Amazon's Ring has ended its partnership with surveillance firm Flock Safety following public backlash over privacy concerns, while the head of global ports operator DP World resigned due to scrutiny over his links to Jeffrey Epstein. These developments, along with other news, highlight a busy news cycle.
Ring, the smart doorbell company owned by Amazon, canceled its deal with Flock Safety, a firm that operates a network of cameras and license plate readers used primarily by law enforcement agencies in the United States, according to BBC Technology. The agreement, announced in October, would have allowed agencies working with Flock to retrieve video captured on Ring devices. The decision came days after a Ring advertisement aired during the Super Bowl sparked widespread criticism.
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, the head of DP World, stepped down from his position as chairman and chief executive after facing pressure over his connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as reported by BBC Business. Newly released files revealed that Sulayem exchanged hundreds of emails with Epstein over a decade. DP World announced his resignation, effective immediately, on Friday. Essa Kazim was named as chairman and Yuvraj Narayan as chief executive.
In other news, former Prince Andrew is facing accusations of sharing an official Treasury document with a business contact, according to BBC Business. Emails published in the Telegraph suggest that in 2010, Prince Andrew requested information from Treasury officials on banking problems in Iceland. This briefing was then shared with Jonathan Rowland, a business connection whose father took over part of a failing Icelandic bank. This has put more pressure on the former prince over claims that he misused his public role by giving official information to private associates.
Meanwhile, Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 is not crowded, but people are walking in the "wrong place," according to the airport's boss, Thomas Woldbye, as reported by BBC Business. Woldbye told an industry event that the terminal feels crowded because "all the British people keep to the left and all the Europeans keep to the right," causing people to "crash into each other."
Finally, a Venezuelan deportee, Luis Muñoz Pinto, can return to the US but fears a repeat of his ordeal, according to The Guardian. A US federal judge ordered that some of the Venezuelan men sent by the Trump administration to a notorious prison in El Salvador must be allowed to return to the United States to fight their cases. Muñoz Pinto, who was sent to the prison, stated, "I'm not over that nightmare yet."
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