. Rivos is a so-called ‘stealth’ tech start-up which operates in relative silence. […]
Google has blocked 8 million ads related to the war in Ukraine this year. This was announced by Google on Wednesday at the same time as it released its annual figures on harmful ads. The American search engine blocked or removed more than 3.4 billion advertisements in 2021. However, […]
Apple is starting to offer repair parts, manuals and repair kits for modern iPhones and eventually Macs. Anyone handy can replace parts with the original parts. Apple’s Self Service Repair was announced late last year and is now available in the US and expanding to Europe this year. At […]
The European Commission has taken the first formal legal step against the Hungarian government that could lead to “financial measures” for failing to respect the rule of law. In a letter, the EU’s day-to-day management asks for clarification on European money in public tenders. The commission has said “serious […]
US President Joe Biden has exercised his powers for the first time in his term to pardon convicts and shorten prison terms. The White House announced Tuesday that Biden has pardoned three people and reduced the prison terms of 75 others. According to the White House, the three people […]
Beijing residents are increasingly concerned about the coronavirus. In the Chinese capital, groceries are being bought en masse, while the approximately 3.5 million residents of a large district have been told that they must be tested several times. There is a fear among the population that Beijing, like Shanghai, […]
Russia seeks complete control of the eastern Donbas region and southern Ukraine to build a land bridge to the Crimean peninsula annexed by Moscow. According to the Russian news agency Interfax, a senior Russian general said this on Friday. “Since the beginning of the second phase of the special […]
