For the past 25 years, top American tech firms including IBM, Cisco, and NVIDIA helped build China’s digital police state, an Associated Press investigation revealed Tuesday. The report shows these companies sold billions of dollars in technology that became the foundation of China’s vast surveillance network. This equipment enabled severe human rights abuses, from the…
ICE director explains Medicaid data use and agency’s efforts “to gain intelligence” – CBS News Watch CBS News Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons tells CBS News that the agency’s access to personal data of Medicaid enrollees will help officers locate “people that have been lawfully deported” by a judge or released from a sanctuary jurisdiction….
budgeting Image Source: pexels.com Budgeting apps promise to help you manage your money, track spending, and reach your financial goals. But there’s a catch many people miss: some of these apps are actually selling your data. This isn’t just about annoying ads. It’s about your personal information—your spending habits, income, and even where you shop—being…
Finances & Money Image Source: 123rf.com Budgeting has never been easier than it is now. There are so many different ways you can manage your money. You can go old-school with a spreadsheet or even more traditional with pen and paper. However, apps have made everything more readily accessible. But not every app should be…
US President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will start formal discussions with China early next week over a potential deal involving the popular short-video app TikTok, whose parent company ByteDance is based in Beijing. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said the talks could begin as soon as Monday or…
Avoiding this crisis requires a transformation in cooperation between healthcare providers, insurers and health authorities, underpinned by technology integration across the whole system. Ignoring the impact of Covid-19, healthcare costs rose by 23 per cent in the five years to 2023, with taxpayer-funded costs increasing from 50 per cent of the total to 52 per…
China’s open-source A.I. model has sparked debate over its impact on U.S. tech dominance, raising questions about innovation, security and the future of AI competition. ObserverLabs China’s DeepSeek A.I. has ignited debate across the tech world. Some see it as a watershed moment for China’s A.I. ambitions, a challenge to U.S. dominance in artificial intelligence….
This week’s news that the DeepSeek Chatbot app, developed by China, was downloaded from the Apple app store significantly more times than the US-developed ChatGPT from Open AI, wiped billions off the global tech market. Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty Images Plenty of Americans are discovering the AI search powers of DeepSeek,…
Vehicle production has long been a symbol of national technological prowess and the manufacturing capability of countries such as the United States, Japan and Germany in the 20th century. As a result, China’s rapid global expansion in electric vehicles (EVs) in recent years has been a hot topic. While the winner of the EV competition…
Recently, researchers have discovered a relatively harmless app called “BMI CalculationVsn” on the Amazon App Store, masquerading as a normal health tool to steal data. This application performs malicious actions like screen recording, retrieving a list of all installed apps, and capturing incoming SMS messages. The app seems to be a simple application that allows…