U.S. regulators approve $5 billion Facebook settlement over privacy issues
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission approved a roughly $5 billion settlement with Facebook this week over its investigation into the social media company’s…
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What you need to know about data privacy in China
In Asia, China is becoming the region’s superpower. It cannot be denied that China’s might and power are felt globally. Its power is demonstrated in its…
How to Check and Tighten All Your iPhone’s Privacy Settings
Apps on your iPhone have to ask permission before accessing your data, but have you ever agreed to a permission request only to reconsider it later? Take back…
Internet group brands Mozilla ‘internet villain’ for supporting DNS privacy…
An industry group of internet service providers has branded Firefox browser maker Mozilla an “internet villain” for supporting a DNS security standard. The…
Facebook’s currency Libra faces financial, privacy pushback
Facebook is getting a taste of the regulatory pushback it will face as it creates a new digital currency with corporate partners. Just hours after the social…
Facebook lawyer says you don’t actually have any privacy on the site
Just one day before Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at a shareholder meeting that he wants to build a “privacy-focused social platform,” the company’s lawyer…
Firefox puts emphasis on privacy, takes shots at Chrome
On almost every website we visit, our personal data is sent to dozens, even hundreds of companies, all to make the website in question earn $0.00008 more per…
How federated learning could shape the future of AI in a privacy obsessed…
You may not have noticed, but two of the world’s most popular machine learning frameworks — TensorFlow and PyTorch have taken steps in recent months toward…
Upcoming AI Traffic Systems Can Improve Pedestrian Safety Without…
The city of Vienna recently commissioned a team of developers at Austria’s Graz University of Technology to develop a button-free pedestrian crossing system…
Tech companies and politicians meeting in Ottawa to discuss privacy,…
OTTAWA — Tech giants will be in the hot seat this week as politicians from Canada and 10 other countries gather to consider how best to protect citizens’…