One Month, 500,000 Face Scans: How China Is Using A.I. to Profile a Minority
By: New York Times April 14, 2019 The Chinese government has drawn wide international condemnation for its harsh crackdown on ethnic Muslims in its western region, including holding as many as a million of them in detention camps. Now, documents and interviews show that the authorities are also using a vast, secret system of advanced […]
The true cost of corruption is higher than you might realise
By: World Economic Forum April 11, 2019 No country is immune to corruption. The abuse of public office for private gain erodes people’s trust in government and institutions, makes public policies less effective and fair, and siphons taxpayers’ money away from schools, roads, and hospitals. While the wasted money is important, the cost is about […]
An Australian start-up is using robots to pull weeds and herd cattle
By: Anmar Frangoul April 10, 2019 An Australian start-up that develops robots which use artificial intelligence is hoping to soon sell its technology to the wider market. The company, called Agerris, specializes in both “air and ground field robotic systems” for agriculture. It uses tech that has been developed at the University of Sydney’s Australian […]
Google’s world-first drone delivery business wins approval in Canberra
By: Lisa Martin April 09, 2019 A world-first drone delivery business has been granted approval to take to the skies over the Australian capital. For the past 18 months, Project Wing, an offshoot of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has been trialling drone delivery of food and drinks, medication and locally-made coffee and chocolate. The aviation […]
Online Harms White Paper
By: GOV.UK April 8, 2019 Consultation description The Online Harms White Paper sets out the government’s plans for a world-leading package of online safety measures that also supports innovation and a thriving digital economy. This package comprises legislative and non-legislative measures and will make companies more responsible for their users’ safety online, especially children and […]
Facebook are ‘morally bankrupt liars’ says New Zealand’s privacy commissioner
By: Eleanor Ainge Roy April 08, 2019 New Zealand’s privacy commissioner has lashed out at social media giant Facebook in the wake of the Christchurch attacks, calling the company “morally bankrupt pathological liars”. The commissioner used his personal Twitter page to lambast the social network, which has also drawn the ire of prime minister Jacinda […]
Why and how capitalism needs to be reformed
By: Harvard Business School April 5, 2019 I was fortunate enough to be raised in a middle-class family by parents who took good care of me, to go to good public schools, and to come into a job market that offered me equal opportunity. I was raised with the belief that having equal opportunity to have […]
Dimon defends capitalism ‘Socialism inevitably produces stagnation, corruption and often worse’
By: Jeff Cox & John Melloy April 4, 2019 J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon released his annual must-read letter to shareholders on Thursday, and bashing socialism, defended stock buybacks and talked about some potentially dangerous days ahead. “When governments control companies, economic assets (companies, lenders and so on) over time are used to further […]
Google will soon let you auto-delete your location tracking data
By: MSN April 2, 2019 Google is introducing a new feature for your Google account that will allow you to automatically delete your Location History and Web and App Activity data after a set period of time. You’ll be able to delete the data after either three or 18 months, and it will then continue […]