China’s Social Credit System

A major priority of the protest movement that has consumed Hong Kong for the past three and a half months has been to thwart the surveillance apparatus that's virtually everywhere. Demonstrators have felled camera poles with chainsaws, spray-painted security …

Citizens in China must have their faces scanned to have the internet installedThe rule is part of Chinas social credit system and will take effect on Dec. 1Authority claimed the move could help improve the nations internet security

China has stepped up its internet censorship by demanding its citizens pass a facial-recognition test to be able to use web services. People who want to have the internet installed at home or on their phones must have their faces scanned by the Chinese autho…

My 23-year-old daughter recently passed her driving test (first time, too!). She had the usual difficulties young people in Ireland have with getting insured. After being quoted some astronomical premiums, she chose a company that put an electronic spy in her…

Researchers in China have developed an ultra-powerful camera capable of identifying a single person among stadium crowds of tens of thousands of people. The 500-megapixel camera was developed by scientists at Fudan University, in conjunction with Changchun I…

China has stepped up its internet censorship by demanding its citizens pass a facial-recognition test to be able to use web services. People who want to have the internet installed at home or on their phones must have their faces scanned by the Chinese autho…

Artificial intelligence is being increasingly used to classify employees, and there's a growing fear ... it might be used to classify people in other respects. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) 2017 Getty Images Recommending content, powering chatbo…

The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity Amy Webb PublicAffairs 320 pages ISBN: 978-1-5417-2441-9 £13.99 In her more paranoid books, Agatha Christie imagined that the world was being secretly and deliberately destabil…

President Donald Trump issued is congratulations to Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Chinese people on the 70th anniversary of Communist rule, acknowledging a government he has accused of ripping off the United States.  The president's congratulations ca…

Bloomberg defended Chinas ruling communist regime citing its handling of pollution and environmental policy, claiming that it is responding to the needs of citizens. The billionaires comments come amid months of violent protest in Hong Kong and international …