• Spanish art show spotlights ‘hidden’ digital divide in pandemic – Art & Culture – The Jakarta Post

  “About 54 percent of the global population used the internet last year, but less than a fifth of people in the least-developed countries were online, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a United Nations agency.”

  Tags: ITGS, digital divide, equality of access, internet, united nations

  • – By dr tech

• Dozens of Al Jazeera journalists allegedly hacked using Israeli firm’s spyware | Al Jazeera | The Guardian

  “Spyware sold by an Israeli private intelligence firm was allegedly used to hack the phones of dozens of Al Jazeera journalists in an unprecedented cyber-attack that is likely to have been ordered by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, according to leading researchers.”

  Tags: ITGS, spyware, government and politics, privacy and anonymity

  • – By dr tech

• Why is machine learning so hard to explain? Making it clear can help with stakeholder buy-in – TechRepublic

  “Will Knight wrote. “Last year, a strange self-driving car was released onto the quiet roads of Monmouth County, New Jersey… . The car didn’t follow a single instruction provided by an engineer or programmer. Instead, it relied entirely on an algorithm that had taught itself to drive by watching a human do it.

  “Getting a car to drive this way was an impressive feat. But it’s also a bit unsettling, since it isn’t completely clear how the car makes its decisions…. What if one day it did something unexpected—crashed into a tree, or sat at a green light? As things stand now, it might be difficult to find out why.” “

  Tags: ITGS, ai, autonomous, machine learning, control

  • – By dr tech

• The US has suffered a massive cyberbreach. It’s hard to overstate how bad it is | Technology | The Guardian

  “This is called a supply-chain attack, because it targets a supplier to an organization rather than an organization itself – and can affect all of a supplier’s customers. It’s an increasingly common way to attack networks. Other examples of this sort of attack include fake apps in the Google Play store, and hacked replacement screens for your smartphone.”

  Tags: ITGS, security, cybersecurity, government and politics

  • – By dr tech

• Chemical traces on your phone reveal your lifestyle, scientists say | Forensic science | The Guardian

  “Scientists say they can deduce the lifestyle of an individual, down to the kind of grooming products they use, food they eat and medications they take, from chemicals found on the surface of their mobile phone.”

  Tags: ITGS, peopleandmachines, privacy

  • – By yeehaw

• Dozens sue Amazon’s Ring after camera hack leads to threats and racial slurs | Amazon | The Guardian

  “Dozens of people who say they were subjected to death threats, racial slurs, and blackmail after their in-home Ring smart cameras were hacked are suing the company over “horrific” invasions of privacy.”

  Tags: ITGS, ai, amazon, ring, privacy and anonymity, security

  • – By dr tech

• Samsung S21 Ultra spec leak confirms additional camera hardware – The Verge

  “Samsung will need every advantage to compete with the iPhone 12 Pro Max, which we think is the best smartphone camera on the market today”

  Tags: ITGS

  • – By immapotaeto

• Twitter to wipe Trump’s followers before Biden handover – BBC News

  “With millions of people following an account and Donald’s ‘fans’ being quite fanatical, it could be a clever move by Twitter to ensure that any potential negative and hate-fuelled tweets are neutralised before the new president-elect takes up his position”

  Tags: ITGS

  • – By immapotaeto

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