In an effort to cleanse its image, Facebook drops facial recognition

On November 2,2021, Facebook’s VP of Artificial Intelligence Jerome Pesenti announced in a post that Facebook will be dropping the facial recognition feature. For many years, Facebook users were automatically recognized on pictures posted by other users and would also instantly recommend the person while tagging.  Pesenti however announced that Meta (Facebook’s now parent company) […]

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Ukrainian police arrest gang for money laundering for Russian hackers

In a press release published on Monday, the national police of Ukraine declared the detentions of various individuals across the country for stealing funds from crypto wallets and also laundering money for Russian hackers. The investigation was conducted in coordination with US authorities. Even though the number of individuals arrested is not immediately known, authorities […]

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