Under a settlement reached with the Federal Trade Commission, Rite Aid will not be allowed to use AI-powered facial recognition technology for another five years. In a complaint filed Tuesday, the FTC accuses Rite Aid of “recklessly” using facial surveillance systems from 2012 to 2020. According to the FTC, during this period Rite Aid used … [Read more…]
The OPPO Find Whether this is the case or not, it looks like it won’t have exactly the same high-end sensors as its high-end sibling. The successor to Find Being ~3x could help the vanilla Find In this sense, OPPO apparently faces a dilemma as it has to choose the supposedly new Samsung E7 or … [Read more…]
A recent study by a team of researchers from Italy, Norway, Canada and the United States suggests that before their eventual extinction, dinosaurs may have experienced repeated “volcanic winters” that left them in a state of weakness. These findings come from an analysis of sulfur and fluorine gases trapped in ancient volcanic rocks from the … [Read more…]
A powerful geomagnetic storm is heading toward our planet and is expected to hit this Friday, December 1st. • Also read: In southern spring, the hole in the ozone layer widens • Also read: A powerful flash of cosmic light destroyed our atmosphere According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which made the … [Read more…]
Nov 28 (Portal) – Deep discounts on everything from beauty products and toys to electronics over the Thanksgiving weekend lured U.S. shoppers to spend about $38 billion online, pointing to a strong holiday shopping season even as the economic one There was uncertainty. According to data from Adobe Analytics, online consumer spending rose 7.8% during … [Read more…]
According to a study published November 1, 2023 in the journal Nature, remnants of a planet could be found beneath Earth’s surface, a remnant of an ancient collision with another star called Theia. According to the authors of this study published in the journal Nature in early November, a planet billions of years ago would … [Read more…]
Mobile games in China range from League of Legends-like Honor of Kings to Source: Apple Inc. BEIJING – China’s proposed gambling rules would hit smaller developers more than large ones while reducing overall online advertising revenue, according to UBS. Shares of Tencent, NetEase and Bilibili plunged to their lowest levels in more than a year … [Read more…]
An expedition cruise ship temporarily lost power after it was hit by a violent wave on Thursday. There were no serious injuries among guests or crew members on board the MS Maud ship, operated by HX, formerly Hurtigruten Expeditions. According to a spokesman, the ship was en route from Florø (Norway) to Tilbury (England) at … [Read more…]
For some time now, solar flares have had some impact when they occur due to solar activity. A study shows that the upcoming peak is likely to occur sooner than expected. The Sun has entered a new cycle of activity in recent months. The star of our solar system has awakened and caused so-called “solar … [Read more…]
News exclusive By Alyssa Guzman Published December 22, 2023, 6:08 PM ET A British traveler saw a massive wave hit her Norwegian cruise ship minutes before all 299 passengers were ordered to hunker down in muster stations for hours as the boat battled 11-meter waves and gale-force winds. Catriona MacRae, 43, and father Ken, 79, … [Read more…]