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#SmartGlasses #PrivacyAwareness #HiddenCameras
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Is Someone Secretly Recording You With Their Glasses? Look for These Clues
That guy hitting on you might be recording you, too. A concerning trend is emerging among some pick-up artists: using smart glasses with built-in cameras to secretly snap photos and videos of women.
#GooglePlay #AppSecurity #DeveloperVerification
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Google Blocked 1.75M Policy-Violating Apps From Google Play in 2025
Google says it prevented over 1. 75 million policy-violating apps from being published on Google Play during 2025, while banning more than 80,000 "bad developer" accounts that attempted to publish harmful apps, according to its latest report.
#Ransomware #HealthcareCybersecurity #CyberAttack
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Ransomware Attack Closes Clinics Across Mississippi, Cancels Surgeries
A ransomware attack forced healthcare providers across the state of Mississippi to pause operations earlier this week. According to reports by NPR, the cyberattack forced the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) to close all of its 35 clinics across the state and cancel elective procedures that had been planned for Thursday and Friday of this week.
#Cybersecurity #AI #Vulnerabilities
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Anthropic Rolls Out Autonomous Vulnerability-Hunting AI Tool For Claude Code
Reports have come to light over the past year about how cybercriminals, including state-sponsored actors, have been able to use frontier AI models from AI firm Anthropic to find exploitable vulnerabilities within code, even in the mature and well-maintained systems of large corporations.
#FacialRecognition #PrivacyRights #DataProtection
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Don't Trade Your Face for Convenience. Why You Should Still Say No to Face Scanning
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have been using a facial recognition app called Mobile Fortify on the streets to identify and detain people.
#SupremeCourt #Tariffs #TrumpAdministration
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Supreme Court Kills Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs. Will Companies Get Reimbursed?
In a huge blow to President Trump, the Supreme Court just invalidated many of his tariffs, which have been blamed for price hikes on a variety of products, including video game consoles.
#IrisTheDog #FBI #ElectronicDetectionDog
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Meet FBI Special Agent Iris: A Three-Legged Dog Who Can Sniff Out Hidden Tech
On the evening of Sept. 17, 2016, a bomb detonated in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York, launching a dumpster 120 feet, shattering nearby windows, and injuring 30 people.
#AIVideo #IntellectualProperty #ByteDance
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ByteDance Promises Seedance 2.0 AI Limits After Hollywood Backlash
A new AI video generation tool from TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, has Hollywood concerned. ByteDance has promised to improve safeguards around intellectual property rights to limit what its AI tool can make.
#WinterOlympics #AlpineSkiing #SportsNews
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At the Olympics, It's Ice Hockey, Skiing, and More Up Today. How to Watch Online
The 2026 Winter Olympics are underway in Italy, and a range of events are scheduled for today.
Day eight kicked off on Saturday with alpine skiing and the men's giant slalom, where Brazil took gold (Lucas Pinheiro Braathen is from Norway but competes for Brazil), and Switzerland clinched silver and bronze.
#Biometrics #Privacy #Cybersecurity
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Stop Using Face ID Right Now. Here's Why
Table of ContentsCompare Specs: Our Picks Side by SideBiometrics 101: Face ID, Fingerprints, and PasskeysYour Risk Level Determines Your Security NeedsWhat Lockdown Mode and Advanced Protection Really DoThe One Lock Law Enforcement Can't Force OpenPrivacy Doesn't Stop at Your Lock Screen
Using a face scan to unlock your phone and log in to accounts is certainly convenient, but it's not the best option if you're concerned about your privacy.
#SpaceX #LightPollution #SatelliteTechnology
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SpaceX's Plan for 1 Million Satellites Faces Light Pollution Backlash
SpaceX's vision for a one-million-satellite orbital data center is facing opposition from a prominent anti-light-pollution group, which is urging its 193,000 supporters to push back.
#Meta #SmartGlasses #FacialRecognition
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Meta Reportedly Wants to Add Facial-Recognition Tech to Its Smart Glasses
Meta's smart glasses have proved a hit for the company, and leaked internal documents suggest it may soon add facial recognition to help it stay ahead of growing competition from rivals like Apple, Samsung, and Snap.
#AI #CyberSecurity #IntellectualProperty
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Google: Hackers Are Trying to 'Clone' Gemini for Cyberattacks
As the tech industry races to develop new AI models, Google alleges that "private sector" entities have been trying to reverse-engineer its Gemini chatbot by bombarding it with prompts intended to leak its secrets.
#NuclearEnergy #AI #DataCenters
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Big Tech Is Betting on Nuclear Energy to Fuel AI. But There Are Some Massive Hurdles
Over the past year, nuclear power has reentered the conversation, hailed as a way to advance energy-hungry AI technology without devastating the planet and causing our electrical bills to skyrocket.
#DigitalSafety #AIethics #OnlineHarassment
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Elon Musk Promised Free Speech. With Grok, He Delivered Free Harassment
I've built my career on helping people solve tech problems, but when it comes to something like xAI's Grok generating child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and non-consensual intimate images, I shouldn't have to offer advice on how to protect yourself.
#DigitalSafety #AIethics #OnlineHarassment
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Elon Musk Promised Free Speech. With Grok, He Delivered Free Harassment
I've built my career on helping people solve tech problems, but when it comes to something like xAI's Grok generating child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and non-consensual intimate images, I shouldn't have to offer advice on how to protect yourself.
