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Japanese smart city offers residents quake, privacy protection
Digital tools launched in a Japanese smart city that can send disaster alerts to safeguard residents are part of an optional technology push aiming to overcome social and economic challenges, while also allaying privacy fears.
Game of drones: Chinese giant DJI rocked by geopolitical tensions, staff exodus
About a third of DJI’s 200-strong team in the region was laid off or resigned last year, from offices in Palo Alto, Burbank and New York, according to three former and one current employee.
At Dubai airport, travellers’ eyes become their passports
Despite concerns about overzealous surveillance in the UAE, the country’s vast facial recognition network only shows signs of expanding.
German officials want emails, IMs tied to real-world ID
Germany security officials are proposing that Internet companies should link a user’s real-world identity to all of their instant messages, emails and other online communication, prompting criticism from digital rights activists.
‘Digital authoritarianism’ threatening basic rights in Africa, study says
From Internet shutdowns and online surveillance to social media taxes and arrests for anti-government posts, “digital authoritarianism” is a threat to basic freedoms and rights in many African countries, researchers said on March 2.
Fears for children’s privacy as Delhi schools install facial recognition
Facial recognition technologies installed in at least a dozen government-funded schools in Delhi are an “overreach” by Indian authorities and an invasion of children’s privacy, digital rights advocates said on Tuesday.
AI panel urges US to boost tech skills amid China’s rise
An artificial intelligence commission led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is urging the US to boost its AI skills to counter China, including by pursuing “AI-enabled” weapons – something that Google itself has shied away from on ethical grounds.
Israeli Supreme Court bans unlimited COVID-19 mobile phone tracking
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's Supreme Court on Monday banned the government from sweeping use of mobile phone tracking of coronavirus carriers, calling the measure a grave infraction of civil liberties.
Moscow to expand metro facial recognition network
Moscow authorities have allocated more than US$10mil (RM40.38mil) to purchase and install across the city’s sprawling metro system high-definition cameras that can recognise faces and track fast movements, Russian media reported on Feb 25.
EU-U.S. data flows could face 'massive disruption' - Irish regulator
DUBLIN (Reuters) - One of the European Union's most powerful data regulators has warned companies may yet face massive disruption to translatlantic data flows as a result of an EU court ruling last year, despite efforts by policymakers to avoid that outcome.
