Poland has searched the Warsaw offices of Huawei and Orange, arrested a Chinese manager at Huawei and charged him with espionage on behalf of China – AP

https://apnews.com/2d897492e2b042589f734592524d0fae

Huawei kan bli utestengt fra norsk 5G-utbygging – NRK

https://www.nrk.no/norge/huawei-kan-bli-utestengt-fra-norsk-5g-utbygging-1.14373969

Han sier Norge vurderer å slutte seg til andre vestlige land og nekte kinesiske Huawei å bygge infrastruktur for 5G-nettet, den neste generasjonen mobilnett.

Privacy International claims most Android apps share data with Facebook without user consent - IT PRO

https://www.itpro.co.uk/privacy/32634/android-apps-share-data-facebook-without-user

The social media giant’s third-party tracking via the Facebook SDK may constitute a GDPR breach

Los Angeles Accuses Weather Channel App of Covertly Mining User Data - NYTimes

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/03/technology/weather-channel-app-lawsuit.html

The […] app deceptively collected, shared and profited from the location information of millions of American consumers, the city attorney of Los Angeles said in a lawsuit filed on Thursday.

China’s Moon Landing: ‘New Chapter in Humanity’s Exploration of the Moon’ - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/world/asia/china-change-4-moon.html

landing a vehicle on the far side of the moon for the first time in history

YouTube is reading text in users’ videos – Naked Security

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/12/14/youtube-is-reading-text-in-users-videos/

Google keeps tabs on much of your activity, including your browsing history and your location. Now, it turns out that its YouTube service is also reading what’s in your videos, too.

This clever AI hid data from its creators to cheat at its appointed task - TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/31/this-clever-ai-hid-data-from-its-creators-to-cheat-at-its-appointed-task/

A machine learning agent intended to transform aerial images into street maps and back was found to be cheating by hiding information it would need later in “a nearly imperceptible […] signal.”

Beijing plans to adopt facial recognition-enabled smart locks in its public housing projects involving 120K tenants in 2019 to crack down on illegal subletting - South China Morning Post

https://m.scmp.com/tech/innovation/article/2179819/beijing-turns-facial-recognition-combat-public-housing-abuses

Wielding Rocks and Knives, Arizonans Attack Self-Driving Cars - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/us/waymo-self-driving-cars-arizona-attacks.html

Some people have pelted Waymo vans with rocks, according to police reports. Others have repeatedly tried to run the vehicles off the road.

2018-kommentar: Facebook endret seg aldri som selskap. Konsekvensene ble bare større. – NRK Beta

https://nrkbeta.no/2018/12/31/2018-kommentar-facebook-endret-seg-aldri-som-selskap-konsekvensene-ble-bare-storre/