Fri 27 September 2024: The UK’s Online Safety Act will impose new responsibilities on social media companies and make them accountable for their content, according to an expert. The new law adopts a zero-tolerance approach to protecting children on social media platforms. The bill became law on Oct. 26, 2023 and will be fully enforced […]
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Fri 27 September 2024: Passengers at some of the UK’s busiest rail stations were exposed to Islamophobic messages in a cyber security breach, disrupting public Wi-Fi services, officials said Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. The messages, shown on public Wi-Fi login pages late Wednesday, contained Islamophobic content and referenced a UK terror attack, sparking concerns among passengers trying […]
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Thu 26 September 2024: The phenomenal growth in artificial intelligence tools has made it easy to create a story quickly, complicating a reader’s ability to determine if a news source or article is truthful or reliable. For instance, earlier this year, people were sharing an article about the supposed suicide of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s psychiatrist as if […]
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Tue 24 September 2024: Imagine walking through a bustling railway station. You’re in a hurry, weaving through the crowd, unaware that cameras are not just watching you but also recognising you. These days, our biometric data is valuable to businesses for security purposes, to enhance customer experience or to improve their own efficiency. Biometrics, are unique physical or […]
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Tue 24 September 2024: The move is a significant escalation in US restrictions on Chinese vehicles, software and components. The United States Department of Commerce has proposed prohibiting key Chinese software and hardware in connected vehicles on American roads due to national security concerns, a move that would in effect bar Chinese cars and trucks […]
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Mon 23 September 2024: The brain-chip startup of Elon Musk’s Neuralink has now announced Blindsight – an experimental vision-restoring implant – which will attempt to give vision to the blind. The company announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday (September 17) called Blindsight a “breakthrough device”. With this announcement, the device entered […]
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Mon 23 September 2024: SpaceX aims to launch five uncrewed Starship missions to Mars in two years, CEO Elon Musk announced on X Sunday. Musk previously indicated that the first launches would occur when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens in two years. He noted that the timeline for crewed missions will depend on the […]
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Sun 22 September 2024: Earlier this week, the federal government announced it is going to introduce a social media ban for children. It hasn’t nominated a minimum age yet, but the focus of political and media debates has been on teenagers. What about younger users of social media? According to a 2022 Australian report, 22% of children aged eight […]
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Sat 21 September 2024: Ukraine has prohibited government and military personnel from using the Telegram app on state-issued devices, citing concerns about Russian surveillance capabilities. The National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) made the decision after Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s military intelligence (GUR), presented alarming evidence showing Russian special services could intercept messages, even […]
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Sat 21 September 2024: She speaks seven languages, has a PhD in particle physics, an apartment in Budapest plastered with her own pastel drawings of nudes and a career that took her around Africa and Europe doing humanitarian work, Reuters reports. What Cristiana Barsony-Arcidiacono, 49, the Italian-Hungarian CEO and owner of Hungary-based BAC Consulting, says she has […]
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