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
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
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
North Korea defector hack: Personal data of almost 1,000 leaked - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46698646
a computer at a South Korean resettlement centre was hacked
Analysts say there are some concerns that the leak could endanger the families of the defectors that still remain in North Korea.
Amazon gives a German Alexa user, who requested his personal data under GDPR, access to 1,700 audio files of another user; Amazon says it was due to human error
Annual Smart Speaker IQ Test
https://loupventures.com/annual-smart-speaker-iq-test/
Google Assistant was able to answer 88% of them correctly vs. Siri at 75%, Alexa at 73%, and Cortana at 63%
Over a 12-month period, Google Home improved by 7 percentage points, Echo by 9 points, Siri (9-month) by 22 points, and Cortana by 7 points
Gatwick Airport: Drones ground flights - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754
About 110,000 passengers on 760 flights were due to fly on Thursday. Disruption could last “several days”.
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has confirmed the Army has been called in to support Sussex Police.