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In Hong Kong, this AI reads children’s emotions as they learn - 18 février 2021
Before the pandemic, Ka Tim Chu, teacher and vice principal of Hong Kong’s True Light College, looked at his students’ faces to gauge how they were responding to classwork. Now, with most of his lessons online, technology is helping Chu to read the room. An AI-powered learning platform monitors his students’ (...)
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Apple faces lawsuits in Europe over slowing down older iPhones - 2 décembre 2020
London (CNN Business) Apple is facing new legal action in Europe over its controversial practice of slowing down older iPhones.
Euroconsumers, the advocacy group bringing the action, said in a statement Wednesday that the class-action lawsuits cover up to 2 million iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6S and 6S Plus devices in (...)
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Portland passes broadest facial recognition ban in the US - 11 septembre 2020
The city of Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday banned the use of facial-recognition technology by city departments — including local police — as well as public-facing businesses such as stores, restaurants and hotels.
Portland joins a growing number of places in the United States, such as San Francisco, Oakland, and (...)
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Amazon VP says he quit over company ’firing whistleblowers’ - CNN - 5 mai 2020
(CNN Business)Amazon engineer and vice president Tim Bray said he quit his lucrative job at the company over the recent firing of several employees who raised concerns about protections for warehouse workers during the pandemic.
"I quit in dismay at Amazon firing whistleblowers who were making noise about (...)
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The pandemic is playing to almost every one of Amazon’s strengths - CNN - 15 avril 2020
(CNN Business)As the coronavirus pandemic has forced people to stay inside, few companies have proven themselves as essential as Amazon. From groceries to cleaning supplies, shipments from Amazon (AMZN) have become lifelines for many who are steering clear of supermarkets and other physical retail stores. Company (...)
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These brands spend nearly $100 billion on ads. They want Facebook and Google to raise their game - CNN - 28 janvier 2020
Davos, Switzerland (CNN Business)Some of the world’s biggest advertisers have joined forces with Facebook (FB), YouTube and Twitter (TWTR) in an attempt to prevent harmful online content messing with their campaigns.
Companies such as Procter & Gamble (PG), Kellogg (K), Adidas (ADDDF), Unilever (UL), and (...)
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This man is running for governor of California so he can run false Facebook ads - 29 octobre 2019
A San Francisco man is going to extreme lengths to call out Facebook’s controversial policy of allowing politicians to run false ads on its platform. On Monday morning, he registered as a candidate in California’s 2022 gubernatorial election — not with the primary goal of becoming governor, but so he can run false (...)
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CIA agents in ’about 30 countries’ being tracked by technology, top official says - 30 avril 2018
CIA officers working overseas used to expect to be followed after hours by adversarial spies hoping to find their sources.
But now, foreign spies often don’t need to bother because technology can do it for them, said Dawn Meyerriecks, deputy director of the CIA’s science and technology division.
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New Zealand passport robot thinks this Asian man’s eyes are closed - 12 décembre 2016
It’s a common annoyance, you’re filling out a form online and you get some error.
New Zealander Richard Lee was applying for a passport online when the system objected to the image he uploaded.
"The photo you want to upload does not meet our criteria because : subject eyes are closed," it said.
But Lee, who is of (...)
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The Internet is a surveillance state - 31 mars 2013
I’m going to start with three data points.
One : Some of the Chinese military hackers who were implicated in a broad set of attacks against the U.S. government and corporations were identified because they accessed Facebook from the same network infrastructure they used to carry out their attacks.
Two : Hector (...)
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Should companies take responsibility for repression ? - 13 février 2013
The Arab uprisings have been a poignant reminder of how the Internet can promote free expression and assembly, but also how governments can try abuse it. The medium used by demonstrators to organize protests and bring medical supplies to Tahrir Square, for example, was also used by the government to pinpoint human (...)
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’Digital pill’ with chip inside gets FDA green light - 9 septembre 2012
Ever wonder if you remembered to take your pills this morning ? A medical tech startup has a novel solution : Swallow a computer chip that will help you keep track.
Proteus Digital Health scored a big victory this week when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval for the company’s "ingestible (...)
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Sweeping patent changes poised to become law - 12 septembre 2011
Congress on Thursday passed legislation that will reform the U.S. patent system for the first time since the Truman administration.
In an 89-9 vote, the Senate overwhelmingly agreed to accept the bill, dubbed the America Invents Act. It passed through the House in March with a similarly lopsided 304-117 vote. (...)
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The government has your baby’s DNA - 5 mars 2010
When Annie Brown’s daughter, Isabel, was a month old, her pediatrician asked Brown and her husband to sit down because he had some bad news to tell them : Isabel carried a gene that put her at risk for cystic fibrosis.
While grateful to have the information — Isabel received further testing and she doesn’t have the (...)
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CNET : We’ve been blackballed by Google - 16 mai 2005
Tech news site says Google froze out its reporters for publishing Eric Schmidt’s personal info.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Google Inc. has blacklisted all CNET reporters for a year, after the popular technology news website published personal information of one of Google’s founders in a story about growing privacy (...)
