News & Articles By Arsenio Toledo
01/31/2021
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By Arsenio Toledo
Coronavirus lockdown leads to increase in automation as employers turn to robots to keep their businesses running
As the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic rages on in North America and millions of people remain in lockdown, manufacturers and other industries are turning to robots to keep their factories running. According to a report by the Association for Advancing Automation, a trade organization that advocates for the supposed benefits of automating jobs, North American companies […]
01/23/2021
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By Arsenio Toledo
“Anti-Facebook” social media website MeWe gains surge in membership as people flee to platforms that respect privacy and free speech
MeWe, the “anti-Facebook” social media website, has seen a surge in new membership following concerns regarding data privacy and the recent mass waves of censorship of conservative speech in popular big tech-controlled websites. “People all over the world are leaving Facebook and Twitter in droves,” said MeWe spokesperson David Westreich during an interview with Fox Business […]
01/14/2021
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By Arsenio Toledo
Millions of WhatsApp users are leaving after company announced new privacy policy that will FORCE users to share data with Facebook
Millions of people are abandoning end-to-end encrypted online messaging service WhatsApp ahead of a privacy policy update that will force users to share their data with social media giant Facebook. According to app analytics website App Annie, WhatsApp’s ranking in both the United States and the United Kingdom has fallen significantly following the news. WhatsApp is […]
10/25/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Beijing using the coronavirus pandemic to expand internet surveillance apparatus
Beijing is using the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as a justification to expand and intensify its already gargantuan internet surveillance systems, according to a report by Freedom House. In its annual Freedom of the Net report, which details the state of digital surveillance in over 60 countries, the nonprofit ranked China last with a score of […]
08/17/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Massive backlash forces Michigan university to back down from enforcing medical device to monitor coronavirus symptoms
Earlier this month, Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Michigan, hatched out a plan to require students to wear a “BioButton” while they are on campus to track whether or not they have the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). However, thanks to massive backlash from the student population, the plan to mandate the medical device’s use was scrapped. The BioButton, made by […]
06/16/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
What could do more damage than a nuclear weapon? A hacker
A nuclear attack is terrifying, that much is certain. Both the United States and Russia have pulled out of a decades-old nuclear weapons pact; North Korea continues to test their missile program; and tensions in Iran are putting a lot of people on edge. However, there’s another threat that the world needs to look out for […]
05/12/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Hackers can use this Bluetooth exploit to TRACK and IDENTIFY iOS and Microsoft smartphone users, warn security researchers
Researchers say they have found a flaw in Bluetooth communication that leaves many iOS and Microsoft devices open to being tracked. The researchers also warn that the flaw can leak a user’s ID. Devices that are susceptible to hacking include iOS devices such as iPads and Apple watches, Microsoft products like surface tablets and laptops and FitBits. […]
04/14/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
“Free” services with a cost: FaceApp has “perpetual, irrevocable” access to your content
Security experts are warning that FaceApp ?— a smartphone app developed by a Russian company in 2017 that takes your picture and transforms it ?— may have access to every single photo on your phone. Concerns have been raised around a questionable clause in the user agreement of the app that states that FaceApp can […]
02/28/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Facial recognition company Clearview AI admits data breach exposing its ENTIRE clientele, including over 600 law enforcement agencies
American tech company Clearview AI, which provides facial recognition software, has just reported than an intruder who gained “unauthorized access” to secure company data and documents has stolen its entire client list. This includes all user accounts associated with every single one of their clients, as well as the number of searches made through those accounts. […]
11/30/2019
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By Arsenio Toledo
Resolving traffic problems with smart tech: Could driverless cars speed up traffic?
A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge believe that fleets of driverless cars working together to keep traffic moving can improve traffic flow by at least 35 percent. This comes after a series of experiments involving a small fleet of miniature robot cars driving on a multi-lane track. The researchers observed that when this fleet […]
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