Microsoft Flight Simulator’s Data Insanity Spawns Enormous Buildings And Anomalies From OpenStreetMap
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The OpenStreetMap project is an excellent example of how powerful crowdsourced data can be, but that’s not to say the system is perfect. Invalid data added intentionally or otherwise, can sometimes slip through the cracks and lead to some interesting problems. A fact that developers Asobo Studio are becoming keenly aware of as players explore their recently released Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.
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Database is at the heart of the Italian art squad
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A database with data on 1.3 million stolen art objects is the heart of the first and most important art police in the world. Try buying a Roman amphora, an Etruscan vase, or a (pompous) baroque oil painting on the internet. If you do, there’s a good chance there’s an Italian policeman looking over your shoulder.
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DNA database of police expanding, as no law limits its collection
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Japanese law enforcement authorities now possess the DNA of 1 of every 100 citizens in Japan, as they have expanded the DNA crime database to about 1.3 million as of late 2019, The Asahi Shimbun has learned.
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Former Uber Security Chief Charged over Alleged Data Breach Cover-up
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The former chief security officer at Uber has been charged with attempting to cover up a highly damaging 2016 data breach. Personal data belonging to around 57 million customers and employees was exposed in the 2016 hack, and the ride-hailing company’s reputation was severely damaged when news of the scandal eventually broke.
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