Tag: regulatory

Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/11/star_health_breach/ Source: The Register Title: Healthcare attacks spread beyond US – just ask India’s Star Health Feedly Summary: Acknowledges bulk customer data leak weeks after Telegram channels dangled it online Leading Indian health insurance provider Star Health has admitted to being the victim of a cyber attack after criminals claimed they had posted…

The Register: GSA plows ahead with face matching tech despite its own reliability concerns

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/10/gsa_plows_ahead_with_face/ Source: The Register Title: GSA plows ahead with face matching tech despite its own reliability concerns Feedly Summary: A week after saying remote ID verification tech is unreliable, the GSA is expanding access to other agencies The US government’s General Services Administration’s (GSA) facial matching login service is now generally available to…

New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to 3 Scientists for Predicting and Creating Proteins

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Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/09/science/nobel-prize-chemistry.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to 3 Scientists for Predicting and Creating Proteins Feedly Summary: The Nobel, awarded to David Baker of the University of Washington and Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper of Google DeepMind, is the second this week to involve artificial…

Schneier on Security: Deebot Robot Vacuums Are Using Photos and Audio to Train Their AI

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Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/10/deebot-robot-vacuums-are-using-photos-and-audio-to-train-their-ai.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Deebot Robot Vacuums Are Using Photos and Audio to Train Their AI Feedly Summary: An Australian news agency is reporting that robot vacuum cleaners from the Chinese company Deebot are surreptitiously taking photos and recording audio, and sending that data back to the vendor to train their…

Slashdot: Turkey Blocks Discord

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Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/09/2030216/turkey-blocks-discord?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Turkey Blocks Discord Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Turkey’s recent decision to block access to the messaging platform Discord due to its refusal to cooperate with authorities in sharing potentially illegal information, particularly regarding child sexual abuse and obscenity. This action underscores tensions…

The Register: Smart TVs are spying on everyone

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/09/smart_tv_spy_on_viewers/ Source: The Register Title: Smart TVs are spying on everyone Feedly Summary: Regulators know this is a nightmare and have done little to stop it. Privacy advocacy group wants that to change Smart TVs are watching their viewers and harvesting their data to benefit brokers using the same ad technology that denies…

The Register: Marriott settles for a piddly $52M after series of breaches affecting millions

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/09/marriott_settlements_data_breaches/ Source: The Register Title: Marriott settles for a piddly $52M after series of breaches affecting millions Feedly Summary: Intruders stayed for free on the network between 2014 and 2020 Marriott has agreed to pay a $52 million penalty and develop a comprehensive infosec program following a series of major data breaches between…

New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Google Researchers Win Nobel Prize Amid Company’s Antitrust Battle

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Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/09/technology/google-nobel-prize-antitrust.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Google Researchers Win Nobel Prize Amid Company’s Antitrust Battle Feedly Summary: Two of the company’s A.I. researchers shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, just hours after the Justice Department started spelling out plans that could lead to its break up. AI Summary and Description:…

The Register: National Public Data files for bankruptcy, admits ‘hundreds of millions’ potentially affected

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