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Amazon Web Services (AWS) experienced a wide-reaching outage on Tuesday afternoon, which affected countless major websites. AWS is a cloud computing offering that makes money by charging businesses to host websites and other applications....
Firms have raced to update their algorithms so that they can cope with masks, especially in situations where facial recognition is used to confirm someone's identity - such as authorising access to a secure building. ...
Microsoft has become the latest US company to limit the use of its facial recognition technology by police. The firm said it would not start sales to US police departments until the country approves national regulation of the technology, whi...
Technology giant Amazon has banned the police from using its controversial facial recognition software for a year. It comes after civil rights advocates raised concerns about potential racial bias in surveillance technology. This week IBM a...
A coronavirus testing project by Google has been thrown into confusion over comments made by US President Donald Trump. He said the company was developing a website for all Americans to check whether they should get tested. However, Google'...
South Korean film Parasite has been named best picture at this year's Oscars, becoming the first non-English language film to take the top prize. Renee Zellweger won best actress for playing Judy Garland in Judy. Joaquin Phoenix was named be...
When it launched a new passport checking service, the Home Office knew that it had trouble handling some shades of skin, a report in the New Scientist has revealed. The facial recognition technology failed to recognise the features of s...
A leading Chinese facial recognition provider has filed papers for a listing on Hong Kong's stock exchange. Megvii - the maker of the Face++ system - is one of the country's best known artificial intelligence (AI) companies. Earlier this ye...
Opposition to Amazon's sale of its facial recognition technology to US police forces is set to come to a head at its annual general meeting on Wednesday. Shareholders will vote twice on the matter. First, over whether the company should sto...
Osaka's metro network has shut down its foreign language sites after users noticed some odd translations. Among the errors on its English page was the literal translation of Sakaisuji line as "Sakai muscle". Many Japanese business...
Kim Jong-un has agreed to shut down one of North Korea's main missile testing and launch sites, says South Korea's President Moon Jae-in. After meeting in Pyongyang, the two leaders "agreed on a way to achieve denuclearisation," said Mr Mo...
China has shut down the Chinese websites of Marriott International for a week, after the firm listed Tibet and others as separate countries. The hotel group has apologised for the error and said it did not support separatist movements in Chi...
In the early morning hours Wednesday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents served notices of employment verification inspection to 98 7-Eleven franchise stores across the country. This was the biggest worksite...
China has created a new law to impose heavy fines on internet shopping websites which publish false advertisements about their products. Vendors who delete negative online reviews or post fake positive reviews face a minimum $30,000 (£...
(CNN) — Only men can put the mystical Okinoshima on their UNESCO World Heritage Sites must-see list. The sacred Japanese island, among several added in 2017 to the prestigious list of monuments with historical significan...
Sushi lovers are being warned of the dangers of ingesting parasites from raw and undercooked fish. Doctors writing in British Medical Journal Case Reports said sushi's growing popularity in the West could be linked to a rise in parasitic inf...
A park in Beijing has installed toilet paper dispensers with facial recognition to stop visitors from taking too much loo roll, media reports say. Machines at the Temple of Heaven park scan visitors' faces before dispensing a 60cm (24in) str...
Massive Cyber Attack Knocks Out Major Websites...
What was once a show about three dads is now about three moms. The TCA Fuller House panel featured stars Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, and Andrea Barber, as well as show creator Jeff Franklin and executive producer Bob Boyett, to talk ...