The FTC, which has long struggled to combat deceptive data practices, is increasingly forcing companies to delete algorithmic systems built with ill-gotten data (Kate Kaye/Protocol)

Kate Kaye / Protocol:
The FTC, which has long struggled to combat deceptive data practices, is increasingly forcing companies to delete algorithmic systems built with ill-gotten data  —  The Federal Trade Commission has struggled over the years to find ways to combat deceptive digital data practices using its limited set of enforcement options.

How to use blur tool on WhatsApp for iPhone

There are several WhatsApp features that are only available on a certain platform, one of such features is the blur tool. As the name suggests, the blur tool allows iPhone users to blur the whole image or a limited section of the image that they do not want to reveal before sharing the image. https://ift.tt/gIEbynA

How to reset an Amazon Echo speaker using these simple steps

There’s an easier way to reset an Echo speaker. Here we tell you how to reset an Echo speaker with the Alexa app. https://ift.tt/65WG7gz

A look at transformers, neural networks that revolutionized the development of AI language models, and which are now being applied to computer vision (Stephen Ornes/Quanta Magazine)

Stephen Ornes / Quanta Magazine:
A look at transformers, neural networks that revolutionized the development of AI language models, and which are now being applied to computer vision  —  A simple algorithm that revolutionized how neural networks approach language is now taking on vision as well.  It may not stop there.

Over 60% of mid-sized Indian firms faced data breach in 2021: Report

More than 60 per cent of mid-sized Indian organisations fell victim to a cyberattack last year, a new report showed on Monday. https://ift.tt/vKntmNF

Ukraine starts using facial recognition technology of this US startup

The exact purpose for which Ukraine's defense ministry is using the technology is unclear, Ton-That said. https://ift.tt/NOr1y8Y

Sources: Tencent is facing a record fine after Chinese regulators found WeChat Pay flouted anti-money-laundering rules and had other regulatory lapses (Jing Yang/Wall Street Journal)

Jing Yang / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Tencent is facing a record fine after Chinese regulators found WeChat Pay flouted anti-money-laundering rules and had other regulatory lapses  —  China's central bank found regulatory breaches and lapses during a recent inspection of the ubiquitous payments network

Facebook-owner Meta narrows guidance to restrict calls for death of a head of state

The move came after Reuters reported last week that Meta was temporarily allowing some posts on Facebook and Instagram calling for the death of Russian President Vladimir Putin or Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. https://ift.tt/c5WkePM

Clearview AI's CEO says that Ukraine has started using the company's service for free to identify Russian troops, combat misinformation, and identify the dead (Reuters)

Reuters:
Clearview AI's CEO says that Ukraine has started using the company's service for free to identify Russian troops, combat misinformation, and identify the dead  —  Ukraine's defense ministry on Saturday began using Clearview AI's facial recognition technology, the company's chief executive told Reuters …

Thoughts on newly announced iPhone SE, iPad Air, and Mac Studio, and an in-depth look at the M2 chip, Mac Pro, iMac Pro, and Apple's future display plans (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Thoughts on newly announced iPhone SE, iPad Air, and Mac Studio, and an in-depth look at the M2 chip, Mac Pro, iMac Pro, and Apple's future display plans  —  Here are my thoughts on Apple's new iPhone SE, iPad Air and Mac Studio, as well as an in-depth look at the M2 chip, Mac Pro, iMac Pro and future display plans.

US spy agency probes sabotage of satellite internet during Russian invasion: Sources

Western intelligence agencies are investigating a cyberattack by unidentified hackers that disrupted broadband satellite internet access in Ukraine coinciding with Russia's invasion, according to three people with direct knowledge of the incident. https://ift.tt/jrmIwVL

Research: 23 of the top 30 search results for the numbers 11, 12, 13 on Facebook were groups targeting children of those ages, including with sexual references (Lara Putnam/Wired)

Lara Putnam / Wired:
Research: 23 of the top 30 search results for the numbers 11, 12, 13 on Facebook were groups targeting children of those ages, including with sexual references  —  The platform can be quicker at recommending groups built around child predation than it is to remove them.

Kuo: iPhone 14 Pro models will get the A16 chip and 6GB of LPDDR 5 RAM, the standard iPhone 14 models will remain on A15 Bionic chip and get 6GB of LPDDR 4X RAM (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Kuo: iPhone 14 Pro models will get the A16 chip and 6GB of LPDDR 5 RAM, the standard iPhone 14 models will remain on A15 Bionic chip and get 6GB of LPDDR 4X RAM  —  Only the iPhone 14 Pro models will have the “A16” chip, while the standard iPhone 14 models will retain the A15 Bionic chip from the iPhone 13 …

Behind the rise of Kuaishou's short-form video app Kwai in Brazil, where it has amassed 45M+ monthly active users by appealing to people with blue collar jobs (Rest of World)

Rest of World:
Behind the rise of Kuaishou's short-form video app Kwai in Brazil, where it has amassed 45M+ monthly active users by appealing to people with blue collar jobs  —  Kuaishou is chasing novela creators and working-class users in Latin America to keep up with the competition.

US Treasury Department stresses that Russia sanctions extend to cryptocurrency

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued new guidance on Friday clarifying that U.S. citizens and digital asset firms are required to comply with sanctions against Russia, even when facilitating transactions in cryptocurrency. https://ift.tt/cECUb6s