Google CEO Sundar Pichai says AI is too important not to be regulated and there are real concerns about the potential negative consequences of AI
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Samsung appoints Taemoon Roh to head its smartphone division, taking over from Koh Dong-Jin to run the world's largest mobile devices business
- Taemoon Roh will now steer the world's biggest mobile name — Samsung seeks to take the lead in 5G and foldables this year
AR startup Mojo Vision shows off the first prototype of Mojo Lens, its contact lenses that display text, have an eye-controlled interface, and work in the dark
Mojo Vision's smart contacts put text in my eye and let me see in the dark. They're aiming for even more than that.
Research: Opera, known for its web browser, allegedly issues predatory loans in Kenya, Nigeria, and India via Android apps, likely violating Play Store policies
GET OUR LATEST REPORTS DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX — Summary (NASDAQ: OPRA) — Opera went public in mid-2018 based largely on prospects for its core browser business.
An analysis of 40 studies finds that the link between social media use and both depression and anxiety among adolescents is small and inconsistent
A growing number of academics are challenging assumptions about the negative effects of social media and smartphones on children.
A look at Clearview AI, a facial recognition app claiming it scraped 3B+ images from sites like Facebook, YouTube, and that 600+ law enforcement agencies use it
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Bogdan Popa / Softpedia News : FBI in Possession of Software Able to Profile Anyone Using Just a Picture Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1225: the facial ...
Sweden-based Tink, which offers open banking APIs, raises €90M co-led by Dawn Capital, HMI Capital, and Insight Partners at a post-money valuation of €415M
Tink, the European open banking platform, is disclosing €90 million in new funding, just 11 months …
Sources: ByteDance plans a foray into games, building a team of 1,000+ and buying game studios and title distribution rights; first big games coming this spring
- The TikTok proprietor shows ambition beyond short-form video — Hiring spree includes industry veterans and local game studios
Microsoft knows about an actively exploited bug in Internet Explorer on all Windows versions but likely won't have a fix until the next Patch Tuesday on Feb. 11
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TomTom says it has reached a deal with Huawei “some time ago” for the use of its maps, traffic information, and navigation software in Huawei phones
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An unsecured facial-recognition database with info on thousands of children from 20 schools in China, half in areas with large Tibetan populations, found online
Information leak from facial-recognition database raises questions about school surveillance and cybersecurity in China Tweets: @liz_in_shanghai , @evacide , and @pdshinkman Tweets: Liza Lin / @liz_in...
Google announces a partnership with India's third-largest telecom operator Airtel to offer G Suite to SMBs
Google has inked a deal with India's third-largest telecom operator as the American giant looks to grow its cloud customer base in the key overseas market that is increasingly emerging …
Amazon says it now partners with 20,000+ neighborhood stores across Tier 1, 2, and 3 cities in India to store and deliver goods under its “I have Space” program
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Report: European regulators have imposed €114M in fines for data breaches since GDPR came into force in 2018; France's €50M fine against Google is the biggest
MUNICH (Reuters) - European regulators have imposed 114 million euros ($126 million) in fines for data breaches since …
Insurance comparison shopping startup Insurify raises $23M Series A led by MTech Capital and Viola Fintech
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Court docs: after a search warrant, Facebook gave Puerto Rico private info from student news outlets; some fear it was a politically motivated search for crimes
Puerto Rico Targeted Student Journalists' Facebook Data https://theintercept.com/... Claudia Irizarry Aponte / @clauirizarry : .@Facebook granted access to private information that helped PR's Justice...
Experts say Yandex, Russia's most-used search engine, is lagging behind Google and Bing in implementing controls to cut down on images of child sexual abuse
Experts say the spread of images of child sexual exploitation online has reached unprecedented levels, calling the situation a major social crisis. Tweets: @gicariana Tweets: ArianaGic / @gicariana : ...
US Army contracted two firms for $4.5M to create a facial recognition system that analyzes infrared images to identify people at a distance of 10 to 500 meters
Dave Gershgorn / OneZero : Tweets: @ozm , @offdutytiger , @ozm , @6eorge6 , @ozm , @a_bacci , and @sophielgilbert . Thanks: @davegershgorn Tweets: OneZero / @ozm : NEW: The U.S. military is developin...
Some analysts say Alphabet could double in value to become a $2T company in the near future, as the total market cap of FAANGs rose by $1.3T over the past year
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Profile of Armslist, the “Craigslist of guns” that offers nearly any kind of gun imaginable and where all transactions are done peer to peer
The Verge : Tweets: @momsdemand , @sean_kev , @ma_franks , @geigernews , @giffordscourage , @colinlecher , and @reckless Tweets: @momsdemand : Criminals and others are avoiding background checks by b...
Scoutbee, which develops and sells access to an AI-driven supplier discovery platform, raises $60M Series B, less than 9 months after raising a $12M Series A
Supplier discovery often isn't a walk in the park. According to a survey by Thomasnet, nearly 50% of buyers have worked …
eSSENTIAL Accessibility, an “Accessibility-as-a-Service” platform helping sites and apps be compliant with legal accessibility requirements, raises $16M
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.