Clearview AI is widely considered as a privacy nightmare. With the exposure of it’s own source code on the Internet due a server misconfiuration, it’s clear that it cannot even handle it’s most important assets. The privacy blunder was made public by Mossab Hussein, chief security officer of SpiderSilk when he gained access to a...
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Facebook cancels physical events through June 2021(!)
Facebook canceled all physical events with more than 5o people through June 2021. They will replace some of them with virtual events, but Mark Zuckerberg didn’t provide further details in his post. This outlook is certainly a bit grim since Facebook could set an example for the IT business. We might see other tech organizers...
Over 500,000 Zoom accounts sold on hacker forums, the dark web
More than 500.000 Zoom accounts have emerged for sale on the dark web and hacker forums, according to a new report by BleepingComputer. Zoom has become a very popular videoconferencing app in recent weeks when the number of people working from home has grown. With the growing popularity, concerns about the app’s security have also...
Apple and Google are launching a joint COVID-19 tracing tool for iOS and Android | TechCrunch
Apple and Google’s engineering teams have teamed up to create a decentralized contact tracing tool for their respective OSs. It’s goal is to give individuals information whether they have been exposed to someone with COVID-19: All of us at Apple and Google believe there has never been a more important moment to work together to...
Artificial intelligence, algorithmic pricing, and collusion | VOX, CEPR Policy Portal
Researchers Emilio Calvano, Giacomo Calzolari, Vincenzo Denicolò, Sergio Pastorello of the University of Bologna in Italy conducted an experiment where they let loose two simple reinforcement-learning-based pricing algorithms in a controlled environment. They learned that the these two completely autonomous algorithms actually responded to their mutual behavior. Together, they started quickly to pull up the...
Amazon is using coronavirus to expand its power – and not for the greater good | Julia Carrie Wong | Technology | The Guardian
Amazon might transform from “the everything store” to the only store. In the midst of the corona crisis Amazon is showing its power. It acts like a government by mass hireing people and raising wages. Also, it regulates the market: Amazon decided to stop accepting non-essential products from third-party sellers. This hurts smaller businesses who...
Clearview AI’s Facial Recognition Tech Is Being Used By The Justice Department, ICE, And The FBI
Clearview’s facial recognition AI is not only used by law enforcement; there is a large number of private companies that have Clearview accounts, like Kohl’s and Walmart and banks like Wells Fargo and Bank of America. While most of these companies have no formal contracts with Clearview and appear to have used Clearview’s software on...
Coronavirus and the impact on global supply chains – MIT Technology Review Insights
The coronavirus turns out to be a massive disruptor of global supply chains. For example, ´ the automotive industry óperates still at less than 50% of its pre-virus production levels. Companies producing electronics are operating at 40 to 60% of their capacities. This hits products like smartphones very hard, since the production requires asselmby lines....
Robotics Expert Breaks Down Robot Scenes From Film & TV
Quite entertaning how Chris Atkenson watches movie clips featuring robots and discusses how they compare with today’s robotics. Source: https://www.wired.com/video/watch/robotics-expert-breaks-down-robot-scenes-from-film-tv
Google Is Letting People Find Invites to Some Private WhatsApp Groups – VICE
Whatsapp users have been able to invite other users to a group chat using a link. If you open a link invitation, you will automatically be added to the group. As Vice reports, until recently those links were anything but private – if you search Google for the right URL, thousands of invitation links can...
