Handing down its verdict in China’s first court case over face recognition technology, the Fuyang District People’s Court in the eastern Zhejiang province found that Hangzhou Safari Park’s use of the technology without visitors’ consent to facilitate their admission into the park “illegal and unnecessary”. The court also ruled that the park should pay the … Read more
Anyone who has suffered the indignity of splinter, a blister, or a paper cut knows that small things can sometimes be hugely annoying. You aren’t going to die from any of these conditions, but it’s still hard to focus when, say, the back of your right foot is rubbing a new blister against the inside … Read more
By Byron V. Acohido We’ve seen this movie before. Alphabet, Google’s parent company’s, $32 billion bid for Wiz isn’t just about security and privacy. It’s the latest round in Big Tech’s long-running game of business leapfrog—where each giant keeps lunging into the next guy’s home turf, trying to reshape the battlefield in its favor. Think … Read more
The state of tech insurance: 2025 Better late than never, right!? If we had to pick one word to sum up 2025 so far, it would be uncertainty. Just two months in, 2025 has already driven home the point that change is the only constant. Of course, change doesn’t always have to be something bad or … Read more
AI has quickly become a part of our everyday lives. You can actively seek it out by asking ChatGPT to craft a convincing sick note for your boss, or you may passively encounter it without even realizing your moves are being monitored — those targeted ads don’t just grow on trees you know. And no … Read more
