Worldcoin ignored initial order to stop iris scans in Kenya, records show

August 15, 2023
Months before Kenya finally banned iris scans by Sam Altman’s crypto startup Worldcoin, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) had ordered its parent company, Tools for Humanity, to stop collecting personal data. The ODPC had in May this year instructed the crypto startup to stop iris scans and the collection of facial recognition […]

Substack expands further into social networking with a new ‘Follow’ button

August 15, 2023
Substack is adding a new feature to make its platform feel more like a social network, as the company announced on Tuesday that users can now follow writers. The new feature gives users a to keep up with what a writer is doing with having to subscribe to their newsletter. The company says that since […]