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Norfolk and Suffolk Police data breach: Data of victims and witnesses included in FOI responses | UK News
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Two police forces have admitted breaching the data of 1,230 people – including victims and witnesses – as officers told Sky News they have an “open mind” about whether it’s been inappropriately accessed. Norfolk and Suffolk constabularies said a “technical issue” led to the data being included within files produced in response to Freedom of…
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‘Robot dog’ among new gadgets unveiled for New York City police | Science & Tech News
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A “robot dog” is being added to New York’s crime-fighting armoury, along with other high-tech equipment. “Digidog is out of the pound,” said Mayor Eric Adams as he unveiled the devices alongside police chiefs in Times Square. He said he was pressing ahead despite critics calling it creepy when the city first trialled one two…
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British police forces ‘shot through’ with Chinese surveillance cameras, watchdog warns | UK News
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Britain should be more concerned about Chinese-made CCTV cameras on the streets than spy balloons 60,000ft above ground, a watchdog has warned. New findings from the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner (OBSCC) said British police forces are “shot through” with Chinese cameras, drones and other surveillance equipment. The watchdog’s survey also suggested bodies using the…
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British investor who lost £1m in FTX collapse among 13 people to make fraud reports to police | UK News
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A British investor said to have lost £1m in the collapse of cryptocurrency trading platform FTX is among 13 people to have made fraud reports to UK police. FTX filed for bankruptcy on 11 November after it was alleged the then chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried, 30, had illegally diverted massive sums of customer money from…
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San Francisco police allowed to use remote-controlled robots that can kill | US News
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Police in San Francisco will be allowed to use remote-controlled robots that can kill, despite fierce opposition from civil liberties groups. Opponents of the move said it would lead to the further militarisation of a police force already too aggressive with poor and minority communities. The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) says it does not have…
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Facebook defends itself after handing over chat messages to US police investigating abortion | Science & Tech News
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Facebook has defended itself after court documents emerged showing that it provided chat messages to police which are being used to prosecute a mother and daughter over an abortion. The messages are part of a case in Nebraska alleging that the pair performed an abortion at 28 weeks without a license and then attempted to…
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Earth’s ‘black hole police’ discover gravitational singularity near Milky Way | Science & Tech News
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An international team of astronomers known as the “black hole police” have discovered a dormant black hole located right next to the Milky Way. The team, including Kareem El-Badry of the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics – himself nicknamed the “black hole destroyer” – is famed throughout the astronomy community for debunking new discoveries of gravitational…