Aleksandr Kogan, the data scientist at the center of Facebook's Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, said he is dropping a defamation lawsuit against the social network rather than engage in an expensive, drawn-out legal ...
Internet
Jul 2, 2019
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Facebook is updating its terms and services guidelines to clarify how it makes money from the personal information of its users. The changes reflect its ongoing attempts to satisfy regulators in the U.S. and Europe, which ...
Internet
Jun 27, 2019
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Facebook is opening an engineering center in London that will build tech tools aimed at keeping harmful content off its site.
Internet
Jun 12, 2019
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Does sitting in a coffee shop versus at home influence a person's willingness to disclose private information online? Does the on-screen appearance of a public location's online "terms and conditions" have an effect? According ...
Security
May 8, 2019
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Google announced new privacy tools Tuesday intended to give people more control over how they're being tracked on the go or in their own home, part of a broader effort by big tech companies to counter increasing scrutiny ...
Internet
May 7, 2019
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Facebook's feature allowing users to erase all their data is set to be released this year, many months after it was announced by the leading social network.
Internet
Feb 27, 2019
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A news report Friday said many smartphone apps were sending highly personal information such as menstrual cycles and body weight to Facebook, without notifying users.
Internet
Feb 22, 2019
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A US investigation into privacy violations by Facebook could result in a record fine running to billions of dollars, media reports said Friday.
Internet
Feb 15, 2019
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A Korean research team has proposed a new paradigm for a wearable hand robot that can aid people with lost hand mobility. The hand robot collects user behaviors with a machine learning algorithm to determine the user's intention.
Robotics
Jan 30, 2019
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The top legal officer in the US capital city has sued Facebook over privacy violations related to personal data leaked to the Cambridge Analytica consultancy working on Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.
Internet
Dec 19, 2018
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