The U.K.'s Electoral Commission disclosed a "complex cyberattack" in which "hostile actors" accessed copies of electoral registers from August 2021.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | August 9, 2023
U.K. informed consumer brand Which? warns smart appliances could stop operating after only two years due to a cessation of software updates from manufacturers. ...BBC News From ACM TechNews | January 17, 2023
A suspected cyberattack has disabled the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu's government since November 4.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | November 21, 2022
Artificial intelligence combined with the Internet of Things allows the digital construction of digital twins that constantly learn from and help improve their...BBC News From ACM TechNews | June 14, 2022
The U.S. and U.K. will collaborate to strike back against mutual adversaries engaging in malicious cyber-activities.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | November 22, 2021
Hundreds of professional footballers (soccer players) have threatened litigation against the data collection industry.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | October 13, 2021
An independent panel criticized a smart-city development planned by Google's Sidewalk Labs unit on Toronto's waterfront, citing innovations as being more about...BBC News From ACM TechNews | September 19, 2019
The Swedish Data Protection Authority fined the municipality of Skelleftea for using facial recognition to track students in violation of the European Union's General...BBC News From ACM TechNews | August 30, 2019
Australian regulators intend to launch the first office committed to policing algorithms used by technology giants like Facebook and Google, to better understand...BBC News From ACM TechNews | July 29, 2019
Bounties Network collected tons of garbage from Manila Bay as part of a pilot project that pays a small network of people in digital currency for such trash.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | June 20, 2019
The U.K. government will fund a program in which "carefully vetted" prisoners will be taught software coding.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | March 20, 2019
The founder of Huawei has said there is "no way the US can crush" the company, in an exclusive interview with the BBC.
BBC News From ACM Opinion | February 19, 2019
The final version of a controversial new EU copyright law has been agreed after three days of talks in France.
BBC News From ACM News | February 14, 2019
Computers can be tricked into misidentifying objects and sounds, raising issues about the real-world use of artificial intelligence; experts call such glitches...BBC News From ACM TechNews | December 10, 2018
Wireless signals can penetrate bags to measure the dimensions of metal objects or estimate the volume of liquids, researchers claim.
BBC News From ACM News | August 15, 2018
Facial recognition tech has been around for decades, but it has been progressing in leaps and bounds in recent years due to advances in computing vision and artificial...BBC News From ACM News | July 17, 2018