As October draws to a close and we find ourselves with just two months left in 2024, one can’t help but ask: What makes this year so special? The answer lies in the remarkable convergence of democratic participation around the globe, with 65 elections scheduled across 54 countries — a unique occurrence that won’t happen…
Just days after rebranding itself, Facebook announced plans to delete a trove of the most worrisome data that the world’s biggest social network collected on more than a billion individuals. In a blog post Tuesday, Facebook’s newly named parent company Meta explained that it would close shop on its facial recognition systems and delete a massive collection…
Absa, one of South Africa’s largest banks and a pan-African lender, has officially launched facial recognition technology in its Android and iOS apps, which some users will need to utilize to authenticate certain transactions through facial scans. “Technology is leaping ahead faster than ever, and it’s up to us to ensure that you stay right…