The U.S. credit card issuer has had a presence in Dublin since 2008 and set up its research and development arm, Mastercard Labs, there eight years ago. It plans to increase its staff to more than 2,000 from 650 now, IDA Ireland, the state agency competing to win foreign jobs, said in a statement. … [Read more...] about Mastercard to add 1,500 technology jobs in Ireland
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UCLA cancels on-campus facial recognition amid backlash over privacy that likened the school’s use of the technology to Orwell’s ‘1984’
Fight for the Future says it is in the process of testing Amazon's Rekognition algorithm on UCLA atheletes and faculty, complaining that the technology incorrectly had placed the faces of black people on to other people's mug shots. … [Read more...] about UCLA cancels on-campus facial recognition amid backlash over privacy that likened the school’s use of the technology to Orwell’s ‘1984’
US government is ‘ignorant of technology’, say Huawei bosses
Suffolk said: “China is just another country: it has a different value system, a different political system, but they’re just people like you or I. What is the real fear? Is it because it’s China or because the technology is better [than America’s]? … [Read more...] about US government is ‘ignorant of technology’, say Huawei bosses
Top news of the day: Head constable killed in Delhi violence; Modi and Trump address massive gathering in Ahmedabad, and more
Head constable killed in Delhi violenceA Delhi Police head constable Ratan Lal died in the violence that erupted over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Jaffarabad, Maujpur and Bhajanpura areas in North East Delhi on Monday. A PTI report said that DCP Shahadra Amit Sharma was also injured and sent to hospital. Mr. Lal succumbed to his injuries suffered on account of stone pelting. … [Read more...] about Top news of the day: Head constable killed in Delhi violence; Modi and Trump address massive gathering in Ahmedabad, and more
Met police chief: facial recognition technology critics are ill-informed
“I and others have been making the case for the proportionate use of tech in policing, but right now the loudest voices in the debate seem to be the critics, sometimes highly incorrect and/or highly ill-informed,” she said. “And I would say it is for the critics to justify to victims of crimes why police shouldn’t use tech lawfully and proportionately to catch criminals.” … [Read more...] about Met police chief: facial recognition technology critics are ill-informed
