Month: February 2022
Norfolk County Council sues Apple
Acting in its capacity as the administrator of the fund, and as the lead plaintiff in the case, the council is suing Apple, its chief executive Tim Cook and Luca Maestri, the firm’s chief financial officer. A case led by Norfolk County Council against Apple has been granted class-action status by a judge in California.
Elon Musk’s brain chip firm cruelty claims
At the start of the research, Neuralink partnered with Davis National Primate Research Center – part of the University of California – but in 2020 built its own vivarium to house the monkeys, with the stated intention of “improving upon” current standards. Neuralink, the firm set up by Tesla boss Elon Musk to develop a
Twitter API Issue
Application programming interface, or API, is a set of protocols for building and integrating application software. Twitter Inc said on Friday it was experiencing an elevated number of application programming interface errors and is currently investigating the issue. Some users on Reddit complained of being logged out of their Twitter account while others said they
Google 2-Step Verification expansion
Google has announced expansion of its two-step verification (2SV) process for log-ins to enhance account security after its newly introduced two-step verification initiative saw a 50 percent drop in account breaches for 150 million Gmail and 2 million YouTube creator accounts under the 2SV initiative. The 2SV introduces use of mobile phones to confirm a
Tik-Tok Age Restriction Test
Social media platforms have been under scrutiny over their approaches to the wellbeing and safety of younger users. TikTok, which has been criticized for posts promoting eating disorders and maintains it bans such content, said in a blog post on Tuesday it would start to remove posts promoting broader disordered-eating content as well. TikTok, which
YouTube creator tools
The video sharing site which was launched back in 2005 and is home to more than 37 million creators worldwide announced in a blog post that they will “continue to invest” in their YouTube Shorts which are an apparent rival to TikTok’s short video format and that users will “see progress” in their Live feature
Meta sued over Facebook facial recognition tech
Texas Attorney General Paxton sued Facebook for capturing and using the biometric data of millions of Texans without properly obtaining their informed consent to do so, in violation of state law. Facebook has been storing millions of biometric identifiers (defined by statute as a retina or iris scan, fingerprint, voiceprint, or record of hand or
African Union at 20
The party marked 20 years since the au’s founding. It coincided with the au’s annual summit, which took place on February 5th and 6th. Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister of Ethiopia, seized the opportunity to thank his fellow African leaders. They had stood by his government through a challenging year, he said, confirming the principle
America: covid job-saving programme was for the rich
The unemployment rate more than quadrupled between February and April, leaping from 3.5% to 14.7%. Elsewhere in the oecd, a club of mostly rich countries, the average increase was much less steep. Unemployment rates in Britain and Germany barely budged, rising from 4% to 4.1% and 3.5% to 3.7% respectively. Many governments staved off damage
Russia-Ukraine border Conflict
The crisis on the Russia-Ukraine border continues to simmer. On February 5th American officials warned that Russia had gathered 70% of the forces that would be necessary for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. A war “could happen as soon as tomorrow”, warned Jake Sullivan, America’s national security adviser, a day later. Emmanuel Macron, France’s president,