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After it was revealed that London's King's Cross had installed facial recognition cameras seemingly without the public's knowledge, the commissioner said he had concerns whether private developers had access to police databases or if they had constructed their own.
6 years, 9 monthsSEC documents say Facebook knew about Cambridge Analytica's troubling practices in September 2015, but Facebook has said publicly it didn't know about them until three months later. UK lawmakers want details on that discrepancy.
6 years, 9 monthsThe criteria used to identify people could include 'persons where intelligence is required' and therefore a potential violation of privacy according to a senior UK politician.
6 years, 10 monthsThe eastern half of the Jubilee line will be the first line to trial 4G connectivity, with more stations and lines coming online in the future. As well as 4G, customers will be able to access 2G and 3G networks, with Mayor Sadiq Khan suggesting that 5G could eventually be a reality.
6 years, 10 monthsThe UK House of Commons' Science and Technology Committee calls 'the legal basis of the trials into question,' and has concerns about how collected imagery is being handled.
6 years, 10 monthsThe scheme, which will be tested in Liverpool, is designed for people who will require a new career should their jobs change - which is likely to most heavily affect those manual jobs such as cleaning, loading, or use machinery according to the Office of National Statistics.
6 years, 10 monthsThe note will be put into circulation in 2021, making it the last of the new polymer banknotes and signalling the end of paper currency. Turing joins other figures such as Winston Churchill, Jane Austin, and artist JMW Turner who are on the back of the polymer £5, £10, and £20 notes, respectively.
6 years, 10 monthsWhen trying to change his status from 'pre-settled' to 'settled', Nilsson found that the function was not available in the app, and that the support team for the app did not know when it would be available. The government has since said the function will be released at the end of July.
6 years, 10 monthsPolice in the UK, backed by the government, are testing a facial-recognition system that is 20 percent accurate and treating those who avoid its gaze as potential suspects.
6 years, 10 monthsAmazon's Alexa will soon be connected to the UK's National Health Service, but artificial intelligence isn't yet sophisticated enough to dole out actual medical advice.
6 years, 10 monthsForeign accounts spread rumours that Boris Johnson - the current front-runner to be the UK's next Prime Minister - was going to be assassinated in an attempt to stop Brexit, as well as faking tweets from prominent UK and US politicians.
6 years, 11 monthsThe criteria includes forcing the installer to change the password on boot up and ensure it is a 'strong' password, having no hidden user accounts or passwords on devices, and using HTTPS for communication with any web interfaces.
6 years, 11 monthsEven though the facial identification system is "half as good as the human eye," and the government is overpaying hundreds of thousands of pounds to the company providing the police's national database.
7 yearsConfused about which pornographic websites will be blocked, how you'll have to verify your age, whether your data is safe, or if you can just bypass the ban altogether? We have all the answers and one strong recommendation: get a VPN.
7 yearsGavin Williamson reportedly leaked information to The Telegraph about the Prime Minister's plans to stop Huawei supplying core 5G equipment to British telecom services; Williamson 'swears on his children's lives' that neither he nor his staff are responsible.
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