Can cellphone data and surveillance cameras help restore the city’s old-world charm, or just destroy what magic remains?
Tag: Cameras
Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Community in Covid Crisis
Photographing the impact of Covid on an ultra-Orthodox group there required unusual access. But that was just the first step.
Mystery Couple Found in a Roll of Film From Nearly 70 Years Ago
Internet sleuths have been captivated by the photos, which were recently developed and document a couple’s trip to the Swiss-Italian border with a dachshund.
Intel and Nvidia Chips Power a Chinese Surveillance System
Intel and Nvidia chips power a supercomputing center that tracks people in a place where government suppresses minorities, raising questions about the tech industry’s responsibility.
Carlos Ghosn Was Aided in Flight From Japan by Former Green Beret
More details about the former auto executive’s escape emerged. The Japanese news media said cameras showed him leaving his Tokyo home alone.
Hong Kong Takes Symbolic Stand Against China’s High-Tech Controls
The first major place in China to rebel against Beijing’s technologies of control is one of the last not yet fully under their thrall.
Real-Time Surveillance Will Test the British Tolerance for Cameras
Facial recognition technology is drawing scrutiny in a country more accustomed to surveillance than any other Western democracy.
In Hong Kong Protests, Faces Become Weapons
A quest to identify protesters and police officers has people in both groups desperate to protect their anonymity. Some fear a turn toward China-style surveillance.
To Map a Coral Reef, Peel Back the Seawater
This scientist couple created an airborne observatory to map tropical forests. Now they’re using it to identify threatened reefs.
Times Insider: In a Secret Bunker in the Andes, a Wall That Was Really a Window
Before a video interview with an Ecuadorean intelligence chief, I thought I was adjusting a dimmer switch. What I inadvertently revealed broke our story open.