As officials mull steps to tackle police brutality and racism, California’s Santa Cruz has become the first U.S. city to ban predictive policing, which digital rights experts said could spark similar moves across the country.

In what may be the first known case of its kind, a faulty facial recognition match led to a Michigan man’s arrest for a crime he did not commit.

Malicious actors have been using Google Chrome extensions to deliver spyware, and recent extension was downloaded over 32 million times. This breach highlights how big tech is failing to protect users.

One of the first national coronavirus contacts-tracing apps to be launched in Europe is being suspended in Norway after the country’s data protection authority raised concerns that the software, called “Smittestopp,” poses a disproportionate threat to user privacy — including by continuously uploading people’s location.

A Google research scientist explains why she thinks the police shouldn’t use facial recognition software.

IBM CEO says in a lette to Congress that the company will no longer offer general purpose facial recognition or analysis software. The company will also no longer develop or research the technology.

IBM CEO says in a lette to Congress that the company will no longer offer general purpose facial recognition or analysis software. The company will also no longer develop or research the technology.

Analysts are tracking false rumours about COVID-19 in hopes of curbing their spread.

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University say nearly half of all accounts tweeting about the coronavirus appear to be bot accounts.

A study by an MIT professor finds that for each additional robot per thousand workers reduced the national employment-to-population ratio by 0.2%, disproportionally affecting some parts of the US more than others.