Should be amusing. Will the government reveal specifics or rely on
the “it could happen” argument?
Huawei
Takes US to Court over Ban, Cyberespionage Accusations
… Huawei decided to take the US government to
court not only because of the restriction of business in the US, but
also the accusations that it poses a threat to national security and
the call for other countries to ban its 5G technology, the telecom
said on Thursday, according
to The Guardian.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Texas,
hinges on a legislative act that prohibits as unconstitutional the
act of depriving a group of a trial and declaring the party guilty.
… “The US Congress has repeatedly failed to
produce any evidence to support its restrictions on Huawei products.
We are compelled to take this legal action as a proper and last
resort.”
A clear area where AI could improve security? All
it would need to do is identify employees who have no connection to
patient treatment. (Not as easy as it sounds.)
Dana Kozlov reports:
Dozens of workers at Northwestern Hospital may have been fired for improperly reviewing the medical records of Jussie Smollett, who was treated at the emergency room after he claimed he had been attacked by two men.
Sources say those workers have been terminated after gaining access to the “Empire” actor’s medical chart. Smollett has since been charged with staging the whole incident.
Read more on CBS.
Part of
this strategy seems to be a recognition that GDPR like laws will
proliferate.
Mark
Zuckerberg says his vision to divide Facebook's products in 2 could
put its $56 billion business model at risk
… Facebook has been signalling a pivot to
privacy for months, but on Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg slammed the
reset button in a thoughtful blueprint
for the future.
In essence, Zuckerberg sets out a plan to split
the Facebook product in two. To use his analogies, he wants to
create:
- A town square, where people can talk to many people at once. Think the Facebook Newsfeed, groups, Instagram posts, and Stories.
- And a living room— a closed-off space where people can interact privately, using messaging with end-to-end encryption. Think WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram DMs.
… But it will come at a cost. End-to-end
encryption — along with other plans to give people more control
over their data such as a clear history tool and disappearing posts —
will make it harder for Facebook to gather the user information on
which its business model relies. The company made $55.8 billion in
revenue in 2018, the bulk of which came from advertising.
(Related) Another reason to change?
U.S. users
are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says
All the bad press about Facebook might be catching
up to the company. New numbers from Edison Research show an an
estimated 15 million fewer
users in the United States compared to 2017. The biggest
drop is in the very desirable 12- to 34-year-old group. Marketplace
Tech got a first look at Edison's latest
social media research. It revealed almost 80 percent of people
in the U.S. are posting, tweeting or snapping, but fewer are going to
Facebook.
(Related)
Mark
Zuckerberg Tried Hard To Get Facebook Into China. Now The Company May
Be Backing Away
“As we build our
infrastructure around the world, we've chosen not to build data
centers in countries that have a track record of violating human
rights like privacy or freedom of expression,” Zuckerberg wrote on
Wednesday.
AI impersonating a
restaurant customer? What could possibly go wrong?
Google
brings its Duplex AI restaurant booking assistant to 43 states
No moment wowed the audience at last year’s I/O
more than Duplex.
The demo of the artificial intelligence restaurant and appointment
booking program left many in the audience wondering whether Google
had just pulled a fast one over on them.
… Starting
this week, Pixel 3 owners in 43 U.S. states will be able to use
the Duplex technology to book appointments. The tech should work
with any restaurants ... that accept reservations but do not have an
online system to complete the booking.
In the coming weeks, the service will be rolled
out to users on other Android and iOS devices, as the company
continues to tweak the program based on user feedback.
The future? Hacking a fake license will become as
easy as it was back when I was an 18, 21 and 24 year old in high
school.
Google is
working on securely storing Digital Driver's Licenses in Android
Carrying a wallet has become less of a necessity
for me since I started using Google
Pay to manage my credit cards, but there’s still no way I can
travel anywhere without my driver’s license. I know a few people
who use wallet cases to hold what few cards they must carry
on their person, but I’m waiting for the day when I can legally
drive to Walmart with just my phone on me. A digital driver’s
license offers multiple advantages over the traditional ID card. You
can’t lose it, you can update it remotely so you don’t have to
stand in line at the DMV, you can wipe it remotely if your phone gets
stolen, you’re less likely to get your identity stolen since you
don’t need to carry a wallet with easily accessible information,
you’re less likely to leave your phone at home, and you’ll have
an easier time bringing it up on request. Authorities across the
U.S. are slowly recognizing the benefits of a mobile driver’s
license, which is why we’re hearing more U.S. states test their
adoption each year.
… digital security company Gemalto
is partnering with Colorado,
Idaho, Maryland, Washington D.C., and Wyoming to run pilot programs
before rolling out their digital driver’s license solution. At the
same time, the American
Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators is working to
standardize this new form of electronic identification.
Should interest our programming students.
Microsoft
open-sources its Windows calculator on GitHub
Microsoft is making the source code for its
Windows calculator available on GitHub today. The software maker
wants
to “build an even better user experience in partnership with
the community.” Opening up the calculator means anyone can
contribute code to improve the app
… The source code is now
available on GitHub and it includes the build system, unit tests,
and even the product road map for the calculator feature in Windows.
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