A Russian company has launched a programme that can identify a stranger among 300 million Twitter users in less than a second. The social media platform has responded to the new software, called "FindFace", saying it its use is in "violation" of its rules and it is taking the matter "very seriously". Trump'obviously aware' Russia behind election hacks, White House says Syria's Assad says Donald Trump will be Russia's'natural ally' Trump'obviously aware' Russia behind election hacks, White House says Syria's Assad says Donald Trump will be Russia's'natural ally' "We see lots of opportunities for Twitter users on the service," Artem Kukharenko, co-founder of NTechLab told BuzzFeed. "We think this is something many people will use," he added, claiming the technology could be used to reduce spam profiles. "Not in the US, but in other countries there is a real problem of politicians, reporters, finding that someone created a fake account for them. "I was involved back in Russia with scandals with a fake account posing as a politicians that tweeted something and created political scandal." he said. Christopher Weatherhead, Technologist at Privacy International said: "The software created by NTechLab highlights the ease to which cross-referencing profiles photos is possible.

The California Department of Motor Vehicles put forth proposed regulations that would, in effect, prohibit Tesla from using the Autopilot name to market its vehicles. Now, a consumer group is telling the DMV to get on with it. Tesla uses the word Autopilot to describe its driver-assist technology, which, when enabled, automatically steers, brakes and passes other vehicles. Consumer Watchdog, based in Santa Monica, contends Tesla is misleading consumers by exaggerating Autopilot's capabilities. The DMV should "enact a regulation protecting consumers from misleading advertising that leaves the dangerous -- and sometimes fatal -- impression that a car is more capable of driving itself than is actually the case," John M. Simpson, privacy policy director at Consumer Watchdog, said in a Nov. 23 letter to the agency's director, Jean Shiomoto.

The death of a Valley State Prison inmate is being investigated as a possible homicide, officials said Monday. The 44-year-old man, whose name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was found unresponsive on Thanksgiving morning in a dormitory at the Chowchilla facility, according to a prison statement. "Life-saving measures were initiated and an ambulance was called to the scene, but the inmate was pronounced dead at 9:45 a.m.," the statement read. Officials are awaiting an autopsy to determine the cause of death, said Lt. Ronald Ladd, a public information officer with the prison. The inmate was received by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from Los Angeles County in June 2015 and was serving a two-year, eight-month sentence for second-degree burglary and possession of a controlled substance, officials said.

Fidel Castro died as he lived: to the sound of useful idiots making allowances for his crimes. The gold medal in the Useful Idiot Olympics should probably go to Justin Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada. In a statement, he expressed his "deep sorrow" upon learning that "Cuba's longest serving president" had died. One can only imagine what George Orwell could do with that one word, "serving." Castro did not serve, he ruled a nation of servants, often cruelly, while making obscene profits for himself and his family.

It also means the recipients of such tales of fantasy are often thrown off the scent of the story they should be following. Those stories were followed up by one of the most breathtaking pieces of myopic'journalism' I've seen from TechCrunch in quite a while." It would be equally knee jerk to make excuses for one of the true darlings of the enterprise startup crowd, a BI vendor that is positioning itself as "the world's first business cloud." That's the Domo rabbit hole a naive tech journalist can get bamboozled in. You can call Den Howlett a lot of things, but naive tech journalist ain't one of'em. Here he resists the temptation to roast in order to weigh out the pros and cons in detail. But the key is not whether Domo screwed up their PR, but whether they are ready to backup their enterprise ambitions. Den likes the micro-service hub potential, but for now, he's got one eyebrow raised: "I challenge Domo to explain how any service can credibly be called a'business cloud' that manages everything you need without access to the financial information." Scott Cummings, one of our commenters who says he is heavily involved in enterprise sales, adds: "I have yet to meet a paying Domo customer, and those who have tried it have stated it is at best "frosting on the cake" The plot is already thick, my friends….