Day: June 24, 2020

New Bill Targeting ‘Warrant-Proof’ Encryption Draws Ire

The Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act is being decried as “an awful idea” by security experts. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Twitter Terminates DDoSecrets Claiming It Will Infect You

…read more Source:: PacketStorm


Facial Recognition To Predict Criminals Sparks Row Over AI Bias

…read more Source:: PacketStorm


This Sneaky Malware Goes To Unusual Lengths To Cover Its Tracks

…read more Source:: PacketStorm


European Union May Quarantine The United States

…read more Source:: PacketStorm


Facebook’s $5.7 Billion Jio Stake Approved by India Regulator

India’s antitrust regulator approved Facebook’s purchase of a 9.99% stake in the digital services unit controlled by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, giving the social media giant another foothold in one of the world’s fastest-growing online markets. From a report: The U.S.-based company will invest $5.7 billion in Jio Platforms through Jaadhu Holdings LLC, an indirect, wholly…


Experts Denounce Racial Bias of Crime-Predictive Facial-Recognition AI

An open letter signed by experts in the field from MIT, Microsoft and Google aim to stop the ‘tech to prison’ pipeline. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Once again, racial biases show up in AI image databases, this time turning Barack Obama white

Researchers used a pretrained off-the-shelf model from Nvidia A new computer vision technique that helps convert blurry photos of people into fake, realistic images has come under fire for being racially biased towards white people.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Software developers: We won’t take a pay cut just to work remotely

Most tech workers wouldn’t be happy with Facebook’s localized salaries, which are set to take effect next year. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Equinix plans new Dallas data center for 5G testing

The four-story, DA11 IBX is the ninth data center for Equinix in the Dallas metro area. …read more Source:: ZDNet