Panera Bread restaurants in select locations will install Amazon One devices that scan the unique features of the palm to record a signature for purchases. Though advertised as making paying easier, the technology has raised security concerns. Users pre-enroll online at Amazon One, and then complete enrollment in person at a location that uses Amazon…
Panera Bread Implements Palm Recognition Technology Linked to Security Concerns
March 30, 2023
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Twitter Restricts Conservative Accounts Over ‘Trans Day of Vengeance’ Posts
March 30, 2023
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Twitter has restricted multiple accounts belonging to prominent conservatives in recent days after they posted about an upcoming rally called the “Trans Day of Vengeance.” On Tuesday, the Elon Musk-owned company restricted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) congressional account for seven days after she repeatedly posted an image of a poster about the rally. In the same post, Greene…
Russia’s Security Service Arrests Wall Street Journal Reporter on Espionage Charges
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a Wall Street Journal reporter, accusing him of espionage on behalf of the United States. The FSB, the top domestic security and counterintelligence agency that succeeded the Soviet-era KGB, said on March 29 that it had detained Evan Gershkovich, a Moscow-based correspondent, in the city of Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains, roughly 900 miles…
AI Could Eliminate 300 Million Jobs, Warns Goldman Sachs
March 29, 2023
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Artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to the elimination of 300 million full-time jobs, according to a new study. A March 25th report by economists at Goldman Sachs Group (GSG) stated that improvements in AI technology may cause almost a quarter of existing positions in the United States and Europe to be replaced, but that new…
UK to Step up Regulation of Video Streaming Giants to ‘Level the Playing Field’
The UK government is planning to exert more regulatory control over streaming platforms in order to “level the playing field” and make British public service broadcasters more competitive in the media market. Under the draft Media Bill published on Wednesday, video-on-demand services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney+ will be brought under rules…
Arkansas Sues Meta, TikTok for Designing ‘Addictive’ Platforms, Exposing Personal Data
March 29, 2023
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Social media giants Meta and TikTok are being sued by the state of Arkansas for allegedly intentionally designing their platforms to be manipulative and addictive to children, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Attorney General Tim Griffin announced on March 28. Griffin has filed three separate lawsuits against the social media companies in state court: one against Meta,…
The Guardian Newspaper Apologises for Slavery Links
March 29, 2023
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The Guardian newspaper has apologised for its founder’s role in the transatlantic slave trade. The Scott Trust, which owns the Guardian Media Group, has pledged 10 million pounds (US$12.3 million) to communities linked to the activities of John Edward Taylor, the journalist who started the paper in 1821. “The Scott Trust Legacies of Enslavement report,…
EU Regulators Clear Google’s Maths App Deal
BRUSSELS—EU antitrust regulators gave unconditional approval for Alphabet unit Google’s acquisition of Croatian maths app Photomath, the European Commission said in a statement on Tuesday. The EU Commission said the deal would not reduce competition in the markets for “online homework and study help tools that include maths as a subject offering and general search…
TikTok Harvests Your Location, Contacts, Passwords: Cyber Firm Reveals
March 28, 2023
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Chinese-backed social media giant TikTok has been accused of “excessive data harvesting” by cybersecurity firm Internet 2.0. In a new report, the Australian-based firm found the popular music video app tracked the location of users every hour, accessed calendars and contacts, and also conducted “device mapping”—tracking what other apps were installed on a person’s phone….
TikTok Harvests Your Location, Contacts, Passwords, Cybersecurity Firm Reveals
March 28, 2023
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Chinese-backed social media giant TikTok has been accused of “excessive data harvesting” by cybersecurity firm Internet 2.0. In a new report, the Australian-based firm found the popular music video app tracked the location of users every hour, accessed calendars and contacts, and also conducted “device mapping”—tracking what other apps were installed on a person’s phone….
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