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A police force in the American city of Jackson is to conduct a test in which a team of police, after permission, will have access to real-time images from security cameras and smart doorbells of residents. Police have set up a Real Time…

Since the corona crisis, civil servants working from home have often used insecure means of communication and private e-mail accounts to exchange sensitive information. Ministers also do this, because the secured means are too…

The United States has made it more difficult for SMIC to do business with American companies. The sanctions have been imposed because, according to the US, there may be links with the Chinese military.That reports Reuters news agency. In…

WeChat users will not face civil or criminal penalties if the United States bans the Chinese chat app, the Justice Department said on Wednesday. In August, President Donald Trump unveiled a proposal to ban US transactions with…

The NSA's secret service collecting metadata from US citizens was illegal, a US Court of Appeals, one of the highest courts in the country, ruled. The court reached that decision in a case that was about something completely different.In…

The Norwegian government has been hit by a cyber attack. In addition, the e-mail accounts of various politicians and civil servants have been hacked. It is not clear who the perpetrators are or what they stole.It would be a "significant…

Twitter will no longer recommend state media posts to its users through timeline, notifications, or search. The Russian RT, among others, sees and labels Twitter as the state medium. The company will also clearly label government…

Telegram will pay a $18.5 million fine to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company is doing so because of the unauthorized issuance of its Gram cryptocurrency. Telegram is also paying back $1.2 billion to buyers.The settlement…

Thrustmaster has announced four new products in the TCA series for flight sims. It consists of a modular joystick with multiple adjustable buttons, a stand, a sidestick with two thrust levers, and a sidestick add-on. The products are…

Civil rights organization American Civil Liberties Union has sued Clearview AI with claims that the company has violated an Illinois state privacy law by scanning faces of social media users for its biometric software.According to the…