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Apple rescues Hide My Email feature from the privacy scrap heap
Apple says it will no longer ditch using its icloud.com domain for hiding people's email addresses.
Apple decides undermining its own email privacy feature was a bad idea after all
Apple decides undermining its own email privacy feature was a bad idea after all.
How tech-enhanced sleep could improve rest but erode privacy
Nature, Published online: 25 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02573-7 Technologies that promise better-than-usual sleep could improve people’s performance and health but also turn the need for rest into an auditable obligation. Ethical norms and regulations are needed.
Brazil fines TikTok $30m for child data privacy violations
Owner ByteDance ordered to erase illegally obtained child data in Brazil as crackdown on tech giants intensifies.
Bitdefender VPN Review: Fast and Affordable Privacy
Bitdefender VPN has an excellent starting price, even if it lacks the advanced features that privacy nerds may want.
Instinct’s powerful AI assistant is raising privacy and security concerns
Early testers are raving about what Instinct can do, but some say the AI assistant’s sweeping access, broad terms and ability to act on users’ behalf come with uncomfortable trade-offs.
Scoop: DOJ, TikTok settle for $400 million in children's privacy suit
The Justice Department and TikTok , along with parent company ByteDance , have reached a $400 million settlement to resolve allegations of violating children's online privacy laws, per an announcement first shared with Axios. Why it matters: The Biden administration's DOJ first f
TikTok reaches $400 million settlement with Justice Department over children's privacy
The DOJ said Friday that TikTok will pay $300 million immediately and another $100 million after an order vacates an earlier consent decree against its predecessor company, Musical.ly.
Android 17 protects me without asking; that's exactly how privacy should work
Privacy is better when Android handles the obvious risks first
TikTok will pay $400 million to settle DOJ child privacy lawsuit
The US Department of Justice announced on Friday that TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit filed in 2024 over allegedly violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). In the lawsuit, the DOJ alleged that TikTok collected data from children without not
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The best privacy tools for using AI without giving up your data
This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools , a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps.
Meta Keeps Trying to Fix Glasses Privacy Concerns With New Update
Another update for Meta glasses aims to shut down recording when the light’s off, and an ad campaign is trying to address the pervert concerns.
I finally cloned apps on my Pixel 11 Pro Fold using a hidden privacy setting
Unfolding the multitasking restraints
I found a one-tap privacy fix in Android's developer settings that changes everything
It takes just one second to make sure my phone isn't recording
Grayscale says Zcash can challenge Bitcoin’s network effects as privacy demand grows
ZEC has climbed roughly 19-fold in a year, yet Grayscale says its sub-1% share of Bitcoin’s market cap leaves room for further upside.
Meta addresses ‘pervert glasses’ reputation with a privacy fix and a new marketing campaign
Meta is updating its AI-powered smart glasses to close a loophole that allowed wearers to keep recording after covering the front-facing LED.
Payments start soon in privacy settlement ‘hundreds of millions’ could have qualified for
Keep an eye on your bank account, Venmo and PayPal the next few weeks. Money could be coming your way from a privacy class action settlement that "hundreds of millions" may have qualified for.
Ring introduces better default encryption standards to address privacy concerns
Ring data still gets sent to the cloud, but it'll be deleted after being used to power smart home controls.
ECB claims digital euro will offer 'maximum level of privacy' amid surveillance fears
Central bank officials say the Eurosystem will be structurally unable to link users to purchases, but civil society groups remain skeptical.
What investors should do with Meta now that the child privacy case has settled
Analysts and investors on Wall Street are calling the settlement a win for Meta Platforms.
Privacy-Focused GrapheneOS Is Coming to Motorola Phones in 2027
Support will launch on non-folding devices first, according to the GrapheneOS Foundation.
ECB defends digital euro privacy as CBDCs face global scrutiny
Piero Cipollone said the Eurosystem would not identify digital euro users as central bank digital currencies face privacy concerns worldwide.
TikTok reaches $400M settlement over children’s privacy lawsuit
Two years after the U.S. Department of Justice alleged that TikTok violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, it has reached a $400 million settlement.
TikTok will pay $400 million to settle Justice Department lawsuit over child privacy
The DoJ said the app has made significant strides in privacy protections since the 2024 suit.
