The European Commission has revealed it is considering a ban on the use of facial recognition in public areas for up to five years.
Regulators want time to work out how to prevent the technology being abused.
The technology allows faces captured on CCTV to be checked in real time against watch lists, often compiled by police.
Exceptions to the ban...
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Twitter has apologised for allowing adverts to be micro-targeted at certain users such as neo-Nazis, homophobes and other hate groups.
The BBC discovered the issue and that prompted the tec...
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Bangladeshi handset maker Walton has launched a fresh version of ‘Primo S7’ with upgraded 4GB RAM and 64GB ROM. Priced at 15,566 BDT, customers who buy the smartphone...
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Small but mighty, the Jabra Panacast was created to be the world’s first smart 180-degree panoramic plug-and-play camera. This 4K video conferencing solution is brimming with intelligent technology to make your meetings more versatile, inclusive, and smart.
For businesses that want the freedom of a sma...
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The ASOCIO ICT Education Award was handed over to the Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Mr. Sajeeb Wazed by the Hon'ble State Minister for ICT Division, Mr. Zunaid Ahmed Palak, MP today. A meeting on the activities, achievements and progress of ICT division and its subordinate offices was held with...
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Cyber-security experts are urging Windows 7 users to upgrade their operating system.
Microsoft is going to stop supporting Windows 7 from Tuesday so that it can focus on "newer technologies".
As a result, Windows 7 users will no longer receive the al...
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Design-led companies such as Apple, Pepsi, Procter & Gamble and SAP have outperformed the S&P 500 by an extraordinary 211%. This article highlights the distinctions between design and design thinking and how the latter...
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The last decade was a big one for artificial intelligence but researchers in the field believe that the industry is about to enter a new phase.
Hype surrounding AI has peaked and troughed over the years as the abilities of the technology get overestimated and then re-evaluated.
The peaks are known as AI summers,...
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Segway's prototype wheelchair crashed during a demonstration at the CES tech show.
The S-Pod - a self-balancing electric wheelchair - was being tested by a journalist at the time. The rider had acc...
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A Facebook executive has claimed the company was "responsible" for Donald Trump being elected as US president.
Andrew Bosworth, a close friend of the firm's chief Mark Zuckerberg, made the remark in an internal memo last week.
Mr Bosworth said...
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LAS VEGAS—When Mercedes-Benz first attended CES a decade ago, the company felt as if it was an imposter in a tech fantasy land, Daimler AG Chairman Ola Kallenius said during a keynote address here at CES.
But now, with half a dozen car companies and hundreds of suppliers in attendance, CES could pass as the w...
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Facebook has announced it will remove videos modified by artificial intelligence, known as deepfakes, from its platform.
Deepfakes are computer-generated clips that are designed to look real.
The social media company said in a blog that these videos distort reality and present a "significant challenge"...
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