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WARNING SMARTPHONE FACE RECOGNITION CAN BE TRICKED WITH PHOTO
The UK consumer association, Which?, is warning that facial recognition security checks on smartphones from Honor, Motorola, Nokia, Oppo, Samsung, Vivo and Xiaomi can be spoofed with a simple 2D photo (1). Which? tested 48 new smartphones since August 2022 and found that the face unlock systems on 19 (40%) can be easily spoofed with a photo printed using a standard office printer on normal paper to get through the lock screen and gain access to the phone, a flaw that criminals could exploit.…
EU ROUND UP – OLAF TARGETS FRAUD IN HUGE COVID-19 RECOVERY FUNDS
European Union (EU) anti-fraud agency OLAF has told Belgium-based news wires it is probing fraud and graft in the EU’s EUR724 billion Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) (1), designed to help member states’ economies recover from Covid-19.
So far, EUR150 billion has been paid out, reported Brussels news service Knack, with Italy and Spain receiving more than 25% of payments.…
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLOTS DETAILED PLANS TO ENACT EU TEXTILE SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY
The European Parliament (EP) is pushing for European Union (EU) policies and laws to impede fast fashion, which its members consider a threat to the environment. MEPs have been debating how to respond to the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles, which was released by the European Commission last March (2022) as a detailed road map pushing the industry towards circulatory and carbon neutrality.…
TAIWANESE FASTENER-MAKERS READYING FOR BIG SLICE OF US’S EV PIE
Taiwan, being the world’s second largest fastener exporter by value after China is positioning itself to be a main supplier of fasteners for the US’s electric vehicle (EV) sector, said participants at Fastener Taiwan 2023 (Taiwan International Fastener Show), a B2B trade show, taking place in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung in early May. …
TUNISIAN UNIVERSITY PLANS STRIPPING PROFESSOR OF EMERITUS TITLE OVER SYMPOSIUM VISIT ALONGSIDE ISRAELI ACADEMICS
The University of Manouba in Tunis, Tunisia, has said it will withdraw the title of emeritus professor from a historian and former dean of its faculty of arts, letters and humanities over his participation in an international academic symposium in Paris alongside Israeli academics.…
AUTOMAKERS REQUIRED TO COOPERATE TO MAKE FULL AUTONOMY A REALITY, CONFERNCE TOLD
Senior autonomous vehicle experts meeting in Europe have accepted that systems enabling fully autonomous private vehicles are unlikely to become comprehensive until 2050.
Moreover, the ITS European Congress 2023 (on ‘Intelligent Transportation Systems’) was told cooperation was needed to make universal transport autonomy a reality, with automakers working with regulators, transport ministries, researchers, navigation tech providers and other partners.…
NEW EU RULES FOR TRANSPARENT EXCISE DUTIES - WHAT IS STILL MISSING TO REALLY CRACK DOWN ON TOBACCO FRAUD?
Since February (2023), all tobacco sellers trading excise products across national borders within the European Union (EU) have been using paperless taxation and fully electronic duty transactions. (1) Previously, digital excise procedures were only accessible to operators using a so-called “duty suspension” procedure while duty-paid business-to-business procedures had to be accompanied by physical paper declarations noting the excise duty charged at their destination.…
BETTER CYBERSECURITY NEEDED IN THE DIGITAL FASHION SUPPLY CHAIN
Cybersecurity experts are warning that the clothing and textile sector is putting itself at risk from hacking and virus attacks by failing to sufficiently appreciate that they are potential targets of online criminals.
“Hackers select targets based on their financial capability.…
AML TECH BRANCHES OUT WITH AI, WITH MARKET BOOMING AND DIVERSIFYING
As tech evolves, notably through the development of artificial intelligence (AI), anti-money laundering (AML) compliance officers at obliged entities are assessing a growing range of applications and platforms.
The global AML software market size is estimated to grow by USD2.7 billion from 2022 to 2027 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.01%, although “the high cost of implementation may impede” this expansion, according to the Illinois, USA-based market researcher Technavio.…
HIGH-END FASHION HAVING FUN WITH SLIVER KNIT – A FABRIC WHICH FIRST ENJOYED A REVIVAL AS FAKE FUR
Applications of sliver knit fabric are diversifying from the traditional use as a warm yet lightweight lining for mass-produced outerwear and boots, as well as faux fur, with European fashion houses increasingly deploying the textile as an exclusive material.
Made with special circular knitting machines, sliver knit is a process by which continuous ‘tubes’ (slivers) of fibre – natural, synthetic or a mix – are knitted into a backing with the free ends extending out on one side to form a soft pile.…