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Amazon offers US$10 to Prime Day shoppers who hand over their data
Posted by , 16-07-2019(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has a promotion for U.S. shoppers on Prime Day, the 48-hour marketing blitz that started Monday: Earn $10 of credit if you let Amazon track the websites you visit. The deal...
Auditor-General highlights weak IT controls, lapses in management of contracts and grants for social programmes
Posted by , 16-07-2019SINGAPORE: Several ministries and government agencies have been flagged by the Auditor-General for lapses in three areas - IT controls, contract management and the management of s...
Google Home Silently Captures Recordings of Domestic Violence and More
Posted by , 16-07-2019Google is under fire after a report found that Google Home and Google Assistant records user audio, even when no wake-up word is used. Google Home smart speakers and the Google Assistant virtua...
Public service to roll out 13 measures to protect citizens' personal data following data breaches
Posted by , 01-01-1970SINGAPORE - The entire public service will have to conform to a common framework to safeguard citizens' personal data, beginning with 13 new measures developed after a spate of breaches in the pa...
Conversations on voice-activated devices are reviewed for software improvement: Google
Posted by , 12-07-2019SINGAPORE - People hired by Google have been listening to snippets of conversations users have with their voice-activated Google devices, like Google Home, but the tech giant has clarified these snipp...
25 Million Android Phones Infected With Malware That ‘Hides In WhatsApp’
Posted by , 12-07-2019As many as 25 million Android phones have been hit with malware that replaces installed apps like WhatsApp with evil versions that serve up adverts, cybersecurity researchers warned Wednesday. Dubbed...