Episode Description:

Mojo Vision has developed a new prototype of its augmented reality contact lenses. Biden warned that the Russian government could use cyberattacks to escalate the crisis. According to reports, Facebook might be underreporting child sexual abuse material.

For today’s tech episode. I have 3 juicy stories for you! First up last week President Joe Biden urged business leaders to strengthen their online defenses, warning that Russia could use cyberattacks as means of escalating the crisis.

Our second story is about how Facebook according to a New York Times investigation, may be underreporting child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

And for our last story…Are you someone that wears glasses or contacts? Well, how do augmented reality contact lenses sound to you?

A company called Mojo Vision unveiled its latest augmented reality contact lens prototype with hopes to bring “invisible computing” to life.

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Topic 1: President Joe Biden urged business leaders to strengthen their online defenses

The war in Ukraine and Russia’s diplomatic conflict with the United States are escalating, increasing the likelihood of Russian hackers targeting American companies.

Last week, President Joe Biden urged business leaders to strengthen their online defenses, warning them that Vladimir Putin could use cyberattacks as a means of escalating the crisis.

I don’t know about you but I’ve been wondering ever since this war started when something like this would happen. We hear a lot about Russian cyberattacks on the U.S. over the years and I’m surprised since the war in Ukraine broke out that only now we’re actually hearing about Russia taking action and using their resources to start cyberattacks on the U.S. for aiding Ukrainians.

But I also can’t be too surprised considering how this war has definitely not gone the way Putin thought it would be with the sanctions placed on Russia that have completely plummeted their economy. And the war instead actually only unified nations more as well as hackers.

You have the famous “hacktivists” known as Anonymous that have claimed to have waged a “cyberwar” against Russia claiming that they have hacked databases, TV broadcasts, and websites which I’m sure has been a major inconvenience to Russian hackers.

Topic 2: Facebook may be underreporting child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

For our second story, you might or might not know that Facebook is a leader among tech companies in detecting child sexual abuse content, which has exploded on social media and across the internet in recent years. But concerns about mistakenly accusing people of posting illegal imagery have resulted in a policy that could allow photos and videos of abuse to go unreported.

According to a corporate training document Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, has instructed content moderators for its platforms to “err on the side of an adult” when they are uncertain about the age of a person in a photo or video

The training document, obtained by The New York Times, was created for moderators working for Accenture, a consulting firm that has a contract to sort through Facebook’s noxious content and remove it from the site. The age policy was first disclosed in California Law Review by a law student, Anirudh Krishna, who wrote last year that some moderators at Accenture disagreed with the practice, which they referred to as “bumping up” adolescents to young adults.

Topic 3: Mojo Vision unveils latest augmented reality contact lens prototype

Our third and last story and one that I find particularly interesting is straight out of some black mirror episode, and if you’ve seen black mirror you’ll know immediately which episode I’m talking about.

A company known as Mojo Vision said it has created a new prototype of its Mojo Lens augmented reality contact lenses. And that they believe this smart contact lens will bring “invisible computing” to life.

The prototype includes numerous new hardware features and technologies embedded directly into the lens — advancing its display, communications, eye tracking, and power system.

The initial target market is for people with low vision, as it will be a medically approved device that can help partially blind people see things better like road signs.

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