Technology
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Watch the orange or green light on your cell phone: an app could be recording you
Watch the orange or green light on your cell phone: an app could be recording you by: Mai Kamal El-Din Surely you have ever noticed that, sometimes, an orange or green dot appears in the upper right part of your iPhone (iOS 14 or higher) or your Android (although it is much less common in the latter). It is…
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The EU agrees on the first rules to limit the risks of Artificial Intelligence
The EU agrees on the first rules to limit the risks of Artificial Intelligence by: Mai Kamal El-Din The negotiators from the European Parliament and the Council (governments) have managed this Friday, after more than 35 hours of negotiation, to close a historic agreement to establish the first rules with which to limit the risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI).…
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‘Dangerous and discriminatory’: EU governments step up push to allow AI policing
‘Dangerous and discriminatory’: EU governments step up push to allow AI policing by: Mai Kamal El-Din For the third consecutive day, legislators and governments of the European Union (EU) met this Friday in Brussels to agree to the law of artificial intelligence (AI). Yesterday a preliminary agreement was reached on the rules that will regulate systems such as ChatGPTbut…
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New blow to Meta: the EU prohibits it from tracking users’ personal data and using it for advertising
New blow to Meta: the EU prohibits it from tracking users’ personal data and using it for advertising by: Mai Kamal El-Din The struggle between European Union (EU) and Goal it continues to worsen. This Thursday, the European Data Protection Committee (CEPD) reiterated its binding and urgent decision that prohibits Facebook and instagram track the activity of its users…
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WhatsApp will allow you to send voice messages that can be heard only once
WhatsApp will allow you to send voice messages that can be heard only once by: Mai Kamal El-Din WhatsApp has announced that they can now be sent voice messages that will disappear once hearda function designed so that users can share confidential information “with greater peace of mind” also in this way. The new functionality will be launched worldwide…
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Digital divides: involuntarily disconnected from the Internet
Digital divides: involuntarily disconnected from the Internet by: Mai Kamal El-Din He 37% of the world’s population does not have access to the Internet. This is stated by the UN International Telecommunications Union, published in a November 2021 report: around 2.9 billion people live involuntarily disconnected from the digital world. 96% of this population lives in developing countries and…
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Beware of this WhatsApp scam: the ‘6-number scam’ and the ‘acquaintance’
Beware of this WhatsApp scam: the ‘6-number scam’ and the ‘acquaintance’ by: Mai Kamal El-Din Fashions always come back. Even the scam ones. This is why the Mossos, National Police, Civil Guard and other State security bodies and forces are constantly alerting of ‘phishing’ attempts or data theft. The practice consists of the victim receiving a email, SMS or…
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The European Union reaches an agreement in principle to regulate artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT
The European Union reaches an agreement in principle to regulate artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT by: Mai Kamal El-Din After more than 18 hours of negotiation, the European Union (EU) still has not reached a definitive agreement on the new law that will regulate the artificial intelligence (AI). However, the institutions meeting in Brussels have closed a preliminary agreement…
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The El Periódico podcast: Meta receives complaints everywhere
The El Periódico podcast: Meta receives complaints everywhere by: Mai Kamal El-Din Goalthat is to say, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is getting everywhere. 85 Spanish newspaper titles are asking for more than 500 million euros in digital advertising and unfair competition. Workers from some Mega content supervision companies (which the company itself subcontracts) are complaining about labor rights and…
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The El Periódico podcast: Meta receives complaints everywhere
The El Periódico podcast: Meta receives complaints everywhere by: Mai Kamal El-Din Goalthat is to say, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is getting everywhere. 85 Spanish newspaper titles are asking for more than 500 million euros in digital advertising and unfair competition. Workers from some Mega content supervision companies (which the company itself subcontracts) are complaining about labor rights and…
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