Security
Artificial intelligence appears to be "widening inequality," and its deployment should be subject to tough regulations and limits, especially for sensitive technologies such as facial recognition, a research report said Thursday.
Dec 12, 2019
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Software
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating Google's dominance in mapping, reviving a thread of its long-running antitrust investigation into the search giant, according to three people familiar with the probe.
Feb 23, 2023
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Two Chinese nationals were charged Monday with laundering over $100 million in cryptocurrency that had been stolen by North Korean hackers, U.S. prosecutors said.
Mar 2, 2020
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Business
Google faces its biggest ever legal challenge in a Washington court on Tuesday, as it fends off accusations from the US government that it acted unlawfully to build its overwhelming dominance of online search.
Sep 10, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
If only the internet embraced the notion behind the popular Las Vegas slogan: "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas."
Internet
Finally ready to unfriend Facebook?
Sep 27, 2021
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Internet
A five-year truce between rivals Alphabet Inc. and Microsoft Corp. came crashing down in 2020 when the tech giants found themselves at odds over their competing web-search businesses, according to testimony at the U.S. government's ...
Sep 29, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
In the fast-paced world of cryptocurrency, vast sums of money can be made or lost in the blink of an eye. In early November 2022, the crypto exchange FTX was valued at over US$30 billion. By the middle of that month, FTX ...
Nov 8, 2023
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Business
DuckDuckGo, a search engine focused on privacy, increased its average number of daily searches by 62% in 2020 as users seek alternatives to impede data tracking.
Jan 19, 2021
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Security
A wave of protests over law enforcement abuses has highlighted concerns over artificial intelligence programs like facial recognition which critics say may reinforce racial bias.
Jul 5, 2020
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