Tag: privacy
Facebook working on augmented reality headset
Intel and Google are just two of the technology giants to have tried and failed to take the concept of smart glasses into the...
How Sir Tim Berners-Lee is returning the Web to the people
As Sir Tim Berners-Lee launches a new initiative, Solid, that aims to reset the connected world in citizens' favour, Chris Middleton explains what the...
Gemalto, R3 launch blockchain personal ID verification system
Digital security provider Gemalto has launched a blockchain-based identity verification system for mobile devices.
Developed with blockchain specialist R3, the GemaltoTrust ID Network enables users...
GDPR USA: Why tech industry now lobbying against consumer privacy
OPINION Chris Middleton explains why the IT industry's attempts to curry favour with the White House in order to water down data privacy rules...
Zuckerberg at bay: Is Facebook too big to fail? | Analysis
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The question ‘Is Facebook to big to fail?’ is on Wall Street's mind, in the wake of a torrid week for...
Amazon’s record financials reveal AWS as the $6bn golden egg
Retail behemoth and connected technology company Amazon has reported Q2 results that reveal record profits of $2.5 billion and 39 percent year-on-year revenue growth.
Amazon...
California could force USA to adopt GDPR-style laws today
Editor's note: The legislation referred to in this story has now been passed. To read our latest report on California's new data privacy rules,...
Security: The IoT is destroying legal concept of privacy warns in-depth...
THE BIG READ A new report cautions that the Internet of Things may undermine the concept of personal privacy to such an extent that...
Blockchain threatened by “irreconcilable” differences with GDPR
UPDATED. Malek Murison and Chris Middleton explore why blockchain plus GDPR replaces a storage box with a Pandora's Box of complexity and problems. Make...
Microsoft adopts GDPR worldwide, supports “fundamental right” to privacy
Apple follows suit with new privacy portal.
Microsoft has announced that it is extending the privacy rights cast into law by GDPR in Europe to...
Facebook sets up blockchain/crypto exploration team
Facebook has set up a small, high-powered team to explore the potential of blockchain technology, recode reports. Given the many potential uses of decentralised, cryptographic ledgers,...
Security: Why you should worry about unsecured IoT devices – Mozilla
The BIG READ. Mozilla has published the full version of its long-awaited Internet Health Report 2018. Chris Middleton looks at what it has to...