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Quick, cheap to make and loved by police - facial recognition apps are on the rise | Jo... - 0 views

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"But its "surprising accuracy" was "very concerning". Questioned about this, he said that a database using facial recognition technology was unlikely to be a service that the company would create, but went on to say that "some company … is going to cross that line"."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"But its "surprising accuracy" was "very concerning". Questioned about this, he said that a database using facial recognition technology was unlikely to be a service that the company would create, but went on to say that "some company … is going to cross that line"."</div>

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Trolls exploit Zoom privacy settings as app gains popularity | Technology | The Guardian - 0 views

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ITGS zoombombing security VideoConferencing app privacy and anonymity

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"But the default settings of the service are configured in the expectation of trust between participants, meaning trolls can wreak havoc. Some zoombombers have used the screensharing feature to broadcast pornography and violent imagery. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"But the default settings of the service are configured in the expectation of trust between participants, meaning trolls can wreak havoc. Some zoombombers have used the screensharing feature to broadcast pornography and violent imagery. "</div>

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ITGS TikTok bias algorithm gender race equality of access

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"Specifically, the question is whether that algorithm is sorting suggestions based on the race of the creator - something TikTok denies it's doing intentionally. But it's another example of the need for more scrutiny into how the app and other social media platforms promote particular creators or content."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Specifically, the question is whether that algorithm is sorting suggestions based on the race of the creator - something TikTok denies it's doing intentionally. But it's another example of the need for more scrutiny into how the app and other social media platforms promote particular creators or content."</div>

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"We are talking about vast fields of aggregate data, the scale of which is difficult to comprehend; this data can be parsed by the artificial intelligence recommendation algorithms that Google has pioneered, and that now steer everything from employment application processes to dating apps."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"We are talking about vast fields of aggregate data, the scale of which is difficult to comprehend; this data can be parsed by the artificial intelligence recommendation algorithms that Google has pioneered, and that now steer everything from employment application processes to dating apps."</div>

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Google reduces JPEG file size by 35% | Ars Technica UK - 0 views

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"Google has developed and open-sourced a new JPEG algorithm that reduces file size by about 35 percent-or alternatively, image quality can be significantly improved while keeping file size constant. Importantly, and unlike some of its other efforts in image compression (WebP, WebM), Google's new JPEGs are completely compatible with existing browsers, devices, photo editing apps, and the JPEG standard."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Google has developed and open-sourced a new JPEG algorithm that reduces file size by about 35 percent-or alternatively, image quality can be significantly improved while keeping file size constant. Importantly, and unlike some of its other efforts in image compression (WebP, WebM), Google's new JPEGs are completely compatible with existing browsers, devices, photo editing apps, and the JPEG standard."</div>

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ITGS SAaS MaaS ownership businessandemployment peopleandmachines policiesandstandards

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"Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is a model for traffic without ownership. You pay a monthly fee for it, like with Spotify, tell the app where you are going and get instant access to taxis, Ubers, buses, and so on. Everything is available on-demand and ownership is no longer needed."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is a model for traffic without ownership. You pay a monthly fee for it, like with Spotify, tell the app where you are going and get instant access to taxis, Ubers, buses, and so on. Everything is available on-demand and ownership is no longer needed."</div>

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A massive Google Docs hack is spreading like wildfire - Recode - 0 views

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ITGS google hack security phishing

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dr tech on 06 May 17

"Gmail users are under attack in a gigantic phishing operation that's spreading like wildfire across the internet right now. People took to Twitter to report receiving an email that looks like an invitation to join a Google Doc from someone they know. But when you click on the link to open the file, you are directed to grant access to an app that looks like Google Docs but is actually a program that sends spam emails to everyone you've emailed, according to a detailed outline of the attack on Reddit. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Gmail users are under attack in a gigantic phishing operation that's spreading like wildfire across the internet right now. People took to Twitter to report receiving an email that looks like an invitation to join a Google Doc from someone they know. But when you click on the link to open the file, you are directed to grant access to an app that looks like Google Docs but is actually a program that sends spam emails to everyone you've emailed, according to a detailed outline of the attack on Reddit. "</div>

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On Facebook, even Harvard students can't be too paranoid | Tim Dowling | Opinion | The ... - 0 views

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ITGS peopleandmachines privacy facebook camera

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"The other day I noticed that the little green light next to the camera built into my computer screen was on. It's perfectly possible that I had recently used some app that required the camera, and forgotten about it; but I couldn't find a way to turn it off. It's unlikely anyone was really watching me pretend to work, but my computer definitely was."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The other day I noticed that the little green light next to the camera built into my computer screen was on. It's perfectly possible that I had recently used some app that required the camera, and forgotten about it; but I couldn't find a way to turn it off. It's unlikely anyone was really watching me pretend to work, but my computer definitely was."</div>

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This AI-powered app will tell you if you're beautiful - and reinforce biases, too | Art... - 0 views

