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This tool could protect your photos from facial recognition

Kashmir Hill, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 04 03:49 AM

In recent years, companies have been prowling the web for public photos associated with people’s names that they can use to build enormous databases of faces and improve their facial-recognition systems, adding to a growing sense that personal privacy is being lost, bit by digital bit.   Read more »

A case of late registration? Total deaths in PH in first half 2020 decline year-on-year

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News and ABS-CBN Data Analytics Team
Updated as of Aug 01 01:29 AM

In the time of a coronavirus pandemic and community quarantines, registered deaths in the Philippines declined year-on-year in the first half of 2020, based on Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data. The PSA expects more late registered deaths to come in as the year progresses. Read more »

ALAMIN: Bakit sumirit sa 38,000 ang mga 'gumaling' sa COVID-19 noong Huwebes?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 31 09:24 PM

Marami ang nagtaka at kinuwestiyon ang DOH dahil nagbago daw ito ng panuntunan.  Read more »

COVID-19 data dive: Victories and alarm bells

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 03:41 AM

The government continues to insist it is winning the fight against COVID-19. It has cited the death rate and the positivity rate as its basis. The ABS-CBN Data Analytics Team finds the data isn’t exactly in their favor.    Read more »

Smart 'super-fast' 5G goes 'live' as commercial service on July 30: PLDT

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 29 10:06 PM

PLDT Inc said Wednesday the 5G mobile phone network of its unit Smart Communications would go "live as a commercial service" on July 30.    Read more »

DOH to Robredo: No intention to mislead with data

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 06:23 PM

The Department of Health on Tuesday said it did not mean to mislead anyone, as it responded to Vice President Leni Robredo's query about a dubious graphic released to the public.  Read more »

Baguio police tracking down source of COVID-19 patients’ info leak

Michelle Soriano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 05:39 PM

Names of some COVID-19 patients in Baguio spread on social media last week, causing some residents to question the safeguards of authority’s contact-tracing efforts.  Read more »

Hoping to understand the virus, everyone is parsing a mountain of data

Julie Bosman, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 28 02:47 AM

The latest count of new coronavirus cases was jarring: Some 1,500 virus cases were identified three consecutive days last week in Illinois, and fears of a resurgence in the state even led the mayor of Chicago to shut down bars all over town Friday.   Read more »

Pagpatag ng COVID-19 curve sa Hulyo, Agosto malabo: eksperto

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 17 02:13 PM

MAYNILA - Malabo pang pumatag ang coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) curve ng bansa pagdating ng Hulyo o kaya Agosto, ayon sa isang eksperto.    Read more »

Top US aide expects tough action on TikTok, WeChat

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 13 11:41 AM

White House trade advisor Peter Navarro said Sunday he expected President Donald Trump to act firmly against the TikTok and WeChat applications, amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing.  Read more »

COVID-19 cases sa Pilipinas puwedeng umabot sa 100,000 sa Agosto: UP experts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 07 07:18 PM

Sabi sa Teleradyo ni Guido David, miyembro ng University of the Philippines OCTA research group, pataas ang kaso ng COVID-19 sa bansa magmula nang mag-general community quarantine sa maraming lugar. Read more »

Back to work? Not without a check-in app, immunity passport

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jul 06 09:25 AM

To go anywhere in Singapore these days, Joni Sng needs mobile phone apps and other technologies: a QR code to enter shops, a digital map to see how crowded a mall or park is, and a tracker to show if she was near someone infected with the coronavirus.   Read more »

Almost a third of COVID-19 samples show mutation, but not worse disease: WHO

Stephanie Nebehay and Michael Shields, Reuters
Posted at Jul 04 03:43 AM

Almost 30 percent of genome sequencing data from samples of the COVID-19 virus collected by the World Health Organization (WHO) have shown signs of mutation, but there is no evidence this has led to more severe disease, a top WHO official said on Friday. Read more »

Google-backed groups criticize Apple's new warnings on user tracking

Stephen Nellis and Paresh Dave, Reuters
Posted at Jul 03 07:55 PM

Sixteen marketing associations, some of which are backed by Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google, faulted Apple for not adhering to an ad-industry system for seeking user consent under European privacy rules. Apps will now need to ask for permission twice, increasing the risk users will refuse, the associations argued.   Read more »

Bilang ng COVID-19 cases sa bansa lagpas 40,000 na

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 03 08:02 PM

MAYNILA - Lagpas na sa 40,000 ang bilang ng kaso ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) sa bansa, batay sa tala ng Department of Health.    Read more »

PH’s COVID-19 data not timely, says ex-gov’t adviser Leachon

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 30 06:59 PM

A former adviser to the government’s COVID-19 response said one of the biggest problems the Philippines is facing is managing data related to the virus. Read more »

Google removes misleading ads in voting-related searches

Reuters
Posted at Jun 30 08:24 AM

Alphabet Inc's Google said on Monday that it had removed search ads that charged users searching for voting information large fees for voter registration or harvested their personal data. Read more »

Metro Manila, Central Visayas still struggling to fend off COVID-19

Warren de Guzman and Edson Guido, ABS-CBN Data Analytics
Updated as of Jun 26 11:01 PM

Data show population centers in Metro Manila and Central Visayas are still struggling to fend of COVID-19. There are improvements in ICU care, but the numbers do not look good. Read more »

Viber cuts ties with Facebook over data privacy, hate speech issues

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 03:41 PM

MANILA - Leading messaging app Viber said Friday it was cutting business ties with Facebook to protect its 1 billion users, saying the social media giant's "data violations and failure to combat violent rhetoric have crossed the line."  Read more »

Influencers balak kasuhan ang 3 umano'y malaswang negosyante

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 28 09:07 PM

Balak ireklamo ng ilang social media influencer at endorser ang mga opisyal ng isang cookie company dahil sa umano’y paglabag sa data privacy act at sexual harassment. Read more »