Facial recognition website PimEyes searches 900M photos to find people online with scary accuracy 

Despite the controversy surrounding Polish-based facial recognition software PimEyes, an extensive test of the search engine shows that it has trouble identifying ordinary people.   Of the more than 25 searches performed by DailyMail.com, the AI-powered system had varying levels of trouble with 70 percent of photos, including rotated images or those that are slightly blurred. … Read more

Facial recognition website PimEyes searches 900M photos to find people online with scary accuracy 

Despite the controversy surrounding Polish-based facial recognition software PimEyes, an extensive test of the search engine shows that it has trouble identifying ordinary people.   Of the more than 25 searches performed by DailyMail.com, the AI-powered system had varying levels of trouble with 70 percent of photos, including rotated images or those that are slightly blurred. … Read more

Brighton teacher falls for Bitcoin scam after fake BBC News website promised Elon Musk giveaway

A teacher lost £9,000 that she had hoped to use as a house deposit after falling victim to a Bitcoin scam that promised Elon Musk would ‘double her investment’. Julie Bushnell, from Farnborough in Hampshire, lost thousands of pounds after visiting a fake BBC News website that said the billionaire was having a Bitcoin ‘giveaway’. The … Read more

Flaw exposed on NHS Covid jab website that allows users to work out another person’s vaccine status

An apparent flaw has been uncovered on the coronavirus vaccine booking website that allows anyone to work out another person’s status using basic personal information.  The service for England requires an individual’s NHS number or simply their name, date of birth and postcode to arrange an appointment.  Using such simple details, the responses on the … Read more

Biden repeatedly says ‘vaccine.gum’ when promoting new shot website 

President Joe Biden flubbed the name of the website set up to encourage and educate the public on getting inoculated against COVID-19, calling it ‘vaccine.gum’ instead of vaccine.gov and urging Americans to follow the advice of the ‘CCD.’  ‘We’re going to make it easier than ever to get vaccinated. Visit vaccines.gum – .gov, vaccines.gum – … Read more

Biden repeatedly says ‘vaccine.gum’ when promoting new shot website 

President Joe Biden flubbed the name of the website set up to encourage and educate the public on getting inoculated against COVID-19, calling it ‘vaccine.gum’ instead of vaccine.gov and urging Americans to follow the advice of the ‘CCD.’  ‘We’re going to make it easier than ever to get vaccinated. Visit vaccines.gum – .gov, vaccines.gum – … Read more

Line Of Duty: BBC website accidentally posts MAJOR spoiler

Season six of Line Of Duty has left fans with more questions than answers, with viewers flocking to Twitter to question what exactly is DCI Jo Davidson is up to, whether Kate Fleming has really left AC-12 and who is H? Here, MailOnline examines some of the most prominent fan theories   Kate Fleming HASN’T left … Read more

Line Of Duty: BBC website accidentally posts MAJOR spoiler

Season six of Line Of Duty has left fans with more questions than answers, with viewers flocking to Twitter to question what exactly is DCI Jo Davidson is up to, whether Kate Fleming has really left AC-12 and who is H? Here, MailOnline examines some of the most prominent fan theories   Kate Fleming HASN’T left … Read more

Proof Google makes it easy for crooks: We set up scam website for £95

Don’t let your money go to waste! Interest rates are at record lows, it’s definitely best to invest.’ So says the website best2invest.co.uk. For those with extra cash languishing in savings accounts, it’s sound advice, so far. But it goes on. ‘We will find the top-performing bonds that show a return of up to 9.5 … Read more

Website reveals if you’re a Chrome user selected to trial a controversial new ad system

A useful website has been created, called ‘Am I FLoCed?’, which lets Google Chrome users know if they are one of the 0.5 per cent of people auto-enrolled in the so-called ‘origin trial’ of a new advertising technology which may eventually replace cookies.  Google recently announced it was ditching the highly-invasive and controversial  third-party cookies … Read more