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Facial Recognition Tech Unethical, 450 Amazon Staffers Claim

Computer Daily News October 23, 2018 No Comments

An anonymous Amazon staffer has posted a letter in which he claims that 450 fellow staffers wrote to Jeff Bezos, protesting the company’s decision to sell its Rekognition facial recognition…

Another Video Streaming Product From Facebook That Attaches To A TV.

David Richards October 18, 2018 No Comments

Days after Facebook revealed their ‘Portal’ smart display the social media Company has been revealed as working on a TV connected device that will take on Foxtel, Telstra TV and…

29 Million Affected by Facebook Data Breach

Orlaith Costello October 15, 2018 No Comments

Facebook has announced that 29 million Facebook accounts have been breached by attackers exploiting a vulnerability in Facebook’s security settings. This is the largest ever data theft from the social…

Google+ Dumped As Bug Exposes 500K Accounts

Computer Daily News October 10, 2018 No Comments

Google has finally revealed that up to 500,000 Google+ user accounts were potentially affected by a bug that may have exposed their data to external developers. Google, which initially opted…

Facebook Enters Video Chat Hardware Market With New Portal

David Richards October 9, 2018 No Comments

Hot on the heels of Google and Amazon, Facebook is entering the hardware video business with a new video ‘Portal’ device. And for before you get concerned about Facebook security…

Internet Giants Join Campaign To Scupper Oz Encryption Bill

Computer Daily News October 3, 2018 No Comments

The Australian offshoots of Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon have reportedly joined an alliance with civil libertarian groups to campaign against the Morrison Government’s planned anti-encryption legislation, which they claim…

Aussies Beware Cyber Chief Predicts New Phishing Attack

Computer Daily News October 3, 2018 No Comments

Australians should on the alert for new phishing attacks, following last week’s Facebook security breach, Australian Cyber Security Centre CEO Alastair MacGibbon has warned. “Australians should keep a look out…

ACCC Calls On Google, Facebook To Crackdown On Fake-Ad Scams

Computer Daily News September 26, 2018 No Comments

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has called on Google, Facebook and Instagram to do more to crackdown on fake ads to prevent scammers reaching potential victims. It says Australians…

Facebook Creates AI Tool To Automatically Fix Bugs

Alan Hartstein September 17, 2018 No Comments

Facebook has created SapFix, an artificial intelligence tool designed to automatically generate fixes for bugs then propose them to engineers. “With SapFix, smaller teams at Facebook will be able to…

Facebook Launches ‘Watch’ To Combat Netflix & YouTube

Roma Christian August 30, 2018 No Comments

Facebook has further expanded into the streaming video on demand (SVOD) market, launching its new ‘Watch’ service worldwide, in a bid to combat Netflix, YouTube and Amazon Prime Video. From…