TechNaomi Brockwell: With the right structure, culture, and incentives, it’s possible to give technological progress its best possible chance.
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AI company pays billions in damages to authors
TechAnthropic used hundreds of thousands of pirated books to train its AI Claude.
Spyware takes photos of porn users for blackmail
TechThe webcam is automatically activated when victims visit pornographic websites.
New robot takes on household chores
TechThe AI robot Helix can wash dishes, fold laundry and collaborate with other robots.
Stop feeding Apple your data
TechNaomi Brockwell: Convenience comes at a price. Linking an Apple ID to your computer ties all your activity together and makes profiling you effortless.
IP addresses are used in Sweden to track unemployed people
TechThose who log in from abroad risk losing their benefits.
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Wifi signals can identify people with 95 percent accuracy
TechItalian researchers have developed a technique that can track and identify individuals by analyzing how wifi signals reflect off human bodies.
Danish students build drone that flies and swims
TechThe drone can literally fly down into water, swim around, and then jump back up into the air to continue flying.
FUTO – the obvious choice for privacy-friendly voice and text input on mobile devices
TechDitch Google's input apps and keep what you type and speak private on your phone.
What I learnt at DEFCON
TechNaomi Brockwell: A place where some of the best minds in security and privacy come together not just to learn, but to uncover what’s being hidden from the rest of us.
Facebook’s insidious surveillance: VPN app spied on users
TechThe app was marketed for increased privacy - but gave Facebook deep access to users' phones.
Show your papers: The internet is about to change forever
TechNaomi Brockwell: If we look at the surveillance initiatives of governments around the world these past few weeks, it’s chilling.
OpenAI launches GPT-5 – Here are the new features in the latest ChatGPT model
Tech"The first time it really feels like talking to an expert at researcher level in any subject", claims CEO Sam Altman.
Matrix 8 Pro with GrapheneOS delivers top-class security, privacy and performance
TechWorld-class hardware – acclaimed for its display, camera, and performance – meets the world’s most secure mobile OS. The best of both worlds.
OpenAI opens data center in Norway
TechIn Norway, OpenAI is planning to establish one of Europe's largest AI data centers as part of the global Stargate project.
Spilling the Tea: KYC Is a liability, not a safety feature
TechNaomi Brockwell: Tea is just one example of a broader trend: platforms claiming to protect you while quietly collecting as much data as possible.
Zuckerberg: Skipping AI glasses puts you at a “cognitive disadvantage”
Tech"The ideal form factor for AI, because you can let an AI see what you see throughout the day, hear what you hear, and talk to you", believes the Meta CEO.
Organic Maps – the map app that doesn’t map you
TechTired of Google Maps tracking you? Here's the free alternative that lets you navigate completely offline!
Samsung and Tesla sign billion-dollar deal for AI chip manufacturing
TechSamsung and Tesla have signed an agreement worth $16.5 billion for the manufacturing of next-generation AI chips.
Women’s app hacked – thousands of private images leaked
TechOver 70,000 images from the dating app Tea, which allows women to warn each other about "red flags" in men, have been leaked.
Vogue faces backlash over use of AI generated model
TechOne of the world's largest fashion magazines uses an AI model in an advertising campaign for Guess.
Lidl challenges tech giants with own cloud service for European digital freedom
TechLidl invests in European alternative to Amazon and Microsoft.
Amazon acquires AI company that records everything you say
TechThe company's AI-powered wearable device records everything you and others around you say and sends it to the cloud.
Proton launches privacy-focused AI assistant to compete with ChatGPT
TechThe AI assistant Lumo neither stores nor trains on users' conversations and can be used freely without login.
Your doctor’s visit isn’t private
TechNaomi Brockwell: You’re not just talking to your doctor. You’re talking to the system.
Now you’re forced to pay for Facebook or be tracked by Meta
TechPay €7 per month for an ad-free experience or consent to extensive data collection; this policy is now effective for users in Sweden and several other EU countries.
Teuton Systems offers smart privacy-focused technology – without compromise
TechWe take the fight against corporate snooping, mass government surveillance and criminal phone tapping through firm open source principles and secure products.
