Tag: Terrorism

Lack of Transparency could Delay the Launch of Facebook’s Libra

BlockchainFebruary 2, 2020

During the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company will stick to its principles for advert placements.He reiterated that...

Businesses Improve Their Data Security, But Privacy – Not So Much

Cyber SecurityJanuary 29, 2020

While the California Consumer Privacy Act will force companies to provide a modicum of meaningful privacy, World Privacy Day still mainly celebrates data...

Businesses Improve Their Data Security, But Privacy Not So Much

Cyber SecurityJanuary 29, 2020

While the California Consumer Privacy Act will force companies to provide a modicum of meaningful privacy, World Privacy Day still mainly celebrates data...

London adopts surveillance measures similar to those used in China

AIJanuary 27, 2020

Awesome, not awesome.#Awesome“ A team at Facebook AI has created a reinforcement learning algorithm that lets a robot find its way in an...

Raiz to Offer Bitcoin Fund to Australian Retail Investors in 2020

BlockchainJanuary 20, 2020

Australian micro-investment startup Raiz is set to bring Bitcoin (BTC) fund options to its users, Australian Financial Review (AFR) reports on Jan. 20....

Report: Hamas, Iran-Tied Militants Intensify Bitcoin Fundraising Action

BlockchainJanuary 20, 2020

A militant group with ties to the Iranian regime and Hamas — the de facto ruling authority of the Gaza Strip in Palestine...

How unlike cash will CBDCs be?

BlockchainDecember 17, 2019

In this post I discuss several differences between physical cash, and what I imagine retail Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) might end up...

12 Ways to Improve Climate Change Communications and Campaigns

CarbonNovember 8, 2019

BY MICHAEL SHANKCOMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, CARBON NEUTRAL CITIES ALLIANCE Why 12 Ms? Environmentalists have long depended on good data and sound science to determine the direction of...

GPT-2: 1.5B Release

AINovember 5, 2019

As the final model release of GPT-2’s staged release, we’re releasing the largest version (1.5B parameters) of GPT-2 along with code and model...

AI in KYC Automation: What Every Business Needs To Know

AIOctober 21, 2019

IntroductionThis blog post will take us through how a business which need to ensure customer due diligence (CDD) can automate the KYC (Know...

GoFundMe removes anti-LGBT lessons campaign page

CrowdfundingSeptember 10, 2019

The crowdfunding website GoFundMe has taken down a page launched in June by campaigners against LGBT education in schools.Humanists UK had twice demanded...