‘Facial Recognition Tech Mistook Me For Wanted Man’
A man in London, Shaun Thompson, is challenging the use of live facial recognition technology by the Metropolitan Police after being wrongfully identified as a suspect. He describes the experience…
Taiwan’s High 20% Tariff Rate Linked To Intel Investment
Summary Germany’s tech newsletter Notebookcheck reports that the recent 20% tariff imposed by the U.S. on Taiwan is linked to efforts to encourage TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) to acquire…
AWS wiped my account of 10 years, says open source dev
An open source developer, Abdelkader Boudih, claims that AWS deleted his ten-year-old account, resulting in the loss of all his data. This incident allegedly stemmed from a verification failure during…
Trump surprises with TSMC $300B investment claim
Trump surprises with TSMC $300B investment claim In a surprising statement during a CNBC interview, US President Donald Trump claimed that the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) would invest $300…
Universal Pictures To Big Tech: We’ll Sue If You Steal Our Movies For AI
Universal Pictures is taking a stand against the unauthorized use of its films for AI training, introducing legal warnings in their credits. The studio now states that movies like ‘How…
Tornado Cash Co-Founder Storm Guilty in Crypto Mixing Case
Tornado Cash Co-Founder Storm Guilty in Crypto Mixing Case A Manhattan jury has convicted Roman Storm, co-founder of Tornado Cash, for conspiring to run an unlicensed money-transfer business. Despite being…
Call of Duty’s Anti-Cheat Will Require TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot for PC Players
Activision will enforce the requirement of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 and Windows Secure Boot for PC players in the upcoming release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. This…
Google Says AI Search Features Haven’t Hurt Web Traffic Despite Industry Reports
Summary Google asserts that its AI search features have not negatively impacted web traffic as some industry reports suggest. The company claims that organic click volume remains steady year-over-year. Moreover,…
Astronomers Cannot Agree On How Fast the Universe is Expanding
Astronomers Cannot Agree On How Fast the Universe is Expanding A contentious debate among astronomers persists regarding the rate of the universe’s expansion. Current estimates vary significantly, with one method…
Great Barrier Reef Suffers Worst Coral Decline on Record
Summary New findings report that parts of the Great Barrier Reef have suffered the largest annual decline in coral cover on record. The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) indicates…