Avoid stress This week, scientists from Harvard demonstrated that stress can accelerate the greying of human hair. The researchers found that stress prompts the production of a hormone that affects the melanocyte cells involved in making hair pigments. The scientists hope that this discovery will add to the understanding of Continue Reading
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Interpol Arrests 3 Indonesian Credit Card Hackers for Magecart Attacks – Tempemail
The Indonesian Tempemail Police in a joint press conference with Interpol earlier today announced the arrest of three Magecart-style Indonesian hackers who had compromised hundreds of international e-commerce websites and stolen payment card details of their online shoppers. Dubbed ‘Operation Night Fury,’ the investigation was led by Interpol’s ASEAN Cyber Continue Reading
Quick, cheap to make and loved by police – facial recognition apps are on the rise | John Naughton | Technology
Way back in May 2011, Eric Schmidt, who was then the executive chairman of Google, said that the rapid development of facial recognition technology had been one of the things that had surprised him most in a long career as a computer scientist. But its “surprising accuracy” was “very concerning”. Continue Reading
Peter Diamandis: ‘In the next 10 years, we’ll reinvent every industry’ | Technology
Peter Diamandis is best known as the founder of the XPrize Foundation, which offers big cash prizes as an incentive for tech solutions to big problems. The entrepreneur and investor is also co-founder of the Singularity University, a Silicon Valley-based nonprofit offering education in futurology. His new book, The Future Continue Reading
YouTube moderators must sign contract acknowledging job could cause PTSD – report | Technology
Content moderators for YouTube have received legal warnings the job may negatively affect their mental health and cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new report from the Verge found. Social media sites are increasingly informing employees of the negative effects of moderation jobs following several reports on harrowing working conditions, Continue Reading
Trump speaks with Boris Johnson about security as Britain nears Huawei decision | Technology
Donald Trump discussed the security of telecommunications networks with Boris Johnson, the White House said, as Britain closes in on a decision on Huawei’s role in the country’s future 5G network. “The two leaders discussed important regional and bilateral issues, including working together to ensure the security of our telecommunications Continue Reading
Met police to begin using live facial recognition cameras | Technology
The Metropolitan police will start using live facial recognition, Britain’s biggest force has announced. The decision to deploy the controversial technology, which has been dogged by privacy concerns and questions over its lawfulness, was immediately condemned by civil liberties groups, who described the move as “a breathtaking assault on our Continue Reading
Microsoft admits a data leak of around 250 Mn users- Tempemail
Microsoft admits a data leak. There has been a data breach of 250 million Microsoft users that have been brought to light by the Comparitech security research team, which is led by Bob Diachenko. Researchers have found out that around 250 million Customer Service and Support records were exposed on Continue Reading
EU tech regulator backs UK plans for digital tax, despite Trump threats | Technology
The European Union’s leading tech regulator has thrown her weight behind the British government’s plans to press ahead with a digital tax despite threats from Donald Trump. Margrethe Vestager, the EU competition commissioner recently promoted to take charge of Europe’s digital policy as well, said she was a “strong supporter” Continue Reading
Accelerating the Journey to Passwordless Authentication- Tempemail
Leveraging Results from the EMA Research Report The primary purpose of enterprise IT security is to ensure the right people have the right access to the right IT resources under the right conditions. As such, the application of security policies is broadly dependent on correctly identifying the users requesting access, Continue Reading