Security AI Cameras using Amazon AI analyzed emotions of train travelers in the UK A huge privacy risk By Zo Ahmed, June 18, 2024, 9:48 AM
Industry Security US bans sales and import of products from five Chinese telecoms A hot potato: The US / China tech clash is entering an even more heated phase, with the FCC acting as a hammer against Chinese companies making network and telecom devices. They're an unacceptable risk to national security, the FCC claims. Full story By Alfonso Maruccia, November 28, 2022, 2:52 PM 19 comments
Tech Culture Report finds the US has the largest number of surveillance cameras per person in the world China still leads the overall number of installations with 200 million CCTVs, according to PreciseSecurity By Humza Aamir, December 6, 2019, 7:36 AM 16 comments
Electronics Chinese facial recognition system confuses bus ad for jaywalker The famous businesswoman was named and shamed By Rob Thubron, November 23, 2018, 7:22 AM
Security UK police force's facial recognition tech keeps misidentifying people as potential criminals At one point it had a 92 percent false positive rate By Rob Thubron, May 7, 2018, 7:59 AM 10 comments
Security 70% of Washington DC's CCTV cameras were hit with ransomware in week leading up to inauguration The timing of the attack is said to be coincidental By Rob Thubron, January 30, 2017, 7:30 AM 10 comments
Tech Culture Watch this shopper 'accidentally' destroy four brand new smart TVs, causing $6000 worth of damage By Rob Thubron, October 14, 2016, 9:30 AM 69 comments
Electronics Cameras installed at Japanese train station can automatically identify drunken commuters By Rob Thubron, August 14, 2015, 10:15 AM 10 comments