Billionaire used facial recognition app Clearview AI to identify his daughter’s date

A billionaire supermarket tycoon used the creepy facial recognition app Clearview AI to investigate his daughter’s date as she dined in a Manhattan restaurant. Gristedes Food CEO John Catsimatidis, 71, spotted his daughter, Andrea, on a date with an unfamiliar man while dining at Cipriani Downtown, an Italian restaurant in the SoHo neighbourhood of Lower … Read more

Billionaire used facial recognition app Clearview AI to get intel on his daughter’s date

A billionaire supermarket tycoon used the creepy facial recognition app Clearview AI to investigate his daughter’s date as she dined in a Manhattan restaurant. Gristedes Food CEO John Catsimatidis, 71, spotted his daughter, Andrea, on a date with an unfamiliar man while dining at Cipriani Downtown, an Italian restaurant in the SoHo neighbourhood of Lower … Read more

Spotify tests voice activation feature that lets users control the app hands-free with one command

Hey, Spotify: music streaming giant tests new voice activation feature that lets users control the app hands-free Spotify is testing a ‘Hey Spotify’ feature that enables voice commands A test suggests the feature can only be used when the app is open  It could pave the way for greater voice-activation in the future  By James … Read more

Walgreens app ‘error’ lets customers view other peoples’ prescriptions, names and shipping addresses

Walgreens ‘error’ lets customers view other peoples’ prescriptions, names and shipping addresses in the app Walgreens says a bug in its official mobile app may have exposed sensitive data  The error leaked information in the app, allowing other users to view it The data included names, prescription details, store numbers and addresses The issues occurred … Read more

Stock app Robinhood apologizes after 17 HOUR outage on biggest single-day market surge since 2009

Stock trading app Robinhood apologizes after platform goes down for 17 HOURS during biggest single-day market surge since 2009 as disgruntled users threaten to file a class-action lawsuit Robinhood is taking heat after an outage with its app that lasted 17 hours The outage came just as markets surged after taking a hit last week Users … Read more

West Virginia will NOT use controversial voting app Voatz during primary elections

West Virginia has announced it will not be using the voting app Voatz app after researchers found it is ‘riddled with vulnerabilities’. The US state employed the technology in 2018 to troops oversease and was also set to implement it in the upcoming primary elections for residents with disabilities  However, the flaws, uncovered earlier this … Read more

Married At First Sight: Vanessa Romito begs fans to stop using her Instagram as a ‘dating app’

‘I’ve got a boyfriend, I’m very happy’: Married At First Sight star Vanessa Romito begs fans to stop treating her Instagram account as a ‘dating app’ By Jessamy Tredinnick For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:15 GMT, 3 March 2020 | Updated: 14:15 GMT, 3 March 2020 She left Married At First Sight last week after … Read more

Smartphone app accurately predicts if pregnant women are at risk of giving birth prematurely

A smartphone app that accurately predicts if pregnant women are at risk of giving birth prematurely could save lives, the British inventors say.   QUiPP v2 helps doctors quickly calculate the likelihood of an early delivery on a scale of zero to 100. This score is based on a number of clinical symptoms, the woman’s childbirth … Read more

‘Smart diet’ app helps slimmers lose a stone in 12 weeks

A new ‘smart diet’ which uses a mobile app and wearable trackers could help slimmers lose a stone in just three months, research suggests. The study of 10,000 people suggests the weight loss regime, known as ‘Second Nature’, could be far more successful than traditional slimming groups. Users receive a pedometer and ‘smart scales’, which … Read more