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Rite Aid is banned for five years from using artificial intelligence (AI) facial recognition to try to curb shoplifting, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Tuesday. In a press release, the agency said that the drugstore company is being banned from using the technology “for surveillance purposes” for the length of five years to settle charges by the FTC. The FTC charges “that the retailer failed to implement reasonable procedures and prevent harm to consumers in its use of facial recognition technology in…

Chinese regulators announced on Friday a wide range of rules aimed at curbing spending and rewards that encourage video games, dealing a blow to the world's biggest games market, which returned to growth this year.The new rules, which will effectively set spending limits for online games, sparked panic among investors, wiping off nearly $80 billion in market value from China's two biggest gaming companies, as investors sought to gauge the potential impact on earnings and more restrictions in the offing.Elevate Your Tech…

Larry David will finally bring Curb Your Enthusiasm to a close — and “shed this ‘Larry David persona’” — after its 12th season airs next year on HBO.  The 10-episode final season will premiere Feb. 4, with new episodes airing weekly up to the schedule April 7 series finale. In a statement, David joked about dropping the “Larry David” persona and finally becoming “the person God intended me to be — the thoughtful, kind, caring, considerate human being I was until I got derailed by portraying this malignant…

Getting doored – when a car door unexpectedly flings open and you crash into it – is one of the most underestimated dangers to cyclists. While some cars have exit warnings to protect cyclists, next-gen cars from Volkswagen and Ford attempts to push that technology a bit further. Getting doored is dangerous business for cyclists, especially in dense urban areas where cyclists ride next to parked cars, or use bike lanes adjacent to parked cars. As a decades-long cyclist in large cities, I can attest…

Gajraj uses an AI-based algorithm, and a network of sensitive optical fibre cables to detect elephants getting close to railway tracks. It warns nearby station masters when it detects an elephant getting within 200 metres of the track, who then warns locomotive pilots in the area…

The government of India is blocking mobile numbers of about 70 lakh people and also banning some IMEI numbers that have been known to target and scam people out of vats sums of money India is grappling with a surge in online…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain If you feel that work is wearing you down, you are not alone. The economic value that modern organizations strive to create comes at a human cost to employees in terms of reduced physical fitness. Either directly, or indirectly, work can cause exhaustion and strain, sleep deprivation, presenteeism and poor…

Sony is taking the fight to deepfakes and AI-generated fake images by incorporating an in-camera authenticity' technology which will give images a digital signature to mark its authenticity Sony is set to take on…

Published By: Saurabh VermaLast Updated: October 31, 2023, 21:23 ISTAir India CEO and Managing Director Campbell Wilson wrote a letter to Akasa Air CEO Vinay Dube against the backdrop of Akasa Air raising concerns about Air India Express hiring pilots from the airline. (File photo) Akasa Air had also initiated legal action against some of its pilots who left the airline and reportedly joined Air India ExpressAmid concerns over alleged poaching of pilots, Air India told Akasa Air that petitioning a competitor to collude…

The great behemoth MCU’s grand design, as presented by Kevin Feige every few years, has finally met its match. Undone, destroyed, after all of man’s weapons and devices had failed, by the tiniest creatures that God in his wisdom put upon this Earth: Their star actor unraveling like dollar store string cheese. Yes, with the drama surrounding Jonathan Majors continuing to spin, recent reports point to Marvel abandoning Avengers: The Kang Dynasty as the franchise’s Next Big Thing. Necessarily, this means that they’ll need a…