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ITGS ai beauty machine learning bias globalisation and cultural diversity

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dr tech on 07 Mar 21

"Qoves founder Shafee Hassan claimed to MIT Technology Review that beauty scoring is widespread; social media platforms use it to identify attractive faces and give them more attention."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Qoves founder Shafee Hassan claimed to MIT Technology Review that beauty scoring is widespread; social media platforms use it to identify attractive faces and give them more attention."</div>

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Instagram has looked deep into my soul - and I really don't like what it has found ther... - 0 views

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ITGS ai instagram advertising data mining privacy and anonymity integrity

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dr tech on 10 May 21

"So when I discovered the pocket of Instagram where you can find out what it thinks you're interested in (on the app, you'll find it under Settings> Security> Access data > Ads), I obviously felt it my duty as a netizen to see what dark insights it had into my private soul. Here goes: jewellery; luxury goods; electronic music; love; emotions; fashion design; crafts. I mean: no offence, Kraftwerk (and loved ones) but I could not name eight things I am less interested in. Maybe oxbow lakes."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"So when I discovered the pocket of Instagram where you can find out what it thinks you're interested in (on the app, you'll find it under Settings> Security> Access data > Ads), I obviously felt it my duty as a netizen to see what dark insights it had into my private soul. Here goes: jewellery; luxury goods; electronic music; love; emotions; fashion design; crafts. I mean: no offence, Kraftwerk (and loved ones) but I could not name eight things I am less interested in. Maybe oxbow lakes."</div>

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Facebook's secret settlement on Cambridge Analytica gags UK data watchdog | TechCrunch - 0 views

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ITGS facebook government and politics policies and standards

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"The UK's information commissioner just told a parliamentary subcommittee on online harms and disinformation that a secret arrangement between her office and Facebook prevents her from publicly answering whether or not Facebook contacted the ICO about completing a much-trumpeted 'app audit'."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The UK's information commissioner just told a parliamentary subcommittee on online harms and disinformation that a secret arrangement between her office and Facebook prevents her from publicly answering whether or not Facebook contacted the ICO about completing a much-trumpeted 'app audit'."</div>

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Inside Robinhood, the free trading app at the heart of the GameStop mania - CNN - 0 views

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dr tech on 06 Feb 21

"Robinhood's free-trading revolution helped pave the way to the recent Reddit mayhem on Wall Street. The rise of Robinhood means that the ability to buy stocks, on a whim, is now at everyone's fingertips. Robinhood has opened investing up to the masses. Rival online brokerages were forced to mimic Robinhood's zero-commission business model, and some joined forces just to survive. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Robinhood's free-trading revolution helped pave the way to the recent Reddit mayhem on Wall Street. The rise of Robinhood means that the ability to buy stocks, on a whim, is now at everyone's fingertips. Robinhood has opened investing up to the masses. Rival online brokerages were forced to mimic Robinhood's zero-commission business model, and some joined forces just to survive. "</div>

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Egypt sentences TikTok star to 10 years in prison for 'human trafficking' - 0 views

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ITGS tiktok censorship globalisation and cultural diversity social media control

shared by dr tech on 23 Jun 21 - No Cached

dr tech on 23 Jun 21

"Egyptian police on Tuesday arrested a Tiktok star who has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for her posts on social media. Haneen Hossam, a 20-year-old Cairo University student who became an influencer on video sharing app Tiktok, was sentenced in absentia on Sunday alongside four others."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Egyptian police on Tuesday arrested a Tiktok star who has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for her posts on social media. Haneen Hossam, a 20-year-old Cairo University student who became an influencer on video sharing app Tiktok, was sentenced in absentia on Sunday alongside four others."</div>

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Welcome to dystopia: getting fired from your job as an Amazon worker by an app | Jessa ... - 0 views

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ITGS bot amazon business and employment ai

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dr tech on 06 Jul 21

"Instead, the robots are here not to replace this lower tier of underpaid and undervalued work. They are here to smugly sit in the middle, monitoring and surveilling us, hiring and firing us. Amazon has recently replaced its middle management and human resources workers with artificial intelligence to determine when a worker has outlived their usefulness and needs to be let go. There is no human to appeal to, no negotiating with a bot. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Instead, the robots are here not to replace this lower tier of underpaid and undervalued work. They are here to smugly sit in the middle, monitoring and surveilling us, hiring and firing us. Amazon has recently replaced its middle management and human resources workers with artificial intelligence to determine when a worker has outlived their usefulness and needs to be let go. There is no human to appeal to, no negotiating with a bot. "</div>

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ITGS ethics surveillance social trust social media sift privacy and anonymity

