[ad_1] The drone inspections could alleviate staff shortages at NYC’s building department while saving money. More importantly, they could save lives. The council proposal comes days after falling debris from a fined building killed architect Erica Tishman while she was walking below. Ideally, this would have helped pinpoint and fix the problem. There’s one problem: […]
Category: law
Three people sentenced for running $100 million malware crime network
[ad_1] The network operated for years, using GozNym to compromise over 41,000 computers and swipe money from targets’ bank accounts. It started falling apart when Nikolov was caught and extradited to the US in December 2016, although he didn’t plead guilty until April 2019. The FBI said these sentences showed that it wouldn’t let online […]
San Francisco loosens facial recognition ban to allow newer iPhones
[ad_1] The change is mirrored in smaller towns. Wired noted that Brookline, Massachussetts recently passed a ban that exempted personal devices, while the Bay Area town of Alameda is considering similar legislation. These loosened rules recognize a common problem: it’s difficult to completely avoid facial recognition technology in the modern era. While you don’t always […]
Congress is raising the minimum smoking and vaping age to 21
[ad_1] President Trump said last month that the administration planned to raise the minimum vaping age to “21 or so,” so this isn’t entirely unexpected. While the current legal smoking at is 18, it is already higher in almost half of all states, BuzzFeed notes. The change comes as teen vaping rates continue to increase. […]
Court says data swept up by the NSA is protected by the Fourth Amendment
[ad_1] Government attorneys had argued that the Constitution didn’t address the use of private email and phone call data. The US had charged Hasbajrami in 2011 with providing material support to a terrorist group in Pakistan, and the suspect initially pleaded guilty to one of the charges after his counsel told him that there were […]
SEC charges IT administrator over $7 million insider trading ring
[ad_1] Palo Alto terminated Nellore earlier in 2019, and he was apparently bent on fleeing. He booked a one-way flight to India shortly after the FBI interviewed him in May, and he was arrested at the airport. All of the group faces fraud charges from the SEC, while Nellore and one of his friends, Sivannarayana […]
Two men plead guilty to running large illegal streaming sites
[ad_1] Polo and Villarino will receive their sentences on March 13th and March 20th, respectively. The saga won’t be over for a while. The remaining six people charged over alleged roles in ISIA and Jetflicks will go to trial on February 3rd. However, it’s safe to say that the guilty pleas made it that much […]
Australia rolls out AI cameras to spot drivers using their phones
[ad_1] The first three months of the initiative will let first-infraction drivers get away with a warning. After that, however, it gets expensive. They’ll receive a $344 AUD ($233 US) fine and five demerit points in typical cases, with those figures climbing to $457 AUD ($309 US) for school zone violations and 10 demerit points […]
Apple will take a ‘deeper look’ at disputed borders in Maps
[ad_1] “We review international law as well as relevant US and other domestic laws before making a determination in labeling on our Maps and make changes if required by law,” the spokeswoman said. There’s no doubt that Apple had fought the Russian requirement. It spent several months negotiating with Russia in hopes of finding a […]
Pennsylvania court rules suspect can’t be forced to provide his password
[ad_1] Justice Debra Todd noted that revealing a password is testimonial as it’s a “verbal communication” that reveals your mind, not just a physical act like providing a blood sample. It also pointed to federal Supreme Court precedent where people couldn’t be forced to reveal the combination to a wall safe — in both cases, […]