A school group in Scotland uses facial recognition to make children pay for their school meals. According to the schools, far-reaching biometric identification speeds up the payment process. On the Isle of Arran, Scotland, a school group begins rolling out a facial recognition payment system for secondary school meals. […]
The spreaders of the REvil ransomware are shutting down (again) now that their payment portal, server and site itself have been hacked. REvil was able to release its ransomware at several large companies in the past year. After the attack on software company Kaseya this summer, the sites of […]
The military junta in Myanmar has banned the lawyer of deposed government leader Aung San Suu Kyi from speaking, according to a warning that Master Khin Maung Zaw posted on his Facebook page on Friday. The lawyer is no longer allowed to talk to the media, diplomats, international organizations […]
Navigation specialist TomTom continues to suffer from chip shortages, resulting in fewer cars being produced. As a result, there is also not as much demand for the company’s navigation equipment. According to CEO Harold Goddijn, the recovery of the Automotive division, which supplies navigation systems to car brands, also […]
Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, often described as Poland’s most powerful politician, will step down from his government position early next year. According to sources from the Polish news agency PAP, he informed party members. Kaczynski would like to free up more time for his work as the […]
Floods in northern China have killed at least 15 people. Meanwhile, most of the coal mines in the affected region have been restarted. However, the heavy rain made rescue efforts more difficult. In China, the northern provinces of Shanxi and Hebei are ravaged by heavy rainfall and flooding. In […]
The pick-up in tourism means good news for the Turkish treasury. For the first time in nine months, a current account surplus was recorded in August, the Turkish central bank reported. The balance in the important summer month was converted to 445 million pounds positive, whereas it was 3.2 […]
The turnover of Chinese real estate developers collapsed in September due to the crisis at Evergrande. That faltering Chinese real estate group missed debt payments and could no longer pay suppliers. Evergrande is heavily indebted. There are fears of a knock-on effect from bankruptcies if the company goes bankrupt. […]
The German industry is suffering from supply problems such as the shortage of chips for the car industry. Industrial production in Europe’s largest economy fell 4 percent in August from a month earlier, far more than experts had anticipated. On average, they assumed a 0.5 percent lower production. The […]
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg says the accusation that his company prioritizes profit over user safety makes no sense. “It’s hard to see messages that misrepresent our work and motives. Unfortunately, I think most of us don’t recognize the false image being put up of us,” he writes. Facebook has […]
