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D-ID, the Israeli company that digitally de-identifies faces in videos and still images, raises $13 million
If only Facebook had been using the kind of technology that TechCrunch Startup Battlefield alumnus D-ID was pitching, it could have avoided exposing all
Mount Sinai deploys Google Nest cameras for COVID-19 patient monitoring and communication
The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a lot of activity around remote care, but a new project by Mount Sinai hospital, working in
LabCorp slapped with shareholder suit over data breaches
A LabCorp shareholder has filed a lawsuit against the laboratory giant, accusing its board of concealing details of two data breaches that affected millions of
Hackers publish ExecuPharm internal data after ransomware attack
U.S. pharmaceutical giant ExecuPharm has become the latest victim of data-stealing ransomware. ExecuPharm said in a letter to the Vermont attorney general’s office that
Hundreds of academics back privacy-friendly coronavirus contact tracing apps
Hundreds of academics across the world have welcomed efforts to introduce privacy-friendly contact tracing systems to help understand the spread of coronavirus. A letter,
Cognizant confirms Maze ransomware attack, says customers face disruption
Cognizant, one of the largest tech and consulting companies in the Fortune 500, has confirmed it was hit by a ransomware attack. Details remain
New MIT machine learning model shows relaxing quarantine rules will spike COVID-19 cases
MIT has developed a new model of the spread of COVID-19 infection, based on publicly available data, combined with established epidemiological equations about outbreaks,
A payments provider for paying court fines and utility bills exposed years of transactions
A payments processor used by local governments to collect court fines and utility bill payments from residents across Arkansas and Oklahoma mistakenly left a
Marriott says 5.2 million guest records stolen in another data breach
Marriott has confirmed a second data breach in three years — this time involving the personal information on 5.2 million guests. The hotel giant