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UK data watchdog says science of monitoring brain and nervous system is expanding fast but holds ‘real danger’ of discrimination Mind-reading technologies pose a “real danger” of discrimination and bias, the Information Commissioner’s Office has warned, as it develops specific guidance for companies working in the sci-fi field of neurodata. The use of technology to …

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The Stanford Internet Observatory documented how a web of social media accounts advertises and distributes abuse materials Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has set up a taskforce to investigate claims that Instagram is hosting the distribution and sale of self-generated child sexual abuse material, with the platform’s algorithms helping advertise illicit content. The move by the Facebook …

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A cybercrime group has exploited a flaw in MOVEit software, and is now demanding a ransom British Airways, Boots and the BBC have been hit with an ultimatum to begin ransom negotiations from a cybercrime group after employees’ personal data was stolen in a hacking attack. On Wednesday it emerged that the gang behind a …

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Zelda opens up an endless world of possibility, Street Fighter delivers another KO and Star Wars finally gets the game it deserves. We round up the top releases of the past six months Nintendo SwitchIn its long-awaited follow-up to Breath of the Wild, Nintendo has created a world that feels endless, and empowers players to …

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Ruling party accessed user data including Sim card ID and IP addresses, former executive alleges in legal filing A former executive at TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, has alleged that the Chinese Communist party accessed user data from the social video app belonging to Hong Kong protesters and civil rights activists. Yintao Yu, a former head …

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Russian-speaking Clop group demands ransom negotiations after stealing data of thousands of staff British Airways, Boots and the BBC have been hit with an ultimatum from the Russian-speaking cybercrime group Clop to begin ransom negotiations after it stole personal details of more than 100,000 staff across the organisations. The demand, posted on Clop’s darkweb site, …

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The whistleblower forced US intelligence agencies to admit extensive spying on their own citizens. Some reforms were enacted but Snowden still faces potentially 30 years in prison It was the day his life changed forever. When Edward Snowden blew the whistle on mass surveillance by the US government, he traded a comfortable existence in Hawaii, …

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An agoraphobic downloads an app that promises to turn his life around – but things begin to get sinister when it takes over his social interactions This disturbingly real-looking artificial intelligence sci-fi was made a couple of years ago on what looks like a budget of small change tipped out of the film-makers’ coin jars. …

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Sam Altman is among the most vocal supporters of artificial intelligence, but is also leading calls to regulate it. He outlines his vision of a very uncertain future When I meet Sam Altman, the chief executive of AI research laboratory OpenAI, he is in the middle of a world tour. He is preaching that the …

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The new product is far ahead of its competition; however, it is not clear that there is a pressing need for it or that most people can afford it As people begin to report on their hands-on time with Apple’s Vision Pro VR headset, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the company has produced an incredible …

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