Digital payments are the default for millions of women of childbearing age. So what will their credit and debit card issuers and financial app providers do when prosecutors seek their […]
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Back to news homeCompanies Scramble to Work Out Policies Related to Employee Abortions
There is no clear blueprint for corporate engagement on abortion. After numerous companies came forward to announce that they would cover travel expenses for their employees to get abortions, executives […]
How Updates in iOS 16 and Android 13 Will Change Your Phone
CUPERTINO, Calif. — Around this time every year, our smartphones become a reminder to always be ready for change.That’s because Apple and Google announce updates to the operating systems that […]
India withdraws warning on biometric ID sharing following online uproar
India has withdrawn a warning that asked users to not share photocopies of their national biometric ID following a widespread uproar from users on social media, many of whom pointed […]
A Face Search Engine Anyone Can Use Is Alarmingly Accurate
He kept in touch with the founders, he said, and watched as PimEyes began getting more and more attention in the media, mostly of the scathing variety. In 2020, PimEyes […]
Meta consolidates its privacy policy to appease regulators
In an effort to make its notoriously dense user agreements less labyrinthine, Meta has rewritten and redesigned how that information is presented. The company insists that the changes are in […]
The Era of Borderless Data Is Ending
Every time we send an email, tap an Instagram ad or swipe our credit cards, we create a piece of digital data.The information pings around the world at the speed […]
Washington, DC’s AG is suing Mark Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica
The District of Columbia has just announced fresh litigation targeting Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, for his role in the Cambridge Analytica Facebook data misuse episode — alleging it has evidence […]
Europe’s CSAM scanning plan unpicked
The European Union has formally presented its proposal to move from a situation in which some tech platforms voluntarily scan for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to something more systematic […]
How to remove your personal information from Google search results
Once something is on the internet, it’s almost impossible to take it down. But Google now makes it easier for anyone to request the removal of their personal information from […]