WhatsApp flaw ‘puts words in your mouth’
A newly-released tool that exploits a vulnerability in Facebook’s WhatsApp allows you to "put words in people’s mouths", researchers say.
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Amazon Echo devices made by Chinese teens ‘working through night’ – reports
Amazon has pledged to investigate allegations that hundreds of teenagers are working illegal hours at a Chinese factory producing its Echo devices.
In fighting deep fakes, mice may be great listeners
There may be a new weapon in the war against misinformation: mice.
AI reads books out loud in authors’ voices
Chinese search engine Sogou is creating artificial-intelligence lookalikes to read popular novels in authors' voices.
Biostar security software ‘leaked a million fingerprints’
More than a million fingerprints and other sensitive data have been exposed online by a biometric security firm, researchers say.
‘Fake’ Amazon ambassadors baited on Twitter
Amazon workers praising their working conditions on social media are being accused of lying by other users.
Cerebras reveals world’s ‘largest computer chip’ for AI tasks
A Californian-based start-up has unveiled what it says is the world's largest computer chip.
Hong Kong protests: Twitter and Facebook remove Chinese accounts
Twitter and Facebook have taken steps to block what they described as a state-backed Chinese misinformation campaign.
Baffled student tells Twitter: ‘I’m not a Chinese agent’
Twitter announced on Monday it had removed 936 accounts it said belonged to a state-backed Chinese effort to sow discord and undermine protests in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong protests: YouTube shuts accounts over disinformation
Google has shut down 210 channels on YouTube it said were part of a "coordinated” attempt to post material about the ongoing protests in Hong Kong.
