IBM is selling facial recognition tech to Middle Eastern dictatorships, report claims
It wouldn’t be the first time a US company has sold controversial invasive tech to other nations.
Month: May 2019
Hillary Clinton will be a keynote speaker at a cybersecurity expert event
It will be interesting to hear what cybersecurity topics Clinton will speak about.
The Trump administration will now force visa applicants disclose their social media usage
The move is aimed at curbing terrorism.
Millions of “private” Theta photos were available online, easily accessible
The photos were available online without any password protection.
The settling of the Tom Brady photo copyright case means a major copyright issue remains unresolved
It was previously ruled that embedding an image from another source was not copyright infringement.
Disney “copyright claims” YouTube channels that criticize Captain Marvel
Disney is accused of abusing copyright law to silence critics.
On platforms, publishers, and censorship
Social media platforms will have to decide which lane they’re in.
Amazon is looking to buy Boost from Sprint and T-Mobile, report shows
It’s not yet known how the US Justice Department will react to the idea.
Chinese dating apps database exposes 42.5 million US customer records
As of the time of writing, the exposed database is still online.
