T-Mobile has agreed to settle a class action suit over the 2021 data breach which saw millions of customers’ sensitive information exposed. T-Mobile has agreed to pay $350 million to fund claims submitted by class members, as well as spending another $150 million on data security and other related technology in 2022 and 2023. According […] The post T-Mobile reaches $500M settlement in data breach first appeared on Innovatech News ..read more

We all know that dating can be tricky, but a company called The Code wants to change that. The Code’s patented technology uses facial recognition, biometrics, and AI to curate and suggest potential matches. The technology aims to be able to predict physical attraction.  The company owns intellectual property related to the use of anthropology, […] The post The Code dating app uses AI and facial recognition to predict physical attraction first appeared on Innovatech News ..read more

https://www.innovatechnews.com/2019/07/18/ftc-approves-fine-of-5-billion-against-facebook-over-cambridge-analytica-privacy-violations/ The post Amazon to acquire primary-care provider One Medical for $3.9 billion first appeared on Innovatech News ..read more

The US social-media giants have seen more than $130 billion wiped off their stock-market values on Friday. The post Snap shares slump more than 25% first appeared on Innovatech News ..read more

Elon Musk has threatened to walk away from the purchase of Twitter. On Monday, he openly accused the social media company of breaching the merger agreement after they had failed to provide the data on spam and fake accounts that he had requested.  In a letter to Twitter’s head of legal, policy, and trust, Vijaya […] The post Elon Musk Theatens to Abandon Twitter Takeover first appeared on Innovatech News ..read more

NASA and SpaceX successfully launched astronauts into space following a delay on Saturday May 30, 2020 after the initial launch was postponed due to bad weather. The historic mission marks the first time humans have been sent into space from U.S. soil in almost a decade and is the beginning of a new era in ..read more

IBM CEO, Arvind Krishna, has announced that the company will end all its facial recognition business following criticism over privacy concerns and racial bias. Even with the advances that have been made in recent years, the technology still demonstrates bias. This has been attributed to, in part, private companies with little regulation or federal oversight ..read more

The last few months have seen an unprecedented increase in cybersecurity attacks, both on companies and individuals, so if you don’t already have effective security protection on your computers and devices, now is the time to get it. While it can be difficult to know which products and packages are going to offer the best ..read more

28 million devices in Sub-Saharan Africa, or 2.7% of total connections, will be connected to the 5G network by 2025 according to Akinwale Goodluck, Head of Sub-Saharan Africa at GSMA during a Huawei online interview. According to Akinwale Goodluck, “we will see little 5G hotspots in countries like South Africa. I know that some operators ..read more

A survey of 1,200 adults, taken between February 27 and March 5, from across the United States and conducted by the Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE) has found that “nearly three in four Americans say autonomous vehicles are not ready for primetime.” In addition, 48% say they would never get in a self-driving taxi ..read more