Tag: technology
The SEC’s Illegal War on Crypto
(Thomas L. Hogan, American Institute for Economic Research) The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is waging an illegal war on the cryptocurrency industry.
The SEC recently...
Man Locked Out of Home after Amazon Doorbell Accuses Him of...
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) An American man was accused of racism by his doorbell, and subsequently shut out of all of the Amazon accounts in...
Amazon to Pay Privacy Violation Penalties for Alexa Voice Assistant and...
(AP) Amazon agreed Wednesday to pay a $25 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations it violated a child privacy law and...
Artificial Intelligence Raises Risk of Extinction, Experts Say in New Warning
(AP) Scientists and tech industry leaders, including high-level executives at Microsoft and Google, issued a new warning Tuesday about the perils that artificial intelligence...
Regulators Take Aim at AI
(AP) As concerns grow over increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, the nation’s financial watchdog says it’s working to ensure that companies follow the law...
TSA Tests Facial Recognition Technology to Boost Airport Security
(AP) A passenger walks up to an airport security checkpoint, slips an ID card into a slot and looks into a camera atop a small...
Will Your Smartphone Be the Next Doctor’s Office?
(KHN) The same devices used to take selfies and type out tweets are being repurposed and commercialized for quick access to information needed for...
Big Tech Companies Overestimated Their Strength, Lay Off Workers
(Daily Caller News Foundation) Executives across the tech industry overestimated the sector’s resilience following pandemic-era shifts in demand, leading to overstaffing at companies that...
Biden Administration Seeks Greater Financial Surveillance Around Cryptocurrency
(Nicholas Anthony, American Institute for Economic Research) The rise of cryptocurrencies has made a new generation of people aware of the need for financial...
Tech Tool Offers Police ‘Mass Surveillance on a Budget’
(AP) Local law enforcement agencies from suburban Southern California to rural North Carolina have been using an obscure cellphone tracking tool, at times without...
