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Harvard students turn Meta's Ray-Ban Smart Glasses into a surveillance nightmare

Two Harvard students, Caine Ardayfio and AnhPhu Nguyen, say they have hacked a pair of Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses and installed facial recognition software, so that merely looking at someone's face will bring up their name, address, age, biography and any other information available on online databases.

Can your phone blow up? Remote device attacks in Lebanon stoke panic

Can your phone blow up? Remote device attacks in Lebanon stoke panic

This week’s attacks on Hezbollah pagers and radios have spread anxiety among Lebanese people, and a sense that no electronic device is safe. Amid some confusion over how the explosions were triggered, you might be wondering whether you can trust the phone in your pocket, or the headphones on your…

Polaris Dawn mission: Valuable space race progress or vanity project?

Polaris Dawn mission: Valuable space race progress or vanity project?

The most ambitious mission yet in the billionaire space race saw Jared Isaacman become the first non-professional astronaut to walk in space on Thursday, in partnership with Elon Musk's SpaceX. The Polaris Dawn mission has been welcomed by the aerospace community for pushing the boundaries of 21st-century spaceflight, but dismissed…

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AI and data sideline referees at Euro 2024 football tournament

At Euro 2024 in Germany, referees are souped up with data and artificial intelligence, players' bodies are scrutinised to within a square inch by a grid of cameras, and even the ball has been fitted with a special sensor. In this edition of Tech 24, Peter O'Brien explains why football…

AI and democracy: So far, so harmless?

In the UK's general election, Steve is running to be MP for Brighton. In Wyoming in the United States, Vic is running to be mayor. Both of them are not in fact human, but created by artificial intelligence. On this week's Tech 24, we interview AI Steve to find out…

Chips, cars and cognac: What's on the menu for Xi's Europe visit

On Sunday, Chinese President Xi Jinping will come to Europe for the first time in five years, staying in France until Tuesday. Aside from the Ukraine war, technology – computer chips and green tech in particular – could be the most important talking point on the agenda. FRANCE 24's Peter…

Binance executive appears in Nigerian court on financial crimes charges

Legal proceedings began in the Nigerian capital Abuja on Thursday, targeting the cryptocurrency exchange Binance and two of its executives on charges of money laundering and tax evasion. Tigran Gambaryan, a US citizen and Binance's head of financial crimes compliance, appeared alone in court after Nadeem Anjarwalla, a British-Kenyan and…

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Signal hits back at French government ban on popular messaging apps

Signal hits back at French government ban on popular messaging apps

Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation, says a leaked French government memo risked undermining public trust in cybersecurity protocols, after it was revealed that Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne had ordered cabinet members and their staff to delete popular messaging apps like Signal and WhatsApp.

Effective altruism: From the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried to the rise of AI safety

Effective altruism: From the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried to the rise of AI safety

You may not have heard of it, but the social movement called "effective altruism" continues to influence public discourse around artificial intelligence, despite the fall from grace of the movement's highest-profile figure and one of its biggest donors: disgraced "crypto king" Sam Bankman-Fried. We take a closer look in this…

EU investigates Musk's X, as harmful content surges from Israel-Hamas war

EU investigates Musk's X, as harmful content surges from Israel-Hamas war

The European Commission has opened an investigation into X, Elon Musk's social media platform formerly known as Twitter. The move comes after Brussels ordered X, as well as rivals Meta and TikTok, to act quickly to tackle the spread of disinformation, which has surged on each of these platforms since…

Regulators eyeball Worldcoin, Sam Altman's biometric crypto project

Regulators eyeball Worldcoin, Sam Altman's biometric crypto project

Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has made waves this summer, enjoying millions of signups and raising $115 million, while other crypto startups struggle. But it's come under intense regulatory scrutiny, not least in France and Germany, over privacy concerns. We take a closer look in…

Europol denies claim that cybercrime website Genesis Market is still online

Europol denies claim that cybercrime website Genesis Market is still online

The Europol law enforcement agency has told FRANCE 24 that the "whole infrastructure" of popular cybercrime website Genesis Market has been taken down by an international police consortium, after claims it was still active on the dark web. We take a closer look in this edition of Tech 24.

AI open letter authors: 'We want people to share our level of uncertainty'

AI open letter authors: 'We want people to share our level of uncertainty'

The authors of an open letter advocating a "pause" in the development of advanced artificial intelligence have urged researchers to back their call, after coming under fire for alarmism. In this edition of Tech 24, we speak to Mark Brakel from the Future of Life Institute think tank, which penned…

One year on, Russian military tech has proved weaker than expected in Ukraine

One year on, Russian military tech has proved weaker than expected in Ukraine

This week's edition of Tech 24 asks the question: one year after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, who's winning the war on the technology front? With a supply of modern equipment from its allies, and an unflinching morale among its population, Ukraine has stood up to Russia, which before the…

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Moderation à la Modi: Indian government's crackdown on BBC documentary backfires

The Indian federal government's attempt to suppress a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's role during the deadly 2002 anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat has backfired. Activists have been organising screenings across the country, and many people are continuing to share clips on platforms other than Twitter and YouTube. In…

Bloodbath of layoffs in tech sector continues into 2023

Amazon and Salesforce are the latest big names to slash thousands of jobs, joining over a thousand more tech companies to have axed employees since the start of last year. On this week's Tech 24, we take a look at the reasons behind the layoffs, and at what employees in…

Artificial intelligence: A great help or simply great hype?

This week's Tech 24 is a special edition from the south of France, where the World AI Cannes Festival is taking place. Almost every sector is abuzz with talk of AI, and investment in the technology is through the roof. But will it change the world completely? Or will it…

Russian invasion of Ukraine: Telegram finds itself on frontline of information war

Telegram reached 500 million users last year, many of them in Russia and Ukraine. Since Russia invaded its neighbour, Telegram has topped app store charts worldwide, as people try to get to the heart of what's happening and as Ukrainian civilians maintain vital lines of communication. Telegram likes to tout…

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I spy: Masses flock to open-source intelligence for news about war in Ukraine

Open-source intelligence (or OSINT) has grown up. Digging up the truth about criminals, conflicts and cartels using only what's available online used to be the obscure realm of hobbyists. Now with the war in Ukraine, OSINT enthusiasts and professionals alike have been thrust into the spotlight and hundreds of thousands…

Russia's military: Once unwieldy and dated, now streamlined and lethal

In this edition of Tech 24, we compare the two militaries of Russia and Ukraine, as fears of an invasion remain high. It's no surprise that the Russian arsenal far outstrips Ukraine's in terms of numbers, but Moscow has also come a long way in modernising its weaponry and support…

Brands, celebrities jump on NFT bandwagon despite growing backlash

The hype around NFTs is reaching critical mass, with more and more companies and public figures joining the frenzy each day. In this edition of Tech 24, we explore why this might be the case, despite the technology itself being almost eight years old – the first NFT was created…

Zuckerberg supercharges metaverse plans with world's fastest AI supercomputer

On this week's Tech 24 show, we bring you the the latest on the metaverse, the enhanced version of reality that Meta (formerly Facebook) founder Mark Zuckerburg is staking his legacy on. Meta's AI Research SuperCluster was announced this week. When it comes to completion in July, it could be…

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