UK government irate at Twitter’s surveillance API crackdown

 The UK government has criticized Twitter for restricting police and intelligence agency access to data which…

Europe passes last hurdle to end mobile roaming fees on June 15

 The European Council yesterday adopted the legal act that limits how much mobile operators can charge…

FaceApp apologizes for building a racist AI

 If only all algorithmic bias were as easy to spot as this: FaceApp, a photo-editing app…

Lyrebird is a voice mimic for the fake news era

 A Montreal-based AI startup called Lyrebird has taken the wraps off a voice imitation algorithm that…

Dave wants to save you from expensive overdraft fees

 Meet Dave: an AI dressed up in a bearsuit that’s just launched to save you from…

AI report fed by DeepMind, Amazon, Uber urges greater access to public sector datasets

 What are tech titans Google, Amazon and Uber agitating for to further the march of machine…

Books and roses

 Anyone who thinks paper books are dead has never been in a Barcelona bookshop the day…

Form an orderly queue! Google wants your blood (and other bodily fluids). Oh and your medical records

 Alphabet’s (Google’s) life sciences division Verily has launched its public pitch for a massive, multi-year health…