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Client-side scanning, as the technology is called, should really be treated like wiretapping and regulated accordingly For centuries, cryptography was the exclusive preserve of the state. Then, in 1976, Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman came up with a practical method for establishing a shared secret key over an authenticated (but not confidential) communications channel without …

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Beanless brews can cut deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions dramatically – but what will happen to workers in traditional coffee-growing regions? Heiko Rischer isn’t quite sure how to describe the taste of lab-grown coffee. This summer he sampled one of the first batches in the world produced from cell cultures rather than coffee beans. “To …

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Campaigners say Face Pay, launched in over 240 stations, is ‘dangerous step’ in efforts to control population The Moscow metro has rolled out what authorities have lauded as the world’s first mass-scale facial recognition payment system, amid privacy concerns over the new technology. The cashless, cardless and phoneless system, named Face Pay, launched at more …

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Although the platform bans content promoting dangerous weight loss, hashtags such as #skinnycheck can still be found Instagram has attracted a firestorm after whistleblower Frances Haugen revealed internal research showing the platform downplayed proof of its toxic effects – including the rise of eating disorders – on children. But such issues are not limited to …

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Some workers at the company viewed the firing as retaliation for her role as an organizer, the Verge reported Apple has fired one of the leaders of #AppleToo, an employee movement organized in response to alleged patterns of discrimination, racism and sexism at the company. The tech company terminated Janneke Parrish, a program manager on …

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Users can set encryption key for chats on Google Drive or iCloud to prevent authorities demanding access from provider WhatsApp is allowing users to encrypt their backed-up chats, making them unreadable without access to a password or 64-digit encryption key. Facebook, the messaging app’s owner, said from Thursday some users would be able to fully …

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More than 50,000 alerts sent so far this year, including of an Iranian group that targeted a UK university Google has warned of a surge in activity by government-backed hackers this year, including attacks from an Iranian group whose targets included a UK university. The search group said that so far in 2021 it had …

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Professor of negotiation and conflict management says recent advances mean techniques will be used more International diplomacy has traditionally relied on bargaining power, covert channels of communication and personal chemistry between leaders. But a new era is upon us in which the dispassionate insights of AI algorithms and mathematical techniques such as game theory will …

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With his new animation, the Oscar-winning documentary maker – and former VR cynic – is exploring how the technology might revolutionise the way we experience cinema “We would have to build a car, that’s the only way it would work,” says Asif Kapadia, brainstorming how to recreate the unforgettable opening passage of his movie Diego …

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New design and 5G updates modular smartphone but camera not as good as some cheaper rivals The most ethical, repairable smartphone you can buy is back with a new model, this time with 5G and a fresh look but a weak camera. The new Fairphone 4 costs £499 from the Dutch cooperative of the same …

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