https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/technology/facebook-device-partnerships-china.html
gave private access to some user data to Huawei, … flagged as a national security threat
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44040008
The psychopathic algorithm was created by a team at the MIT, as part of an experiment to see what training AI on data from “the dark corners of the net” would do to its world view.
A new study, published this week by Yinon Bar-On and others from the Weizmann Institute of Science, in Israel, provides a comprehensive estimate of how the Earth’s carbon stock is distributed among its inhabitants.
https://www.recode.net/2018/5/24/17391480/amazon-alexa-woman-secret-recording-echo-explanation
A Portland, Ore., woman’s claim that her Amazon Echo device secretly recorded a private conversation between her and her husband and sent it to an acquaintance of theirs
Amazon … has officially entered the surveillance business.
https://www.recode.net/2018/5/22/17380450/amazon-aws-facial-recognition-aclu-technology-police
“helps identify persons of interest against a collection of millions of faces in real-time.”
“… it is like there are a pair of mystery eyes constantly watching me, and I don’t dare let my mind wander.”
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/technology/alexa-siri-hidden-command-audio-attacks.html
making them dial phone numbers or open websites.
https://www.psfk.com/2018/05/lumos-bike-helmet-hand-gestures-safety.html
Apple Watch users can gesture with their hands … the helmet will automatically light up with the corresponding direction.