Is Google getting details of YOUR purchases from Mastercard?
Reports of a data-sharing deal with credit company Mastercard could mean that some details of your credit card purchases could be shared with Google, and used to improve their online advertising service. What deal? According to reports from Bloomberg, after four years...
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Microsoft introduces AI automated audio and video file transcription
Microsoft’s new AI tool in OneDrive and SharePoint automatically transcribes the contents of video, audio, and image files, thereby making it much faster and easier to find specific topics and references made in those files. No more lengthy transcribing The growth of...
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Google to kill dodgy tech support ads
A rise in the number of adverts appearing in Google placed by scammers offering fake tech support has led Google to announce the rollout of a news advert verification programme. Can’t tell the good from the bad Google’s Director of Global Product Policy, David Graff,...
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Apple’s autonomous car involved in crash
Apple’s new autonomous vehicle, part of its ‘Project Titan’, has joined an expanding list of self-driving car prangs. What autonomous vehicle? Apple is reported to have been working on vehicle projects since 2015 under the name of ‘Project Titan’. Ever since the early...
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‘Five Eyes’ demand back door access to encrypted services … or else
The frustration of the so-called 'Five Eyes' governments in not being allowed access to end-to-end encrypted apps such as WhatsApp has boiled-over into the threat of enforcement via legislative (or other) measures. Who are the ‘Five Eyes’? The so-called ‘Five Eyes’...
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£500,000 fine for Facebook data breaches
Sixteen months after the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) began its investigation into the Facebook’s sharing the personal details of users with political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, the ICO has announced that Facebook will be fined £500,000 for data...
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