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Online symptom-checkers are often wrong
Online symptom checkers often misdiagnose patients’ problems, often encouraging people to seek care for minor issues that don’t need immediate attention and other times telling people with true emergencies that treatment can wait, a UK study says.
Love and life advice from Nigeria’s Instagram agony aunt
A cheating husband, domestic violence, marital problems or a complicated love life are standard fare for agony aunts across the world. But in religiously conservative northern Nigeria, asking for advice in public has traditionally been frowned upon.
HK testing smart prisons with tracking wristbands and drug detection robotic arms
Hong Kong's Correctional Services chief Danny Woo says new technologies can help ensure safety by detecting prisoners’ abnormal behaviour more efficiently.
Italy's next move vs. racism: anti-terrorism listening tools
After five cases of racist chants in eight rounds of Serie A, the Italian soccer federation is considering employing advanced listening devices used in anti-terrorism operations to identify offending fans.
Facebook, privacy activist Schrems battle nears end on Dec 19
Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems' seven-year battle against Facebook reaches a crucial point on Dec 17 when an adviser to Europe's top court will issue his view on whether tools used by companies to transfer data abroad are legal or not.
Airbnb, online service or property agent? EU court to rule Dec 19
Is it an online booking service? Or a real estate agent? US homesharing site Airbnb will on Dec 19 know how it should be labelled when Europe's top court rules on the issue amidst a backlash from the hotel industry and some cities.
Facebook EU user data transfer contracts are legal, but risks ahead, says EU court adviser
Agreements that let Facebook and other firms send European citizens' data to the United States and other countries are valid, a key EU court adviser said on Dec 19, although he left room for such transfers to be blocked if European data protection standards are not met in countries receiving the information.
Coronavirus: infected drivers raise concerns for ride-hailing services in China
Didi Chuxing, operator of China’s largest ride-hailing platform, recently had one driver diagnosed with the coronavirus.
YouTube not liable for user copyright breaches, EU court adviser says
Google's YouTube and other online platforms are not liable when users illegally upload copyrighted works onto their platforms, but rightholders can ask for injunctions against the companies, a European Union Court of Justice adviser said.
