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2025-12-17 11:18:43
Automated content recognition technology embedded in smartTVs: as "an uninvited, invisible digital invader" designed to unlawfully collect personal data from smart televisions, alleging that the harvested information then gets sold to the highest bidder for ad targeting. #smarttv #security #adtech
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/texas-sues-tv-makers-for-spying-on-users-selling-data-without-consent/
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2025-12-15 15:43:02
Podcasts created by #AI are already here::
Los Angeles podcasting studio Inception Point AI has produced its 200,000 #podcast episodes, accounting for 1% of all podcasts published on the internet.
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-12-ai-generated-podcasts-traditional-hosts.html
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2025-12-11 08:37:51
The investigation found that three of the ten tested #password managers store passwords in a way that theoretically allows manufacturer access, increasing the potential attack surface...
Only two products, KeePass2Android and KeePassXC, fully re-encrypt the vault after a master password change. #security
https://cyberinsider.com/bsi-finds-security-and-privacy-gaps-in-popular-password-managers/
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2025-12-09 09:08:20
#EU may propose uniform licensing of content to #AI machinery::
According to a new report prepared for the European Parliament, lawsuits were not the right answer to piracy, and they are not going to solve the current AI challenges either.
https://torrentfreak.com/eu-report-distills-ai-training-lessons-from-napster-piracy-era-dont-sue-license/
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2025-12-08 15:32:18
Now, we don’t have to guess which city has a developed #cycling infrastructure, and which city only considers cars as the primary transport method. Here is the index for the top 30 cities in the world for moving around on a #bicycle.
https://klaava.com/if-you-like-to-explore-cities-you-visit-by-bicycle-here-are-the-best-destinations/
If you like to explore cities you visit by bicycle, here are the best destinations
2025-12-07 14:35:00
Walking around a city center or hopping on a bus tour are perhaps the most popular ways to see the sights of a city. Instead of walking, during the last ten years I have done my city tours on a bicycle many times. … Read >
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2025-12-05 08:16:15
#Metaverse has to wait for #AI hype to pass::
Meta spokesperson confirmed that “we are shifting some of our investment” from the metaverse group toward AI glasses and wearables.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/04/business/meta-metaverse-stock-nightcap
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2025-12-02 14:23:50
#Cyber #security report for 2026 warns about #AI applied to crime:
A quarter of millennials said they’d experienced identity theft in the past year, and nearly a quarter said they had fallen for a phishing attempt. More than four in five respondents said they’re worried about AI being used to create false identities that closely resemble real people.
https://betanews.com/2025/12/02/experian-cyber-threats-are-no-longer-just-about-stealing-data-theyre-about-manipulating-reality/
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2025-11-30 13:28:00
AI-powered age verification methods have raised questions over potential bias and privacy impacts.
The tools are "potentially a bit intrusive or dangerous to people's private life," said a cybersecurity professor. #age #verification
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-selfie-based-age-boom-govts.html
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2025-11-28 08:33:20
Research paper writer notes that whether or not AIs are conscious, people will likely treat them as such. #AI
https://www.semafor.com/article/11/26/2025/no-ai-is-conscious-yet-but-future-systems-may-be-new-study-finds
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2025-11-26 08:45:54
I mined and analysed our Tesla’s entire #charging history – 6 years’ worth. And if something hasn’t happened in those 6 years (for example, we’ve never run out of charge) then the odds of it ever happening are probably pretty low. #EV
https://thedriven.io/2025/11/26/ev-charging-facts-and-myths-what-6-years-of-real-data-reveals/
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2025-11-24 08:55:43
OVH's Klaba predicts the cost of servers he buys will rise 15 to 25 percent between December 2025 and 2026, and that increased prices for some #cloud services will follow – meaning five to ten percent increases.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/24/ovh_cloud_price_rise_prediction
