Huawei will reportedly lay off hundreds of US workers
Last month, Huawei reportedly separated the operations of its U.S. research and development facility—Futurewei Technologies—as it continued to react to the implications of its U.S. blacklisting.
"Futurewei had banned Huawei...
African ICT Foundation seeks end to illegal online surveillance of citizens
The African ICT Foundation has called on state and non-state actors to end the Illegal surveillance, control, and interception of online user communications describing it fundamentally detrimental to the...
Facebook ‘to be fined $5bn over Cambridge Analytica scandal’
US regulators have approved a record $5bn (£4bn) fine on Facebook to settle an investigation into data privacy violations, reports in US media say.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has...
Apple restores banned parental control app OurPact to the App Store
Apple has reversed course on its ban of parental control app OurPact, allowing the ousted software to return to the App Store in its original form and without any...
A Chinese AI startup is tracking lost dogs using their nose prints
Megvii, a Chinese AI startup that supplies facial recognition software for the Chinese government’s surveillance program, is expanding its technology beyond humans to recognize different faces of pets.
As reported...
Google takes another run at social networking with Shoelace
Google's in-house incubator, Area 120, is working on a new social networking app called Shoelace which is aimed at organizing local events and activities. You use it by listing...
Apple Watch bug allowed iPhone eavesdropping
Apple has disabled the Walkie-Talkie app on the Apple Watch, because of a flaw that let users eavesdrop on other people's iPhones.
The Walkie-Talkie app let two people who had...
Google probes leak of smart speaker recordings
Google is investigating how 1,000 conversations recorded by one of its smart speakers were leaked.
Belgian broadcaster VRT exposed the recordings made by Google Home devices in Belgium and the Netherlands.
The search...
Google’s live camera translation is getting better AI and 60 new languages
Google is rolling out a significant update to the camera feature on its Translate app. The new version of the app adds support for 60 new languages; makes the...
Microsoft is making Windows 10 passwordless
Microsoft is planning to make Windows 10 PCs work without passwords. While the company has been working on removing passwords from Windows 10 and its Microsoft Accounts for a...
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