IANS- While the usage of facial recognition technology is growing across the world, the absence of any data protection and data privacy law in India makes the country ill-prepared to deal with the misuse of the technology, experts said on Friday. “There is no legal mechanism to stop misuse of facial recognition technology in […]
IANS- Hours after Twitter declined to appear before a parliamentary committee on information technology on Monday citing short notice, the committee headed by Anurag Thakur has hinted that it will initiate a breach of privilege action against it and its brass. “Of course it can be an issue of breach of parliamentary privilege. They […]
IANS- Using default passwords on internet-enabled temperature control systems has exposed freezers at grocery stores, hospitals and pharmaceutical firms to the risk of being hacked, the media reported. Security researchers at Safety Detective found over 7,419 networked thermostats manufactured by Scotland-based electronics manufacturer Resource Data Management (RDM) to be suffering from the vulnerability, Engadget […]
IANS- India’s FDI policy on e-commerce and mandatory data localization for global card payment companies seem to have rubbed Donald Trump on the wrong side as the US is thinking about withdrawing zero tariffs for India, sources said. The US Trade Representative is reviewing the preferential arrangement for India wherein the US charges no […]
IANS – Joining Microsoft’s call to tame the misuse of facial recognition technology, retail giant Amazon’s Cloud arm, Amazon Web Services (AWS), has asked lawmakers to formulate some rules around the use of the technology. The announcement came amid increasing scrutiny on the use of facial recognition by researchers, lawmakers and civil liberties groups. […]
IANS – Aiming to bring more transparency to ads related to politics in India ahead of the general elections, Facebook on Thursday launched a tool that will allow its users to know the people behind a particular political ad on the platform and how much they spent for it. Starting on Thursday, users will […]
IANS – As part of the “Safer Internet Day” celebrations, Google introduced two updates — “Password Checkup” Chrome extension and a “Cross Account Protection” — to protect apps, websites, and user-accounts from possible third-party data breaches. “We’re always working to make sure your data is protected, whether you’re using Google products or checking out […]
IANS – Microsoft President Brad Smith has shot down calls to stop selling facial recognition tech to governments, saying the move would be “cruel” as it could hamper good work such as diagnosing rare diseases. According to a report in Business Insider late Sunday, Smith said the move would be “cruel in the humanitarian […]
IANS – Google has deleted 29 malicious “beauty camera” apps that were sharing pornographic content and forwarding users, particularly in India, to phishing websites to steal their information. Some of these Android apps have been downloaded millions of times and a large number of the download counts originated from Asia — particularly in India, […]
IANS- The Indian IT industry on Friday lauded the Interim Budget 2019-20 for its push to adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI). “The highlight of the Budget was the announcement of a National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and the AI portal. This will play a key role for India to accelerate AI development and adoption,” IT […]
