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Lily Hay Newman / Wired: The researchers say that Facebook has known for years about exploits similar to those used by the “contact importer”, which made it possible to collect data from 533 million users.– The makers of the software can’t spot every error every time, but Facebook had ample warning about privacy issues with...

Few companies have it Better than Scale, discovering the need for the AI ​​gold rush early and closing the gap. The startup has rightly identified that one of the most important tasks of building an effective AI at scale – the tedious exercise of tagging data sets to make them usable in properly training new...

Todd feathers / Vice: Analysis discovered that the OpenCV-based facial recognition model used by Proctorio exam monitoring software fails to recognize black faces more than 50% of the time– A research student reverse engineered a controversial exam program – and discovered a tool notorious for failing to recognize non-white faces.

Chinese regulators have hit Alibaba with a record fine of 18 billion yuan (about $ 2.75 billion) for violating antitrust rules as the country seeks to curb the influence of the world’s largest internet conglomerates. In November, China It has proposed comprehensive antitrust regulations targeting its technology industry. In late December, the State Administration for...

Raymond Zhong / The New York Times: China says it has imposed a record fine of $ 2.8 billion on Alibaba for monopolistic business practices; Ali Baba Says She Will Accept Punishment “Sincerely”The punishment is Beijing’s toughest measure yet in its campaign to tighten internet censorship in the country.

Practically every movie production these days needs some type of visual effect business, but freelance creators often lack the money or expertise to acquire this quality product. Dynamics of wondersFounded by VFX engineer Nikola Todorovich and actor Tai Sheridan, it aims to use artificial intelligence to make some of these processes accessible to tight-budget filmmakers,...

Peter Arntz / Malwarebytes Laboratories: On Pwn2Own, two Dutch researchers discovered a vulnerability in Zoom that could allow hackers to carry out an RCE attack; Zoom says it’s working on a fix– Two Dutch security professionals entered the annual Pwn2Own computer hacking competition and were able to find remote code execution …

Sometimes you just have to confirm an unannounced product to put the rumors to bed, I think. That was Google’s strategy this afternoon, after previous rumors From Android Central The shortage of chips has put kibosh into the mid-budget phone. In a comment on TechCrunch, a Google spokesperson noted, “The Pixel 5a 5G has not...

CNBC: The White House will host a virtual semiconductor summit on Monday with executives from Intel, Samsung, HP, Alphabet and more as it begins a review of U.S. supply chains.– CEOs from companies including Google’s parent company Alphabet, AT&T, Intel and General Motors are ready to participate …

Melissa Bradley wears it Several hats. She is the co-founder of a startup called Ureeka, investing in 1863 Ventures, and a professor at Georgetown University’s School of Business. So it is no exaggeration to say that she understands the fundraising process from every angle. Moreover, she has invested and raised money for her own venture...