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Social Media

Meta Enhances Teen Safety with AI-Driven Age Detection for Account Enrollment

Meta is using AI to identify teen users misrepresenting their age, promoting enrollment in teen accounts with enhanced safety features and parental controls.

posted on 04/21/2025
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AI

Meta to Train AI on EU Public Content After Regulatory Scrutiny

Meta will start training its AI models on public content from EU Facebook and Instagram users after addressing regulatory concerns.

posted on 04/14/2025
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Technology

UK's AI 'Murder Prediction': A Step Too Close to Minority Report?

The UK government's new AI tool aims to predict murderers. Is this a step too far, echoing the dangers of Minority Report?

posted on 04/10/2025
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Autonomous Vehicles

Waymo Considers AI Training with Rider Data: Privacy Concerns Arise

Waymo explores using rider data, including video, for AI training, raising privacy issues and ad personalization concerns. Opt-out options are available.

posted on 04/07/2025
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Privacy

T-Mobile SyncUP Glitch: Children's Locations Exposed to Wrong Users

A bug in T-Mobile's SyncUP service exposed children's locations to other users, raising serious privacy concerns. Find out the details and T-Mobile's response.

posted on 04/03/2025
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Social Media

WhatsApp Adds Music Clips to Status Updates!

WhatsApp introduces music clips for Status updates, letting users add songs to their disappearing content with end-to-end encryption.

posted on 03/28/2025
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Mobile Technology

Light Phone III: Minimalist Phone for a Distraction-Free Life

The Light Phone III is a minimalist phone designed to reduce distractions and promote a more intentional lifestyle. It focuses on core functionalities without the clutter of apps and social media.

posted on 03/27/2025
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Smart Home

Alexa's Cloud Shift: Privacy Implications?

Amazon Echo devices are shifting voice processing to the cloud. What does this mean for your privacy? Find out more about the Alexa change.

posted on 03/16/2025
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Mobile Apps

Find My Device: Friend-Tracking Made Easy!

Google's Find My Device app gets a new 'People' tab for easier location sharing management.

posted on 03/16/2025
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Privacy

Data Brokers: Are They Watching You?

Explore the unsettling world of data brokers, how they collect your data, and the potential dangers to your privacy.

posted on 03/16/2025
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Privacy

Mark Klein, the Whistleblower Who Showed Us the NSA's Surveillance, Has Passed Away

Remembering Mark Klein, the AT&T technician who exposed NSA's mass internet surveillance. His courage sparked critical debate about digital privacy.

posted on 03/15/2025
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Mobile Technology

Finally! iPhone RCS Messaging is Getting End-to-End Encryption – Here's What It Means

RCS messaging on iPhone gets end-to-end encryption! Learn about this major privacy upgrade and what it means for your messages.

posted on 03/15/2025