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Singapore to put more police robots on the streets
AFP, Published on 15/06/2023
» Singapore will "progressively deploy" more patrol robots across the city-state, police said Thursday, after more than five years of small-scale trials.
AI political fakery sparks fears for US 2024 race
AFP, Published on 29/05/2023
» WASHINGTON: A fake image of Donald Trump's arrest. A dystopian video of a dark future in the event of Joe Biden's reelection. An audio deepfake of both men slinging insults. Fast-evolving AI technology could turbocharge misinformation in US political campaigns, observers say.
Cracking the covert app that exposed Europe's drug gangs
AFP, Published on 30/11/2022
» BRUSSELS - From torture and murder in the Netherlands and Serbia to an unprecedented web of corruption in Belgium, the Sky ECC investigation has shone a light into some of Europe's darkest corners.
Dutch police closes probe into fatal Tesla crash
AFP, Published on 09/09/2016
» THE HAGUE - Dutch police closed a probe Friday into a fatal crash involving a Tesla, accepting the US electric car firm's findings that the Model S sedan was not on auto-pilot when it smashed into a tree.
Oracle boosts cloud business with $9.3 bn acquisition
AFP, Published on 28/07/2016
» NEW YORK - Software giant Oracle agreed to acquire cloud computing company NetSuite for $9.3 billion in cash, the companies announced Thursday.
Dallas robot bomb highlights technology in policing
AFP, Published on 09/07/2016
» WASHINGTON - The "bomb robot" killing of a suspected Dallas shooter may be the first lethal use of an automated device by American police, and underscores growing role of technology in law enforcement.
German watchdog says Facebook may breach data protection rules
AFP, Published on 02/03/2016
» BERLIN - Facebook may be using its dominant market position to violate data protection rules, Germany's competition watchdog said Wednesday, announcing it had opened a probe into the social network.
Controversies linked to driving app Waze
AFP, Published on 02/03/2016
» JERUSALEM - Waze, the Israeli-developed driving app now owned by Google, found itself linked to controversy Tuesday after two Israeli soldiers who were using the app mistakenly entered a Palestinian refugee camp, sparking bloody clashes.
Bangladesh lifts ban on Facebook
AFP, Published on 10/12/2015
» DHAKA - Bangladesh on Thursday lifted a ban on Facebook, three weeks after it was imposed for security reasons in the tense country, but mobile messaging apps remained barred, the telecoms minister said.
UK police campaign targets hackers as young as 12
AFP, Published on 08/12/2015
» LONDON - Britain's National Crime Agency on Tuesday launched a campaign to discourage youngsters from becoming hackers after it found the average age of suspects had plummeted to 17.