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School students in Minnesota protest in front of a billboard advertising gay conversion therapy in 2015. (Photo | Medium — James Finn - The Blog)

Quackery not allowed: Posts claiming to change gays' sexual orientation banned from Facebook

The move is an extension of an existing ban on ads that promote conversion therapy, which medical experts consider ineffective and harmful.

11 Jul 2020 4:13 PM

Protesters link arms while facing off against a police officer near the district attorney's office Thursday, July 9, 2020, in Salt Lake City. Two police officers in Utah were cleared earlier Thursday in the death of Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal, an armed man shot at more than 30 times as he ran from police, a decision that prompted his grieving family to heighten their calls for systematic changes to law enforcement. (Photo | AP)

Server of Wikileaks-like whistleblower collective seized in Germany for exposing US police excesses

DDoSecrets founder Emma Best said the data, dubbed “BlueLeaks,” comes from more than 200 agencies.

10 Jul 2020 9:33 PM

An artist concept of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission. (Image | NASA/JPL)

Missions to Mars have been sent since the 1960s, here's where we are in six decades

Three missions to the Red Planet are scheduled in July, by UAE, China and the United States.

10 Jul 2020 8:17 PM

In the Occupational Therapy outpatient clinic, Marine Sgt. Byron Bell builds up his grip strength by performing specialised exercises.(Representative Image | US Navy)

New robotic arm helps people with cerebral palsy and victims of trauma overcome motor impairment

The Indian Institute of Science has designed an eye-gaze controlled robotic arm to put them on par with non-disabled peers.

10 Jul 2020 7:23 PM

An artist's concept of a Mars Ascent Vehicle (left) releasing a sample container (right) high above the Martian surface. The UAE has a goal of building a human settlement on Mars by 2117. The Mars probe project, beyond scientific goals, is also designed to inspire a region too often beset by turmoil, and recall the heyday of scientific advances during the Middle Ages. (Representative Image | NASA)

Mars probe next for UAE space mission, which has sent one Emirati and nine satellites up

The 1,350-kg probe named Al-Amal, meaning Hope, is due to blast off from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Centre on July 15.

10 Jul 2020 5:49 PM

Level 5 autonomy means a vehicle can handle any situation, any weather or terrain without human assistance—a tall order despite Elon Musk’s claims Tesla was nearing it. (Photo | Pixabay - Lobpreis)

It’s hyberbole, Musk can’t bring out a fully automated Tesla this year, experts say

Developers are starting to realise the limits of artificial intelligence and the benefits of the human brain in handling many situations.

10 Jul 2020 5:02 PM

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, Instagram photos

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

09 Jul 2020 9:21 PM

TikTok’s 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 US

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 growing in the US.

09 Jul 2020 8:57 PM

The case stems from a German film distributor’s 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 property rights.

09 Jul 2020 7:38 PM

The UAE’s 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 emirate’s more than 10,000 taxi cabs, authorities in effect can track people in real time across Dubai. Seen here is the Ain Dubai, the world's tallest Ferris wheel. (Photo | AFP)

Dissent suppression apart, UAE using its extensive surveillance network in bid to curb coronavirus

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

09 Jul 2020 6:13 PM

Won’t 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 private property, Pompeo says

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

09 Jul 2020 4:50 PM

“These advertisers will be back soon enough. We’re not gonna change our policies or approach on anything because of a threat to a small percent of our revenue, or to any percent of our revenue,” Mark Zuckerberg was quoted as saying in a transcript of remarks made at an employees’ meeting. (Photo | AP)

Facebook looking to score points for just optics, no action taken on hate speech: Ad boycott organisers

They said at a virtual meeting with Zuckerberg they "didn’t hear anything...to convince us that Zuckerberg and colleagues are taking action"

08 Jul 2020 8:17 PM

Instagram's Reels feature will start rolling out to users in India from Wednesday evening and at the onset, will be populated with content from public figures and creators, including Arjun Kanungo (in pic here), Jahnavi Dasetty aka Mahathalli, Indrani Biswas aka Wondermunna, Kusha Kapila, Radhika Bangia, RJ Abhinav and Ankush Bhaguna. (Photo | Arjun Kanungo Instagram)

Can Instagram Reels be as big as TikTok was in India?

The Facebook product looms large in a space that Indian apps Chingari, Roposo, and Go Social are trying establish a foothold in.

08 Jul 2020 7:04 PM

Civil rights leaders who met virtually with Zuckerberg and other Facebook leaders Tuesday expressed skepticism that recommendations from the audit would ever be implemented, noting that past suggestions in previous reports had gone overlooked.

Biased algorithms, content moderation, ad policy, voter suppression among Facebook's civil rights issues

A civil rights audit being conducted over the past two years says not fact-checking Trump's lies among setbacks to progress.

08 Jul 2020 5:59 PM

Parler is not the first social platform created over concerns of political bias. It follows the limited success of networks including Gab and Voat which aimed at conservatives feeling out of place on the mainstream platforms. Parler has become home to Republican lawmakers including Senator Rand Paul, and right-wing activists kicked off other social media. Trump’s son Eric is also a member. (Representative Image)

Facebook and Twitter rejects populate conservative social network of uncensored racism and bigotry

Parler, founded in Nevada in 2018, bills itself as an alternative to “ideological suppression” at other social networks.

08 Jul 2020 4:57 PM

A Chinese flag flutters outside the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region after its official inauguration in Hong Kong on July 8, 2020. - China opened a new office for its security agents to operate openly in Hong Kong for the first time under a tough new law. The law stipulates that trials can be held behind closed doors without juries, with offenders subject to a maximum of a life sentence. (Photo | AFP)

Won't entertain Hong Kong user data requests, say Microsoft, Zoom joining Twitter, Facebook, Google

Police have stepped up requests on user data to pick up dissidents in the wake of the national security law being enforced.

08 Jul 2020 4:10 PM

South Koreans reacted with disgust to the court's ruling disallowing the extradition of the convicted child porn site operator. One Twitter user said, “South Korea must be the only country that lets child sex abusers go free.” (Photo | AFP)

Court in S Korea rejects US extradition of man who traded in child porn using digital currency

He served just an 18-month sentence, and a judge ruled that he would not be extradited to the US where he could face longer incarceration.

06 Jul 2020 9:35 PM

Uber’s ride sharing business has faced losses due to the restriction on movement and travel across the world but its food delivery arm is doing well, and is now expanding with the acquisition of Postmates. (Photo | AFP)

Uber expands its US food delivery business with purchase of startup Postmates

Postmates, whose business delivering food, groceries and other goods doubled amid lockdown, was bought for $2.65 billion.

06 Jul 2020 7:13 PM

Huawei has said it will pull out of partnerships with any hostile countries and focus on working with countries where they are welcome. (Photo | AP)

Restrictions put in place to limit Huawei's access to France's 5G network

While the Chinese company is not banned, operators using Huawei will be given only limited permits for 3-8 years.

06 Jul 2020 5:26 PM

The state has superseded internet exceptionalism and instead used it as a weapon. (Photo | Pixabay - Gerd Altmann)

Tech This Week | Banning TikTok is another nail on coffin of internet exceptionalism

The action against Chinese Apps is not about data protection but is a political manoeuvre.

04 Jul 2020 10:44 PM

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