Portland’s city council bans govt and corporate use of facial recognition technology

Portland has voted for the first ever ban on facial recognition in the United States in private entities, including restaurants and retail stores, as well as in public places in the city. Portland’s city council voted to ban local government bureaus from acquiring or using facial recognition surveillance technology. Other U.S. cities which have previously…

Oracle held preliminary talks to acquire TikTok’s operations in the U.S., Australia, Canada, and New Zealand

According to sources briefed on the matter at hand, Oracle Corp has had preliminary talks with ByteDance, TikTok’s owner, and was seriously considering purchasing the app’s operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Earlier this month, Twitter Inc had expressed an interest to acquire TikTok’s U.S. operation and had approached ByteDance for…

U.S. Administration fires warning shot in trade action against theft of U.S. intellectual property by China

Although the U.S. action could result in a tit-for-tat trade war, its biggest impact would be the breakdown of supply chain of multinational giants, including Apple Inc and General Motors Co. The presidential memorandum signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, which targets up to $60 billion in Chinese goods, is the start of a long…