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Activism is working. Both on the streets as people protest to end racist and violent policing, and among civil liberties organizations who have been fighting the government’s use of harmful face surveillance technology. This week two major vendors of face surveillance technology announced that in...
Users of the homepages of the MSN website and Edge browser will now see news stories generated by AI
Documents, screenshots, and audio obtained by Motherboard show that humans listen to Skype calls made using the app's translation function.
The Zoom and Slack IPOs show what Microsoft is missing in its growth story: a way to acquire new customers.
Early Friday morning the world experienced the year’s latest cyberattack. Starting first in the United Kingdom and Spain, the malicious “WannaCrypt” software quickly spread globally, blocking customers from their data unless they paid a ransom using Bitcoin. The WannaCrypt exploits used in the attack were drawn from the exploits stolen from the National Security Agency,...
All tools can be used for good or ill. Even a broom can be used to sweep the floor or hit someone over the head. The more powerful the tool, the greater the benefit or damage it can cause. The last few months have brought this into stark relief when it comes to computer-assisted facial...
The Windows division no longer exists at Microsoft, marking the end to a four-year process of changing Microsoft’s culture.
Big tech firms say they are the only providers of large cybersecurity services – even as their products are compromised. The conflict of interest is huge
Google and Microsoft have made a pact to protect surveillance capitalism | Technology | The Guardian
Two bitter rivals have agreed to drop mutual antitrust cases across the globe. Why? To fend off the greater regulatory threat of democratic oversight