Month: November 2017

Large companies in NL giving Facebook personal client data freely

Posted on by Robin Edgar

The companies asked by the consumer protection authority are de ANWB, Nuon en Oxfam Novib. De Bijenkorf stopte hier al eerder mee. Essent heeft toegezegd binnenkort te stoppen en KLM en Transavia heroverwegen hun aanpak. De Bankgiroloterij, FBTO, KPN/Telfort, Postcodeloterij, Vakantieveilingen, Vriendenloterij en de Persgroep blijven gewoon doorgaan. Van Heerlijk.nl, HelloFresh en Hotels.nl To be Read more about Large companies in NL giving Facebook personal client data freely[…]

BMWs from between 2006-2011 at fire risk, recalled in the US

Posted on by Robin Edgar

One recall covers 670,000 2006-2011 U.S. 3-Series vehicles to address a wiring issue for heating and air conditioning systems that may overheat and could increase the risk of a fire. The second recall covers 740,000 U.S. 2007-2011 vehicles with a valve heater that could rust and lead to a fire in rare cases. The recall Read more about BMWs from between 2006-2011 at fire risk, recalled in the US[…]

Yes, Google is reading your corporate documents and you agreed to it.

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Many people worried that Google was scanning users’ documents in real time to determine if they’re being mean or somehow bad. You actually agree to such oversight in Google G Suite’s terms of service. Those terms include include personal conduct stipulations and copyright protection, as well as adhering to “program policies.” Who knows what made the Read more about Yes, Google is reading your corporate documents and you agreed to it.[…]

Mozilla Wants to Distrust Dutch HTTPS Provider Because of Local Dystopian Law (Sleepnetwet)

Posted on by Robin Edgar

If the plan is approved, Firefox will not trust certificates issued by the Staat der Nederlanden (State of the Netherlands) Certificate  Authority (CA). This CA is operated by PKIOverheid/Logius, a division of the Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations, which is the same ministry that oversees the AIVD intelligence service. New law givers Dutch govt Read more about Mozilla Wants to Distrust Dutch HTTPS Provider Because of Local Dystopian Law (Sleepnetwet)[…]

Cross-Cultural Study on Recognition of Emoticon’s shows that different cultures see emojis differently

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Emoticons are getting more popular as the new communication channel to express feelings in online communication. Although familiarity to emoticons depends on cultures, how exposure matters in emotion recognition from emoticon is still open. To address this issue, we conducted a cross-cultural experimental study among Cameroon and Tanzania (hunter-gatherers, swidden farmers, pastoralists, and city dwellers) Read more about Cross-Cultural Study on Recognition of Emoticon’s shows that different cultures see emojis differently[…]

39 episodes of ‘CSI’ used to build AI’s natural language model

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group of University of Edinburgh boffins have turned CSI:Crime Scene Investigation scripts into a natural language training dataset.Their aim is to improve how bots understand what’s said to them – natural language understanding.Drawing on 39 episodes from the first five seasons of the series, Lea Freeman, Shay Cohen and Mirella Lapata have broken the scripts Read more about 39 episodes of ‘CSI’ used to build AI’s natural language model[…]