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Tag Archives: UK
UK Supreme Court enables $18.5 billion class action against Mastercard | Article| Reuters
Posted in international, justice, law, News and politics
Tagged class action, compensation, fees, lawsuit, Mastercard, overcharging, UK
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AI Solves 50-Year-Old Biology ‘Grand Challenge’ Decades Before Experts Predicted
(DeepMind/YouTube) https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-solves-50-year-old-biology-grand-challenge-decades-before-experts-predicted
Posted in Computers and Internet, international, News and politics, Science & Technology
Tagged ai, AI engine, AlphaFold, artificial inteligence, behaviour, biology, casp, challenge, computer, deepmind, human, incredibly complex, modeling, problem, protein folding, proteins, scientific, solved, structure, UK
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Clearview AI to end facial-recognition services in Canada, privacy commissioner says
July 9 2020 Clearview AI to end facial-recognition services in Canada, privacy commissioner says https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-clearview-ai-to-end-facial-recognition-services-in-canada-privacy/ Related Facial recognition firm Clearview AI probed by U.K., Australia for privacy issues https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/international-business/european-business/article-facial-recognition-firm-clearview-ai-probed-by-uk-australia-for/
Posted in Canada, Charter and Constitutional Rights, international, News and politics, Privacy, security
Tagged ai, Australia, Canada, cleaview, facial recognition, investigation, Privacy, rcmp, UK
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Tour company Thomas Cook collapses, 150,000 people stranded
People walk past a closed Thomas Cook travel shop in London, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Thomas Cook has ceased trading, its four airlines will be grounded, and its 21,000 employees in 16 countries, including 9,000 in the … Continue reading
Posted in international, News and politics, Travel
Tagged bankruptcy, brexit, EU, internet age, job loss, Thomas Cook, travel agents, UK
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Police advise to not chase property thiefs plus info about stand your ground and self defense laws
Manitoba Headingley RCMP urging victims of theft not to pursue suspects Warning comes after string of chases, including one that ended in crash: Headingley RCMP CBC News · Posted: Sep 16, 2019 4:33 PM CT | Last Updated: September 16 … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, international, justice, law, manitoba, News and politics, security
Tagged America, Australia, Canada police, deadly fource, Europe, laws, NZ, property crimes, reasonable force, self defense, stand your ground, UK, US
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Facebook data leak: Province-by-province breakdown of affected Canadians | CTV News
FILE – In this April 18, 2017 file photo, conference workers speak in front of a demo booth at Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) Facebook data leak: Province-by-province breakdown of affected Canadians … Continue reading
Posted in News and politics, Privacy, social media
Tagged cambridge analytica, Canada, court, Data Breach, EU, Facebook, Privacy, privacy Commissioner, This is Your Digital Life, TYDL, UK, US
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Serious and financial crimes on the rise and now crime tourism – time to reverse the trend
Burglars in Edmonton caught on camera – DailyMail.com — I see why many are getting one of these smart door bells with WiFi and camera. Looks like it time to do the same. Just need to secure it and other … Continue reading
Posted in international, justice, law, security
Tagged Australia, Canada, crime tourism, financial crime, France, money laundering, rcmp, robbery, serious crime, thefts, UK
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Human Rights Under Attack: Gareth Peirce on The New Dark Age
British lawyer and human rights activist Gareth Peirce. In the 2018 Sir Graham Day Lecture, she warns eroding human rights under the guise of national security is a profound attack on democracy. (Mary Lynk/CBC) (Mary Lynk/CBC) CBC Radio · Ideas … Continue reading
Posted in History, Human Rights and Freedoms, international, justice, News and politics
Tagged Canada, courts, democracy, eroding, EU, human rights, justice, law, UK, US
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Lack of critical thinking – a downward trend in the United States and elsewhere
Nov 4 2018 – Kevin Yaworski – Canadian and Global Citizen — Intellectual Thinking: Being More Aware! An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about society and proposes solutions for its normative problems. Some … Continue reading
