News & Articles By Laura Harris
09/11/2023
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By Laura Harris
Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES by disclosing user information of online dissidents
Twitter, now referred to as X, is facing a revised civil lawsuit accusing the company of helping Saudi Arabia commit grave human rights abuses by disclosing confidential user data at the request of the kingdom’s authorities. The lawsuit, initially filed in May, delved into a series of alarming events between 2014 and 2015 when three Saudi agents […]
09/06/2023
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By Laura Harris
WARNING: AI-powered DEEPFAKE VOICE SCAMS are now coming for your bank balance
Deepfake voice scams are now targeting your bank balance. Scammers have started to use artificial intelligence (AI) to generate voices in real time. Clive Kabatznik, a Florida-based investor, recounted how he found himself at the center of a high-tech fraud attempt last spring. Kabatznik called twice on his local Bank of America representative. On his first […]
09/01/2023
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By Laura Harris
British government may require illegal migrants to wear electronic tags as immigration detention centers run out of space
The Home Office of the British government may require illegal migrants arriving via the English Channel in small boats to wear electronic tags as immigration detention centers run out of space. According to the recent figures from the Home Office, the surge in the asylum backlog surpassed 175,000 for the first time. The backlog has grown by 44 percent […]
08/31/2023
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By Laura Harris
LAYOFFS INCOMING: Walmart teams up with Wings for high-speed drone deliveries to 60,000 homes in Dallas
Retail giant Walmart has announced a new partnership with Wing, an on-demand drone delivery provider powered by Google parent company Alphabet, to offer drone delivery services from two of its branches in Dallas to 60,000 customers in the area. The Walmart Supercenter, located in Frisco, Texas, is set to pioneer the drone delivery service while a […]
08/29/2023
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By Laura Harris
Biden administration strikes a deal with ByteDance to gain total control over TikTok operations in America
The Biden administration allegedly negotiated with ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, to gain direct power over its feature in exchange for the continuous operation of the Chinese-owned social media giant in the United States. According to a 100-page confidential draft, the agreement would allow the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Defense (DoD) to conduct unannounced […]
08/24/2023
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By Laura Harris
Senators call for FTC investigation into Google over YouTube ads that violate children’s privacy
A bipartisan pair of senators have co-authored a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to conduct an investigation into Google over YouTube ads that enable the tracking of children. In the letter written by Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, they said that this alleged behavior by YouTube and Google […]
08/24/2023
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By Laura Harris
Elon Musk says X, formerly Twitter, will put an end to the BLOCK function
Elon Musk, the owner of the X social media platform (formerly known as Twitter), said the block feature on the site will be removed as it “makes no sense.” In a post on the platform that he acquired in October 2022, the South African-born tech mogul said: “Block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature,’ […]
08/22/2023
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By Laura Harris
FALSE START: Cruise self-driving vehicles cause traffic jam in San Francisco streets just a day after city expanded robotaxi services
Just one day after the supposedly successful implementation of expanded self-driving taxi use in San Francisco, 10 of these robotaxis immediately caused a traffic jam in the city, blocking two narrow streets in the center of the lively North Beach bar and restaurant district of San Francisco. According to eyewitnesses, the automated vehicles sat motionless […]
08/21/2023
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By Laura Harris
Driverless car gets stuck in wet concrete in San Francisco a few days after CPUC approves robotaxi expansion services
A few days after the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) agreed to expand driverless taxi services in San Francisco, a Cruise AV self-driving robotaxi was immobilized in the wet concrete of a construction site on Golden Gate Avenue between Fillmore and Steiner Street. The Chevrolet Bolt EV-based autonomous vehicle (AV), equipped with roof-mounted sensors, was spotted […]
08/18/2023
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By Laura Harris
New York Times revises terms of service to prevent tech giants from using its materials to train AI
The New York Times has updated its terms of service to explicitly prohibit tech giants from using the paper’s materials to train artificial intelligence (AI), following their withdrawal from the coalition of media companies and tech giants. According to the revised terms of service, all forms of New York Times content, such as texts, photographs, images, audio and video […]
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