Google is making its differential privacy code freely available to all developers. Differential Privacy is a special mathematic technique that allows organizations to collect data from individuals in a way that guarantees individual privacy. Collected data cannot be traced back to any one person. Google uses this technique to capture what dishes people order at restaurants. The […]
Apple has responded to a report by a campaign group which criticised working conditions at a factory where iPhones are made. According to the report (pdf), Foxconn workers were not getting bonuses, were being made to do overtime and too many temporary workers were being hired. Under Chinese law, only 10% of a workforce […]
Pinterest users searching for vaccine-related information will be directed to results from “public health organisations”. The firm also said it won’t show ads, comments or recommendations on results pages for vaccine searches. Late last year, the firm stopped showing results for vaccine searches to tackle the spread of misinformation on its platform. Under the new […]
US officials have not granted any licences to trade with blacklisted Chinese firm Huawei, despite receiving more than 130 requests, Reuters says. The US restricted companies from selling to the electronics giant in May, citing national security concerns, which have been dismissed by Huawei. President Donald Trump said last month that some exemptions would be allowed
A huge cache of unsecured biometric credentials and personal information has been discovered by security researchers. Researchers working with cyber-security firm VPNMentor say they accessed data from a security tool called Biostar 2. It is used by thousands of companies worldwide to control access to specific parts of secure facilities. More than a million fingerprints […]
After days of negotiations, CBS Corp. has reached an agreement to acquire Viacom which will now take on the name ViacomCBS Inc. CBS and Viacom announced the agreement Tuesday after more than 48 hours of intense final negotiations between the boards of both companies. The all-stock deal values Viacom at around its current market cap […]
Sens. Bob Menendez and Richard Blumenthal wrote a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Monday asking it to say whether people or algorithms are making decisions about what gets the “Amazon’s Choice” label. They are worried that the Choice category can be manipulated via fake reviews and can mislead customers. Amazon said it […]
Chinese search engine Sogou is creating artificial-intelligence lookalikes to read popular novels in authors’ voices. It announced “lifelike” avatars of Chinese authors Yue Guan and Bu Xin Tian Shang Diao Xian Bing – created from video recordings – at the China Online Literature+ conference. Chinese think tank iiMedia expects the market to more than double […]
AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su has denied a report stating that she is potentially planning to leave later this year for a top executive role at IBM. Su tweeted on Tuesday that there is “zero truth” to the report published earlier in the day by news site Wccftech, which cited unnamed sources for its story. “Just […]
Hulu and distributor Bleecker Street have announced a new deal, giving Hulu exclusive streaming rights to all of Bleecker Street’s upcoming theatrical slate. “Hulu is committed to bringing impactful, quality films to audiences everywhere,” said Heather Moosnick, SVP Content Partnerships at Hulu. “We’re excited to enter into this new partnership with Bleecker Street, whose […]
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