Sky Sports has reportedly circulated a list of phrases which are forbidden to be used in match commentary after a study showed that several household phrases which frequently appear on broadcasts have links to slavery. According to a report by the Daily Mail, the list of potentially offensive phrases has been sent to the broadcaster’s legion of commentators and analysts to ensure that they are aware of the genesis of some of the phrases that have become commonplace in modern day football. Also on rt.com Anti-racism campaigners target football commentators as study finds light-skinned players praised more for ‘intelligence’ The move […]
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A new information technology study on voice assistants has resulted in the creation of a list of more than 1,000 word sequences that can trigger the devices to begin invading users’ privacy and listening to nearby conversations. While owners of voice assistants have been repeatedly reassured that their devices will remain inactive until called upon, new research conducted by Germany’s Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) and the Bochum Max Planck Institute for Cyber Security and Privacy has identified over 1,000 words and phrases that inadvertently activate the machines. The list of terms includes words in English, German and Chinese. For example, in the […]