“Sites will have to pay to license the technology to match submissions to the database, and to identify near matches as well as exact ones. Sites will be required to have a process to allow rightsholders to update this list with more copyrighted works. Even under the best of circumstances, this presents huge problems.”
“Footage from those flying cameras will be automatically analyzed by AI systems not disclosed to the public.”
Read more: https://qz.com/1299947/this-is-the-week-that-the-drone-surveillance-state-became-real/
“The self-flying drone will be able to track and follow vehicles as they move through challenging terrain that would be impossible to film previously without a skilled drone pilot.”
Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/30/skydios-self-flying-drone-can-now-track-down-cars/
“British warships sunk the San Jose and its crew of 600 in 1701. Colombia and Spain both say it belongs to them.”
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/robot-submarine-finds-shipwreck-san-jose-carrying-17-billion-treasure/
“‘We are not going to do any violence to the traditional definition of a security that has worked for a long time,’ U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton told CNBC Wednesday.”
“Since half the world’s population lives within 120 miles of the coast, it thinks offshore data centers could be an efficient, low-latency way of delivering AI applications and gaming content to end users.”
“He is wanted by the US. He is in exile in Russia. But he is satisfied with the way his revelations of mass surveillance have rocked governments, intelligence agencies and major internet companies.”
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/04/edward-snowden-people-still-powerless-but-aware
“Everyone’s privacy rights are now solely in the hands of the government’s intelligence oversight committee.”
“Germany’s federal network agency, the Bundesnetzagentur, has announced a ban on the sale of children’s smartwatches because some models come with a remote listening capability, which counts as a spying device under German law. The same agency banned the sale of the talking doll Cayla and similarly told parents to destroy the toy after deeming it a spying device.”
“Under the law, French authorities would be able to immediately halt the publication of information deemed to be false ahead of elections.”
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/frances-fake-news-law-leaves-media-experts-uneasy-145712000.html