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Amazon has unveiled a bizarre home surveillance drone that patrols your house when you’re not there and keeps an eye out for intruders. Unveiled by Ring, the firm’s home security arm, the Always Home Cam can fly to check if the stove is off or the window is still open while the user is away. It … Read more
Seven years after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the mass surveillance of Americans’ telephone records, an appeals court has found the program was unlawful – and that the US intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were not telling the truth. In a ruling handed down on Wednesday, the US … Read more
Army surveillance drone used in Afghanistan will fly over the English Channel looking for migrants trying to cross from France More than 5,000 migrants have crossed to the UK in small boats so far in 2020 Army have deployed Watchkeeper drones to tackle dangerous Channel crossing Aircraft was last used to support British forces intelligence … Read more
Noel Clarke and Hollyoaks actress Bronagh Waugh are starring in a gritty new police show, the first ITV drama to begin filming since the coronavirus pandemic. Viewpoint, which is headed up by Fleabag director Harry Bradbeer, follows a tense police surveillance investigation into a close Manchester community. Filming has already started in Manchester and on Wednesday … Read more
Chinese surveillance firm SenseTime ditches its UK plans: Controversial start-up ends talks on expanding into Europe with a British HQ SenseTime, worth nearly £6bn, is the world’s most valuable AI start-up Its technology is used in facial recognition and driverless cars It is accused of enabling the Chinese Communist Party’s campaign of persecution against Uighur … Read more
Any sign of Goldilocks? Surveillance video shows brazen bear beating down the front door of a home before wandering through its living room Video was shared to Twitter by Ohio-based radio presenter Jason Priestas Thankfully, no residents were home at the time of the intrusion There have been a number of reports of bears breaking … Read more
Any sign of Goldilocks? Surveillance video shows brazen bear beating down the front door of a home before wandering through its living room Video was shared to Twitter by Ohio-based radio presenter Jason Priestas Thankfully, no residents were home at the time of the intrusion There have been a number of reports of bears breaking into … Read more
Any sense of joy I had at the prospect of a pint with my friends down the pub a week on Saturday was snuffed out when I read what it will entail. Before we set foot over the threshold we’ll have to register our names and contact details. The pub must keep this information for … Read more
New York City Council approves a new bill that will require police to disclose every surveillance technology and technique used to monitor civilians Legislators in New York voted 44-6 to regulate police surveillance technology The new bill will require yearly audits of all devices and techniques used An NYPD spokesperson said the department will oppose … Read more
Dwyane Wade says his family wound up under surveillance amid his talks between his wife Gabrielle Union and NBC after she publicly said she experienced harassment, racism and retribution during her stint on the network’s America’s Got Talent. ‘My house started being watched and my family started being followed,’ the 13-time NBA All-Star said in … Read more