Smartglasses should automatically blur people’s faces while filming, Australia’s online safety regulator says
Smartglasses with cameras can benefit the vision impaired but companies might pit ‘accessibility benefits against safety and privacy’, eSafety says Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s onli
Americans Want to Know When Their Healthcare Providers Use AI
AI chatbots are changing the healthcare landscape, but privacy and transparency remain critical concerns.
Ads and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors.
Ads and tracking have turned TVs into privacy nightmares . Both are so widespread among smart TVs that I’ve written a guide for avoiding them . One recommendation in that guide is to use a computer monitor. But in recent years, monitors have become more capable of pushing ads and
The 7 Best Airbnbs in Morocco Include Stately Riads
An Airbnb in Morocco gives you lots of space, privacy, and (if you book one of our favorite riads) unique architectural charm. Here, seven favorites.
De-Googled GrapheneOS is coming to Motorola’s foldables next year
GrapheneOS, an open source version of Android that prioritizes security and privacy, has detailed its plans for supporting Motorola smartphones. Official support is set to arrive next year, starting with traditional flagships, before rolling out to Motorola's foldable phones and
As Flock battles public scrutiny, other police surveillance companies see an opening
Dozens of cities have canceled their contracts with Flock. Some are switching to other companies, but privacy experts say they're no better than Flock.
Flock Announces Band-Aids Meant To Remedy Totally Predictable And Widespread Abuse Of Surveillance Equipment
After a seemingly endless flow of stories about system abuse, Flock says it's taking steps to improve its privacy, accountability, security, and transparency.
Smart Glasses Are Recording in Public. These Apps Can Detect When They’re Nearby
Amid broad privacy concerns, new apps such as Zuckoff help detect smart glasses in the wild.
How to Run a Chatbot on Your Own Computer
Installing a large language model on your personal computer gives you a handy digital assistant that won’t compromise your data privacy.
I finally learned how Android's green dot can spot suspicious camera and mic access
Those privacy indicators are more powerful than I thought
Human, Beware: The Secrets We Tell AI Chatbots Aren’t Private
A recent DuckDuckGo survey finds that people are sharing intimate details with chatbots without knowing all the privacy risks.
Buried in Meta’s $18B settlement is a legal pass on kids’ data
Meta’s settlement with 29 states allows it to retain certain data from children under 13 to train and test age-detection models, highlighting a privacy trade-off built into the deal.
Meta is closing a loophole that allowed people to record with their smart glasses' light covered
It's the second update in less than two months to address privacy concerns.
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Flipboard acquires Graze, the feed builder working to monetize the open social web
Flipboard is acquiring Bluesky feed-building startup Graze, bringing its privacy-friendly ad technology and creator monetization tools into Flipboard’s growing open social web ecosystem.
Viral AI startup Instinct has raised $350M at a $2.5B valuation
The startup is only a year old but it has already generated a massive amount of hype (and money) while also spurring privacy concerns.
Meta’s $18B child-safety deal hinges on age-verification tech that doesn’t work well
The historic settlement reignites ongoing concern around how age-verification technology puts privacy at risk.
Minor league baseball coach released from ICE custody
The minor league baseball coach arrested by immigration authorities last week was released on bond Monday, according to his employer, the San Diego Padres. “We are pleased that Oswaldo Pirela has been released on bond and reunited with his family. Out of respect for his privacy a
X sends cease-and-desist to open source project Nitter over alleged scraping
X has sent cease-and-desist letters to Nitter, the open source project behind privacy-friendly X front ends, demanding its instances and code repository be taken down over alleged scraping.
The engineer racing to run the world’s most dangerous algorithm
Craig Gidney is largely unknown outside of quantum computing, but his pioneering work on quantum circuits could have huge consequences for us all, ushering in both useful quantum computers, and the end of digital privacy and security as we know it
Motorola's GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels
Several months ago, Motorola and the makers of GrapheneOS announced a team-up that would expand support for the privacy-centric OS to beyond Google's Pixel phones. The announcement, however, was bereft of details. Now, the creators of the OS have taken to Mastodon (naturally) to
Live updates: Bitcoin trades in tight range above $78,000 as Nvidia tops estimates
Markets are now looking ahead to Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's keynote speech at the Jackson Hole conference on Friday.