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U.S. senators questioned Clearview, which offers facial recognition services to police, this year over privacy concerns and the possible sale of its services to authoritarian regimes while Facebook, YouTube and Twitter demanded it stop collecting their users images. (Photo | US Customs and Border Protection)

Facial recognition firm Clearview pulled up for harvesting Facebook,...

Information Commissioners of UK and Australia are scrutinising the US startup on violations of user privacy.

9 July 2020 9:21 PM IST

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Covid-19 sparks innovative career paths

The pandemic has compelled some innovative professionals to change career directions, and even helped them in excelling...

9 July 2020 9:05 PM IST

TikToks parent company, ByteDance, has a similar app for mainland China called Douyin that does share users data with the Chinese government, and is available in Hong Kong. (Photo | AFP)

TikTok's astute exit from Hong Kong will likely keep it going in the...

It is a win-win' move for TikTok as it does not risk angering China by refusing to share user data, but it can focus on...

9 July 2020 8:57 PM IST

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Dilli ka Babu | Railways relooks at its spending

Apparently, the traffic earnings of the railways dropped by 58 per cent at the end of May as compared to the...

9 July 2020 8:18 PM IST

The case stems from a German film distributors request that YouTube provide details about users who had uploaded the films Parker and Scary Movie 5 . (Photo | Descrier.co.uk - Lord Jim)

No need to reveal online pirates' IP address: EU Court

Online platforms like YouTube just need to provide the user's postal address under European rules on intellectual...

9 July 2020 7:38 PM IST

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AA Edit | Trump's 2nd term price: 2 lakh education dreams

Trump regime is once again exposed, the trait already made evident in restrictive moves made against work visas in June

9 July 2020 6:30 PM IST

The UAEs surveillance state can offer the parlor trick of finding your car at the massive, multistory parking garage of Mall of the Emirates. But multiplied across the cameras watching public spaces, buses, the driverless Metro, roadways, gas stations and even all the emirates more than 10,000 taxi cabs, authorities in effect can track people in real time across Dubai. Seen here is the Ain Dubai, the worlds tallest Ferris wheel. (Photo | AFP)

Dissent suppression apart, UAE using its extensive surveillance...

Many of the CCTV cameras and thermal scanners used by the UAE come from China.

9 July 2020 6:13 PM IST

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon. (AP)

Seoul mayor missing, phone turned off

The mayor has left a verbal message for his daughter, described as sounding like a will, police say

9 July 2020 4:58 PM IST

Wont allow private data of Americans to get into the hands of the Chinese, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says, about blacklisting Huawei and ZTE and evaluating whether Chinese companies such as TikTok can operate in the US.

Future of communications infra should be founded on Western Ideals of...

Decrying Chinese spying, the US Secretary of State praised Google, Facebook and Twitter for not sharing user data with...

9 July 2020 4:50 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI Photo)

PM Modi says 'India among most open economies', calls for global...

Speaking at India Global Week 2020, he said green shoots of economic revival are already visible in India coming out of...

9 July 2020 4:04 PM IST

Foreign tourists carry their surf boards at Kuta beach, Bali, Indonesia on Thursday, July 9, 2020. (AP)

Bali island reopens after 3 months of virus lockdown

The local government had granted automatic visa extensions to more than 7,000 tourists who got stranded in the island...

9 July 2020 3:59 PM IST

Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of The Tata Group (R) and Air Asia Group CEO Tony Fenandes. Tata Sons is in talks to buy out AirAsia Group Bhds stake in their airline joint venture in India. (AFP Photo)

Tata Sons in talks to buy out AirAsia India stake at steep discount

Tata Sons will likely tie up with other financial investors to acquire AirAsia's 49% stake in the venture

9 July 2020 3:25 PM IST