SpaceX lawsuit pulls the veil off US policy on bias against refugees and other non-citizens
A new lawsuit accusing SpaceX of illegally refusing to hire asylum recipients and refugees could be an important test of the US government’s stance that national security concerns do not allow companies to discriminate against non-citizens. Elon Musk, CEO of the rocket and satellite company, said in response to the...
Compute-wary pope warns artificial intelligence bears ‘disruptive possibilities, ambivalent effects’
Back in 2015, Francis acknowledged being “a disaster” with technology, but he has also called the internet, social networks and text messages “a gift of God”, provided that they are used wisely.
Wary of infiltration of its security by Beijing, India bans military drone parts from China
At two meetings in February and March to discuss drone tenders, Indian military officials told potential bidders that equipment or subcomponents from “countries sharing land borders with India will not be acceptable for security reasons”, according to minutes reviewed by Reuters. The minutes did not identify the military officials.
Ukraine President Zelensky boasts US, German air defence ‘highly effective’ against Russians
The attacks followed what Zelenskiy said was a bomb attack late on Saturday on a blood transfusion centre in the town of Kupiansk, around 16km (10 miles) from the front in the eastern Kharkiv region. He described the strike as a war crime. Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
How accidental email leak exposed extent of North Korean hackers breached top Russian missile maker
News of the hack comes shortly after a trip to Pyongyang last month by Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu for the 70th anniversary of the Korean War; the first visit by a Russian defence minister to North Korea since the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
IT gurus warn facial recognition software is backdoor means for surveilling upon Internet users
Whistleblowers have previously said that the US government has a poor track record in protecting minors, including from trafficking. For instance, in April, Tara Lee Rodas, a whistleblower from the US Department of Health and Human Services, said that the US government has become the “middleman” in the transport of unaccompanied minors across the US-Mexico border.
Revealed: Experts worry Big Tech is investing in facial age-verification technology to promote child porn
But the companies also concede that “a third of people in the European Union and the United Kingdom to date have been blocked by facial age estimation,” leading to questions about the true accuracy of the technology. And a February 2022 Sifted article states that the technology “is usually able to accurately estimate age to within a four to six-year range,” and “as recently as 2018, the accuracy wasn’t where it should be on darker skin tones.”
Ukraine warns Russia to ‘expect more drone attacks’ and ‘more war’ after it hit tower housing ministries
While the incidents have not caused casualties or major damage, they have provoked widespread unease and sit awkwardly with the Kremlin’s narrative that Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine is proceeding according to plan.
After years of abuse Kenyan tech workers take on Big Tech to champion rights for fellow Africans
In Nairobi, a regional tech hub, outsourcing companies bring talent from numerous African countries to moderate work in different African languages. They include Sama, a San Francisco-headquartered company, which has contracted workers for Facebook and ChatGPT. Majorel, headquartered in Luxembourg, hires labour for Facebook and TikTok.
How Russian hackers lured foreign embassy workers in Ukraine with an ad for a cheap BMW
Researchers at Unit 42 were able to tie the fake car advert back to the SVR because the hackers re-used certain tools and techniques which have previously been connected to the spy agency.
