US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in ChinaAn AP investigation reveals how American tech companies helped build China's surveillance state, enabling human rights abuses. U.S. firms s...
09 Sep, 2025, 09.59 PM IST
US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in ChinaAn investigation reveals that US tech firms helped build China's surveillance system. Companies sold technology to Chinese police and gover...
09 Sep, 2025, 07.15 PM IST
Trump channels Xi’s China surveillance playbook as ICE deploys facial recognition app to identify peopleThe Trump administration is expanding its surveillance capabilities by equipping ICE officers with 'Mobile Fortify,' a smartphone app for r...
27 Jun, 2025, 07.35 PM IST
Educational reforms must be paced, can't create fear among students: Union education minister Dharmendra PradhanUnion education minister Dharmendra Pradhan highlights the importance of educational reforms that do not instill fear in students, addressi...
18 Jan, 2025, 06.40 PM IST
Face-off in Britain over controversial surveillance techThe use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology -- which creates biometric facial signatures before instantaneously running them throug...
07 Jan, 2024, 09.25 AM IST
Taking the battle head-onTwitter, in its writ petition, said orders from the ministry of electronics & information technology (MeitY) were “overboard and arbitrary,...
09 Jul, 2022, 08.06 AM IST
No political protestor will have to share biometrics: Amit ShahReplying to the debate on the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022, Shah said that while framing rules the government would ensur...
07 Apr, 2022, 12.27 AM IST
Apple's new tool will scan iPhones for images of child sexual abuseThe tool, called 'neuralMatch', will scan images before they are uploaded to iCloud.
06 Aug, 2021, 09.10 AM IST
In Telangana, the eyes have it: How the state is redefining data-driven governanceWith nearly 64% of India's CCTV cameras, and facial recognition for traffic, law and order, pensions, and elections, Telangana is redefinin...
16 Mar, 2020, 02.08 PM IST
China-made phones, tablets tainted by coerced Uighur laborOver the past four years, the Chinese government has detained more than a million people from the far west Xinjiang region, most of them Ui...
05 Mar, 2020, 11.06 PM IST
Surveillance tech firms cash in as govt agencies have a look inCentral and state governments across the country have started using surveillance recognition technology to identify criminals, missing pers...
27 Jan, 2020, 08.00 AM IST
Armed drones, iris scanners: China's high-tech security gadgetsFacial-recognition screens analysing candid shots of conference attendees were scattered around the exhibition hall, while other vendors pa...
26 Oct, 2018, 12.12 PM IST
What I read this week: Can maximum ‘minimum wage’ hurt? Here’s the newest sunrise sectorThe Code on Wages Bill proposes a monthly minimum wage to be set across India.
20 Aug, 2017, 02.18 PM IST
A new high-tech way to catch a burglarCleary claimed, 1.5 million homes in the U.K. are Smartwater-equipped, including almost 500,000 in London; on average, in areas where its s...
26 Nov, 2016, 12.39 PM IST
What India can learn about dealing with Uber from these 5 countriesUber, the global cheerleader of the ride-sharing industry, is reportedly fighting over 170 legal cases, from the US to Canada, Germany to t...
28 Aug, 2016, 12.47 PM IST
Should Nandan Nilekani's Aadhaar project, for identity proof and welfare delivery, exist at all?“Aadhaar is pro-development & anti-corruption platform,” says Nilekani. “Pity some vested interests with narrow political motives are tryin...
04 Apr, 2014, 11.50 AM IST
UID: Are your biometric I-cards stacked against you?A large number of government departments and private companies are collecting biometric data. But there is little protection against misuse.
24 Jun, 2012, 01.34 PM IST