AI scanner used in hundreds of US schools misses knives
After a school stabbing, a BBC investigation into Evolv’s AI weapons scanner reveals doubts about its effectiveness. Source::...
WhatsApp to allow users to edit messages within 15 minutes
The instant-messaging service, which is used by 2 billion people, counts India as its largest market. Source:: BBC...
Interview With a Crypto Scam Investment Spammer
One of the crypto investment scam messages promoted in the spam campaigns on Mastodon this month. Seeking to...
TikTok sues Montana to overturn first US state ban
The western state last week became the first in the US to ban the hugely-popular video platform. Source::...
Why car parks are the hottest space in solar power
Car parks are a good place for solar panels, providing shade and electricity where it is needed. Source::...
AWS Backup now supports restoring resources with tags
Today, AWS Backup is announcing support for restoring resources with tags copied from protected resources. AWS Backup is...
Aurora MySQL improves performance and failover recovery time when binlog is enabled
Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition now supports a new, enhanced binary log (binlog). The enhanced binlog reduces the compute performance...
AWS Chatbot supports access to Amazon CloudWatch dashboards and Logs Insights in chat channels
AWS Chatbot now supports access to Amazon CloudWatch dashboards and Logs Insights from AWS Chatbot for Microsoft Teams...
Announcing AWS ParallelCluster 3.6 with GPU instance health checks and RHEL8 support
AWS ParallelCluster 3.6 is now generally available. Key new features include support for automatic health checks for GPU...
G7 leaders warn of AI dangers, say the time to act is now
Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations on Saturday called for the creation of technical standards to...
Amazon Transcribe now supports streaming transcription in 3 more AWS regions
Today, we are excited to announce that Amazon Transcribe now supports streaming transcription in 3 more AWS regions...
AWS partners bring choice of temporary elevated access capabilities to IAM Identity Center
Customers of AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS Single Sign-On) can use CyberArk Secure Cloud Access, Ermetic,...
Meta fined $1.3B for violating EU GDPR data transfer rules on privacy
The Irish Data Protection Commission has levied a record-breaking fine against Facebook’s parent company, Meta, for transferring data...
Why Apple’s iOS 16.6 upgrade will be talk of the town
Apple’s big developer event is approaching, and it looks as if the company will press home its message...
Neeva: Ad-free search engine shuts down
Founded by a former Google exec, Neeva asked people to pay for the service rather than be shown...
China bans chip maker Micron from key infrastructure projects
A network security review of Micron products sold in China has revealed that these products pose a significant...
Researchers Analyze THC in Breath of Cannabis Smokers
Distinguishing between recent use and past use remains an elusive goal. Source:: NIST
The fax is still king in healthcare — and it’s not going away anytime soon
The fax — that 1940s technology that exploded in the 1980s and operates by copying an image and...
Facebook fined €1.2bn for mishandling users’ data
The dispute is over Facebook’s transfer of European data to US servers. Source:: BBC News – Technology
Roblox: Ten-year-old spent £2,500 of mum’s money without her knowing
Tesco Bank initially refused to refund the mum but changed its mind after a BBC show got involved....