James Farrell, Author at SiliconANGLE

Emerging Tech

Amazon’s facial recognition software mistook members of Congress for criminals

By James Farrell Jul 26, 2018

Amazon.com Inc.’s controversial face recognition technology, “Rekognition,” heralds to some a dystopian future of omnipresent surveillance, and recent tests of the product have made skeptics even more worried. Those tests were conducted by the…

Policy

Tech execs will return to Capitol Hill for another grilling over Russia

By James Farrell Jul 25, 2018

Tech executives from Google LLC, Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. are expected to return to Capitol Hill to face a Senate Intelligence Committee over Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. According to reports,…

Policy

In leaked memo, Alex Stamos talks about how Facebook should proceed after scandals

By James Farrell Jul 25, 2018

Just a few days after Facebook Inc. Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos revealed he was leaving the company, he sent a candid memo to employees entreating them to act responsibly and morally. The memo,…

Emerging Tech

Google’s Nest wants to make life easier for the aged

By James Farrell Jul 23, 2018

Nest Labs, the Google LLC-owned home automation division of the company, is reportedly looking at getting into a new market: senior citizens. CNBC wrote Google’s intention is to develop products that will help seniors live…

Apps

Amazon rolls out Part Finder to help find nuts and bolts and more

By James Farrell Jul 19, 2018

Amazon.com Inc. has rolled out what could be a very useful feature, an app for iOS that will help you find the right nut, bolt, washer or screw you’re looking for. It’s called “Part…

Policy

Mark Zuckerberg appears to defend Holocaust deniers on Facebook, then backtracks

By James Farrell Jul 19, 2018

When Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg sat down with Recode’s Kara Swisher for an interview published Wednesday, he discussed the issues in which he has been embroiled over the past year or so, from…

Apps

Undercover investigation reveals Facebook isn’t moderating itself nearly as well as it should

By James Farrell Jul 18, 2018

An investigative documentary called “Inside Facebook: Secrets of the Social Network” has revealed that the site allows images of child abuse, hate speech, graphics violence and racist content to stay on the platform in…

Apps

Amazon Prime Day gets off to a rough start

By James Farrell Jul 16, 2018

Amazon.com Inc.’s 36-hour shopping bonanza Prime Day got off to a shaky start on Monday, with shoppers complaining of outages on the site along with other glitches. Some of the reported issues were users getting…

Policy

German court rules parents of deceased daughter can access her Facebook

By James Farrell Jul 15, 2018

In a landmark case, a German court ruled Thursday that the parents of a dead girl can legally have access to her Facebook account and private messages. Judge Ulrich Herrmann at the country’s highest…

Apps

If you just lost lots of your Twitter followers, you’re not alone

By James Farrell Jul 12, 2018

As part of Twitter Inc.’s ongoing initiative to make its platform safer and less plagued by bots, the company has now started to remove all locked accounts from follower lists. Accounts that were locked,…

James Farrell

Amazon’s facial recognition software mistook members of Congress for criminals

Tech execs will return to Capitol Hill for another grilling over Russia

In leaked memo, Alex Stamos talks about how Facebook should proceed after scandals

Google’s Nest wants to make life easier for the aged

Amazon rolls out Part Finder to help find nuts and bolts and more

Mark Zuckerberg appears to defend Holocaust deniers on Facebook, then backtracks

Amazon Prime Day gets off to a rough start

German court rules parents of deceased daughter can access her Facebook

If you just lost lots of your Twitter followers, you’re not alone

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