Few passengers are told they can opt out, and when they do, airport staff may push back
US lawmakers are trying to extend the use of facial recognition at airports, despite many airline passengers objecting to the practice.…
The US president also hints at an extra penalty for New Delhi over trade with Russia
world war fee Just as signs pointed to a slight easing in global trade tensions, US President Donald Trump opened a new front in his trade offensive, this time with a 25 percent tariff on goods from India.…
Data stream from aging sensor to continue after public backlash and amateur workaround
The US Navy has announced plans to continue distributing satellite data needed for hurricane forecasting, months after authorities said the data stream was to be turned off.…
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (firefox, icu, kernel-rt, libtpms, redis:6, redis:7, and sqlite), Fedora (chromium and cloud-init), Oracle (icu, java-1.8.0-openjdk, java-21-openjdk, kernel, nodejs:22, perl, and sqlite), SUSE (docker, java-1_8_0-openj9, libxml2, python-starlette, and thunderbird), and Ubuntu (cloud-init, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-azure-fips, linux-raspi,
linux-raspi-5.4, and perl).
Gigaclear slapped by watchdog for failings, admits 'seriousness of the error'
Ofcom is to impose a £122,500 fine (about $164,000) on UK broadband provider Gigaclear for failing to deliver accurate caller location information when customers called the emergency services.…
‘We want kids to know who they are before platforms assume who they are’ says Minister
Australia will require Google to ensure that children aged under 16 cannot sign up for YouTube accounts.…
Q Link claimed subsidies for ineligible customers
The former CEO of Florida telco Q Link will spend up to five years in jail after attempting to steal more than $100 million from two US government programs.…
The security nerds' equivalent of the Epstein files saga
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Tuesday finally agreed to make public an unclassified report from 2022 about American telecommunications networks' poor security practices.…
Strict regulations, lack of funding, and hallucinations remain hurdles to implementation
US federal government agencies have identified a surge in AI use cases over the past year. But rolling them out? That's where things slow down, thanks to funding gaps, compute shortages, outdated policies, and a workforce still playing catch-up.…
Another week, another protest over budget proposals
A letter protesting the imminent demise of US research vessel and icebreaker the Nathaniel B. Palmer was this week sent to the National Science Foundation (NSF) amid proposed funding reductions.…