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Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI says it will stop selling tech to private companies after furious backlash and class-action lawsuit Court documents suggest Clearview will stop selling software to private entities It will continue its contract with governments and law enforcement The move has done little to appease public advocates like the ACLU By … Read more
The DVLA has earned £3million over four years by charging callers to use controversial premium rate phone lines Income is generated from premium-rate lines that cost 51p per minute to call They are more than three times the 16p per minute standard 01 and 02 numbers The income is proving ‘a nice little earner’ for … Read more
Princes William and Harry are set to be ‘very upset and angry’ over a controversial new documentary which will claim that Princess Diana tried to kill herself four times. According to The Sun, a four-part series provisionally called ‘Being Me: Diana’ will delve into the mental torment the late royal suffered – from battling eating … Read more
The controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI is in negotiations with several unnamed federal agencies and three US states to provide contact tracing services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Company founder and CEO Hoan Ton-That confirmed the negotiations were ongoing but declined to specify which agencies or states are considering the company’s services. Ton-That said the … Read more
Chewing the fat! Controversial chef Pete Evans enjoys an off-putting breakfast consisting of ‘three big slabs of pork fat’ left over from his roast dinner the night before By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:40 BST, 30 April 2020 | Updated: 05:44 BST, 30 April 2020 Pete Evans shared a photo of his … Read more
A controversial scientific study claims there is a link between how much a young child watches television and the likelihood of developing autism-like symptoms. It found that one-year-old children who spend large portions of time looking at screens were more likely to show autism-like symptoms at two years of age. Researchers from Drexel University in … Read more
December 31 – China first reports a cluster of unusual pneumonia cases in Wuhan to the WHO January 4 – WHO tweets about ‘a cluster of pneumonia cases’ in Wuhan with no deaths, saying investigations into the cause are underway January 5 – The WHO issues its first guidance on ‘pneumonia of unknown cause’, saying … Read more
Clearview AI exposes database containing source code to its controversial facial recognition as well as company keys and credentials Clearview’s source code was exposed via a misconfigured database The database allowed anyone to bypass a password by creating a new user login It also exposed company passwords and a token to Clearview’s Slack channel Clearview … Read more
Anti-vaxxer Home and Away actress Isabel Lucas has responded to her critics in a lengthy statement after being dropped as a charity ambassador for her comments on coronavirus vaccines and 5G technology. The 35-year-old defended her right to freedom of speech and stressed the potential dangers of 5G. She also clarified that she never made … Read more
France summons Chinese ambassador after Paris embassy diplomat accuses French care workers of ‘leaving residents to die of hunger and disease’ in new attack on West’s coronavirus response Ambassador Lu Shaye slammed the West in an essay on the embassy’s website French Foreign Minister has summoned the Chinese envoy for the comments Lu Shaye suggested … Read more