The White House wants Americans to know: The age of AI accountability is coming. US President Biden has today unveiled a new AI Bill of Rights, which outlines five protections Americans should have in the AI age. While Biden has in the past called for stronger protections for privacy and for tech companies to stop…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York unsealed multiple documents last week that named the kingpins behind an alleged counterfeit HIV medication conspiracy. An unsealed amended complaint filed in late September names the two alleged kingpins as Lazaro Roberto Hernandez and Armando Herrera, both of Florida. The two “kingpin defendants” are…
European Union lawmakers have given final approval to an online safety-focused overhaul of the bloc’s ecommerce rules — the first major update to the legal framework for digital services since the year 2000. The Council sign-off means the Digital Services Act (DSA) has cleared the last hoop — and been formally adopted. The European Parliament…
The combination of rapid data growth and expanding data regulations like GDPR and CCPA is putting a lot of pressure on companies to figure out just what they have and provide the necessary controls that the evolving body of law requires. Enter Securiti, a startup launched in 2019, originally with the idea of focusing on…
It feels like an eon has passed since the launch in 2019 of Ada Ventures, as a European VC that decided to invest in normally unrepresentative groups and sectors, like women or POC founders, as well as tech which improves society. Its $34 million (£27 million) fund, was designed as a “first-cheque” seed fund. Ada…
The recent deluge of robocalls we’ve had to weather has conditioned us to dread our smartphones actually functioning as intended. It’s not right that we’ve come to fear the phone ringing because we know in our hearts that the call isn’t coming from a friend or loved one, but instead from some far-off villain using…
“We are challenging people to face their own external and internal biphobia. We are demanding attention. We are redefining ‘anything that moves’ on our own terms.” So declares the introduction to Anything That Movies, a bisexual zine that ran from 1991 to 2001. Founded by editor and photographer Karla Rossi, Anything That Moves got its…
When it comes to home cinema technology, there’s no doubt about it: We’re living in the future. Nowadays, you can find absolutely enormous 8K TVs with incredible sound systems, stylish designs, and more smart features than you can handle. Not everyone needs that level of tech though, and most people can’t afford to drop thousands…
AMD Ryzen 7000 processors are now on sale, and those running the silicon in Linux PCs will apparently find the CPUs are faster with security mitigations turned on, which is counterintuitive for sure. This is according to a report from Phoronix.com which tested out Linux 6.0 with the new Zen 4 chips – specifically the…
Ray Dalio. Reuters / Ruben Sprich Ray Dalio no longer believes “cash is trash” in light of tighter monetary policy. He’s warmed to the greenback due to higher interest rates and the Fed shrinking its balance sheet. However, Dalio is still only neutral on the dollar, likely because of stubborn inflation. Ray Dalio, after repeatedly…