Insecure Robot Vacuums From Chinese Company Deebot Collect Photos and Audio to Train Their AI

Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 shared this report from Australia’s public broadcaster ABC:

Ecovacs robot vacuums, which have been found to suffer from critical cybersecurity flaws, are collecting photos, videos and voice recordings — taken i… Continue reading Insecure Robot Vacuums From Chinese Company Deebot Collect Photos and Audio to Train Their AI

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Hackaday Links: October 6, 2024

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Remember that time a giant cylindrical aquarium in a Berlin hotel bar catastrophically failed and left thousands of fish homeless? We sure do, and further recall that at the time, …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: October 6, 2024

Can Amazon Spread Its Cashierless ‘Just Walk Out’ Technology to Other Stores?

Amazon launched “cashierless checkout” stores In 2018, reports CNBC — but by 2020 it was licensing the “Just Walk Out” technology to other stores in airports, hospitals, and stadiums.

In April, Amazon announced it was removing cashierless check… Continue reading Can Amazon Spread Its Cashierless ‘Just Walk Out’ Technology to Other Stores?

UK Post Office Executive Suspended Over Allegations of Destroying Software Scandal Evidence

The British Post Office scandal “was first exposed by Computer Weekly in 2009, revealing the stories of seven subpostmasters and the problems they suffered due to Horizon accounting software,” remembers Computer Weekly, “which led to the most widesprea… Continue reading UK Post Office Executive Suspended Over Allegations of Destroying Software Scandal Evidence

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