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dr tech on 06 Nov 19

"As of this summer, though, Sift does have a file on you, which it can produce upon request. I got mine, and I found it shocking: More than 400 pages long, it contained all the messages I'd ever sent to hosts on Airbnb; years of Yelp delivery orders; a log of every time I'd opened the Coinbase app on my iPhone. Many entries included detailed information about the device I used to do these things, including my IP address at the time."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"As of this summer, though, Sift does have a file on you, which it can produce upon request. I got mine, and I found it shocking: More than 400 pages long, it contained all the messages I'd ever sent to hosts on Airbnb; years of Yelp delivery orders; a log of every time I'd opened the Coinbase app on my iPhone. Many entries included detailed information about the device I used to do these things, including my IP address at the time."</div>

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"Vivian Balakrishnan on why he had earlier said that TraceTogether app data would only be used for COVID-19 contact tracing. The Home Affairs Ministry has since said the data could be used for criminal investigations."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Vivian Balakrishnan on why he had earlier said that TraceTogether app data would only be used for COVID-19 contact tracing. The Home Affairs Ministry has since said the data could be used for criminal investigations."</div>

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How artificial intelligence helps firms stay relevant amid pandemic - Opinion - The Jak... - 0 views

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AI and machine learning, combined with the science of turning data into insightful information (aka data science), have become more important than ever in the “new normal” to guide innovation based on new market trends and consumer preferences
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AI and machine learning, combined with the science of turning data into insightful information (aka data science), have become more important than ever in the "new normal" to guide innovation based on new market trends and consumer preferences This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title "How artificial intelligence helps firms stay relevant amid pandemic - Opinion - The Jakarta Post". Click to read: https://www.thejakartapost.com/academia/2020/09/21/how-artificial-intelligence-helps-firms-stay-relevant-amid-pandemic.html. Download The Jakarta Post app for easier and faster news access: Android: http://bit.ly/tjp-android iOS: http://bit.ly/tjp-ios

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">AI and machine learning, combined with the science of turning data into insightful information (aka data science), have become more important than ever in the "new normal" to guide innovation based on new market trends and consumer preferences This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title "How artificial intelligence helps firms stay relevant amid pandemic - Opinion - The Jakarta Post". Click to read: <a href="https://www.thejakartapost.com/academia/2020/09/21/how-artificial-intelligence-helps-firms-stay-relevant-amid-pandemic.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thejakartapost.com/academia/2020/09/21/how-artificial-intelligence-helps-firms-stay-relevant-amid-pandemic.html</a>. Download The Jakarta Post app for easier and faster news access: Android: <a href="http://bit.ly/tjp-android" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/tjp-android</a> iOS: <a href="http://bit.ly/tjp-ios" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/tjp-ios</a></div>

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Egypt jails women for two years over TikTok videos | Egypt | The Guardian - 0 views

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ITGS tiktok social media privacy and anonymity government and politics globalisation and cultural diversity

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"The verdict against Haneen Hossam, Mowada al-Adham and three others came after they had posted footage on the video-sharing app TikTok. The ruling, which can be appealed, included a fine of 300,000 Egyptian pounds (£14,600) for each defendant."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The verdict against Haneen Hossam, Mowada al-Adham and three others came after they had posted footage on the video-sharing app TikTok. The ruling, which can be appealed, included a fine of 300,000 Egyptian pounds (£14,600) for each defendant."</div>

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Auschwitz museum calls TikTok Holocaust trend 'hurtful and offensive' | TikTok | The Gu... - 0 views

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dr tech on 26 Aug 20

"The Auschwitz museum has called a new trend, where users of video-sharing app TikTok role-play as Holocaust victims, "hurtful and offensive," but added that it did not want to shame young people involved. The museum at the site of the former Nazi death camp was responding to the point of view videos."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The Auschwitz museum has called a new trend, where users of video-sharing app TikTok role-play as Holocaust victims, "hurtful and offensive," but added that it did not want to shame young people involved. The museum at the site of the former Nazi death camp was responding to the point of view videos."</div>

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Investigation into TikTok as risk to U.S. children's privacy urged by 4 U.S. senators /... - 0 views

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ITGS politics and government TikTok social media privacy anonymity

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dr tech on 30 May 20

"Four U.S. senators today urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate claims that the very popular video app TikTok, which is owned by a company tied to China's military and government, violated a consent decree to protect children's privacy."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Four U.S. senators today urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate claims that the very popular video app TikTok, which is owned by a company tied to China's military and government, violated a consent decree to protect children's privacy."</div>

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Quick, cheap to make and loved by police - facial recognition apps are on the rise | Jo... - 0 views

Trolls exploit Zoom privacy settings as app gains popularity | Technology | The Guardian - 0 views

TikTok's Algorithm Shows Unintentional Racial Bias, Researcher Finds - 0 views

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Google reduces JPEG file size by 35% | Ars Technica UK - 0 views

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Instagram has looked deep into my soul - and I really don't like what it has found ther... - 0 views

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Inside Robinhood, the free trading app at the heart of the GameStop mania - CNN - 0 views

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