Inside Trump’s Facebook campaign
By: The Guardian February 19, 2020 Guardian US tech reporter Julia Carrie Wong spent a year analysing Trump’s Facebook campaign. She discusses how the sophisticated social media machine is targeting voters. And Leah Green reflects on the death of former Love Island presenter Caroline Flack. During 2019, Donald Trump’s campaign spent nearly $20m (£15.4m) on […]
Trump campaign hires alum of controversial data company
By: Politico Feb 19, 2020 President Donald Trump’s campaign is bringing on an alum of the controversial data firm Cambridge Analytica, a move likely to raise alarms among Trump critics and data privacy advocates who worry the president will push the technological envelope to get reelected in 2020. Matt Oczkowski, who served as head of […]
Edison, Morse … Watson? AI Poses Test of Who’s an Inventor
By: Bloomberg Feb 18, 2020 Computers using artificial intelligence are discovering medicines, designing better golf clubs and creating video games. But are they inventors? Patent offices around the world are grappling with the question of who — if anyone — owns innovations developed using AI. The answer may upend what’s eligible for protection and who […]
AI is inadvertently fueling the ability to cause harm. Here’s how companies can protect each other, and their customers.
By: Linkedin February 14, 2019 What prompted Rep. Adam Schiff to send these letters was the spread of anti-vaccination propaganda on Amazon, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. Schiff’s concern is not an idle one: by April 2019 the incidence of measles in the United States was at its second highest since the disease was thought to […]
‘Can you post a meme?’: Facebook changes ad rules after Bloomberg exploits loophole
By: The Guardian Feb 14, 2020 Facebook decided on Friday to allow a type of paid political message that had sidestepped many of the social network’s rules governing political ads, in a reversal that highlights difficulties tech companies and regulators have in keeping up with the changing nature of paid political messages. Facebook’s policy change comes […]
Man vs Machine: The Importance of Human Capital
By: Linkedin Feb 13, 2020 In this age of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), workers may worry machines will take over their jobs. But by leveraging the very traits that make us human, we can ensure our continued relevance in the workplace of tomorrow. THE GROWING TREND OF AUTOMATION AND DIGITALISATION Automation and digitalisation are […]
Equifax: US charges four Chinese military officers over huge hack
By: BBC News Feb 11, 2020 More than 147 million Americans were affected in 2017 when hackers stole sensitive personal data including names and addresses. Some UK and Canadian customers were also affected. China has denied the allegations and insisted it does not engage in cyber-theft. Announcing the indictments on Monday, Attorney General William Barr […]
Strange Russian Spacecraft Shadowing U.S. Spy Satellite, General Says
By: Time February 10, 2020 A pair of Russian satellites are tailing a multibillion-dollar U.S. spy satellite hundreds of miles above the Earth’s surface, a top U.S. military commander tells TIME, underscoring a growing threat to America’s dominance in space-based espionage and a potentially costly new chapter in Washington’s decades-long competition with Moscow. Gen. John […]
Welfare surveillance system violates human rights, Dutch court rules
By: The Guardian Feb 05, 2020 A Dutch court has ordered the immediate halt of an automated surveillance system for detecting welfare fraud because it violates human rights, in a judgment likely to resonate well beyond the Netherlands. The case was seen as an important legal challenge to the controversial but growing use by governments around […]