The Australian government has announced an A $6.5 million trial of "age assurance" technology to restrict minors' access to pornography. It's part of a $1 billion package to address gendered violence. And it now comes alongside ...
Social Sciences
Jun 11, 2024
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Buy now, pay later is a relatively new form of financial technology that allows consumers to purchase an item immediately and repay the balance at a later time in installments.
Social Sciences
Oct 16, 2023
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What is the exact path of light inside a highly scattering material like white paint? This is a question that is impossible to answer, as the particles inside the paint are distributed randomly. This, at the same time, is ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 17, 2020
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As COVID-19 cases climbed across the United States, households in affected areas began to change their shopping patterns. In recent weeks, many dramatically increased their purchases—clearing out store shelves and straining ...
Economics & Business
Apr 10, 2020
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Not everyone fears our machine overlords. In fact, according to Penn State researchers, when it comes to private information and access to financial data, people tend to trust machines more than people, which could lead to ...
Machine learning & AI
May 10, 2019
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Apple says its services respect your digital boundaries—and it wants you to know it.
Business
Mar 25, 2019
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In Germany this week, the legal limbo that defines cyberspace around the world was on full display.
Security
Jan 10, 2019
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Personal data and documents on hundreds of German politicians and others have been posted online, and German cyber-defense experts were trying to figure out Friday how the information was obtained.
Internet
Jan 4, 2019
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Vietnam may give internet companies like Google and Facebook one year to comply with a controversial cybersecurity law, according to a draft decree that outlines how the draconian bill could be implemented.
Internet
Nov 3, 2018
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The Pentagon on Friday said there has been a cyber breach of Defense Department travel records that compromised the personal information and credit card data of U.S. military and civilian personnel.
Security
Oct 13, 2018
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