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Bluetooth devices with Google Fast Pair are vulnerable to new hack

Dean Daley / mobilesyrup - A group of researchers have learned about some faults within Google’s Fast Pair technology. Fast Pair allows users to connect with Bluetooth devices on Android and ChromeOS with a single tap. The researchers, from Belgium’s KU Leuven University, learned t…

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #infosec #google #android #wireless #security #gadgets #patching #bluetooth

Hackers can hijack your headphones in seconds using Google Fast Pair

6 wks / techspot

Fast Pair, loose security: Bluetooth accessories open to silent hijack

6 wks / theregister / Carly Page

Your Bluetooth Audio Devices Could Be at Risk of Hijacking, Researchers Say

7 wks / cnet / Omar Gallaga

Bluetooth devices with Google Fast Pair are vulnerable to new hack

7 wks / mobilesyrup / Dean Daley

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 7:22 pm / permalink 18105 / 4 stories in 7 wks


Supreme Court Hacker Posted Stolen Government Data On Instagram

BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Last week, Nicholas Moore, 24, a resident of Springfield, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to repeatedly hacking into the U.S. Supreme Court's electronic document filing system. At the time, there were no deta…

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #infosec #government #doj #judiciary #cybercrime #hack #law #instagram

Supreme Court Hacker Posted Stolen Government Data On Instagram https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/01/16/2128242/supreme-court-hacker-posted-stolen-government-data-on-instagram?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

7 wks / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

Supreme Court Hacker Posted Stolen Government Data On Instagram

7 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking U.S. Supreme Court’s Filing System - SSBCrack News

7 wks / ssbcrack

Tennessee man pleads guilty to repeatedly hacking Supreme Court's filing system - inkl

7 wks / inkl

Hacker Admits Breaching US Supreme Court and Government Systems Exposing Personal Data - mezha.net

7 wks / mezha

Supreme Court hacker posted stolen government data on Instagram | TechCrunch

7 wks / reddit / /u/Ok_Heron_5442

Supreme Court hacker posted stolen government data on Instagram - TechCrunch

7 wks / techcrunch

Supreme Court hacker posted stolen government data on Instagram

7 wks / techcrunch / Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Supreme Court System (1) - Bloomberg Law News

7 wks / bloomberglaw

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 7:21 pm / permalink 18104 / 9 stories in 7 wks


Google is appealing a judge’s search monopoly ruling

Lauren Feiner / theverge - Google is appealing a federal court's decision ruling it an illegal online search monopolist. The company filed a notice to appeal on Friday, requesting a pause on the court-ordered remedies meant to restore competition to the online search market. "As we…

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #google #antitrust #alphabet #judiciary #law #litigation #advertising #regulation

www.theverge.com/news/863710/...

7 wks / bsky / @djnoneya.bsky.social / djnoneya.bsky.social

Google files to appeal search monopoly case

7 wks / cnbc

Google to Appeal US Court Ruling of Illegal Monopoly in Search

7 wks / bloomberg / Leah Nylen

Google is appealing a judge’s search monopoly ruling

7 wks / theverge / Lauren Feiner

Google is appealing the ruling from its search antitrust case to avoid sharing data with rivals

7 wks / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 5:20 pm / permalink 18083 / 5 stories in 7 wks


OpenAI set to start rolling out ads to free and ChatGPT Go users

Jon Keegan / sherwood - OpenAI says user conversations will be kept private from advertisers, and answers will not be influenced by ads.


Ad rollout and revenue drive updates

OpenAI to start testing ChatGPT ads across free, Go tiers

7 wks / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

OpenAI to Test Ads in ChatGPT as Revenue Pressures Mount

7 wks / techstrong / Jon Swartz

OpenAI to test ads in ChatGPT as it burns through billions

7 wks / arstechnica / Benj Edwards

ChatGPT To Begin Testing Ads In The United States via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson

7 wks / searchenginejournal / Brooke Osmundson

OpenAI Starts Testing Ads in ChatGPT

7 wks / nytimes / Cade Metz

OpenAI Starts Testing Ads in ChatGPT

7 wks / nytimes / Cade Metz

OpenAI Starts Testing Ads in ChatGPT

7 wks / nytimes / Cade Metz

ChatGPT users are about to get hit with targeted ads

7 wks / techcrunch / Lucas Ropek

OpenAI is bringing ads to ChatGPT

7 wks / engadget / Igor Bonifacic

ChatGPT's free ride is ending: Here's what OpenAI plans for advertising on the chatbot

7 wks / go

OpenAI introducing ads to ChatGPT

7 wks / techxplore

OpenAI will soon test ads in ChatGPT despite CEO Sam Altman once calling the idea dystopian

7 wks / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

OpenAI set to start rolling out ads to free and ChatGPT Go users

7 wks / sherwood / Jon Keegan

Ads Are Coming To ChatGPT in the Coming Weeks

7 wks / slashdot / msmash

OpenAI Puts Ads in ChatGPT: Why the $1.4 Trillion Bill Left No Choice

7 wks / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

OpenAI to Test Ads on ChatGPT Free and Go Tiers in the US

7 wks / analyticsindiamag / Siddharth Jindal

OpenAI to Test Targeted Ads in ChatGPT, Stepping Up Revenue Push

7 wks / bloomberg / Shirin Ghaffary

OpenAI to Test Targeted Ads in ChatGPT, Stepping Up Revenue Push

7 wks / bloomberg / Shirin Ghaffary

ChatGPT to carry adverts for some users

7 wks / bbc

OpenAI brings advertising to ChatGPT in push for new revenue

7 wks / ft

OpenAI to begin testing ads on ChatGPT in the U.S.

7 wks / cnbc

Ads are coming soon to ChatGPT, starting with shopping links

7 wks / theverge / Emma Roth

Ads Are Coming to ChatGPT. Here’s How They’ll Work

7 wks / wired / Maxwell Zeff

OpenAI to Begin Testing Ads in ChatGPT in Push for Fresh Revenue

7 wks / wsj / Berber Jin


Other perspectives

I am extremely bearish on this ads product because A) I'm not sure how great this data is for actual targeting and B) we have no idea what the CPM/CPA pricing will be. Even if this becomes a good business line, OpenAI's services cost too much for it to ma

7 wks / bsky / @edzitron.com


Privacy and answer integrity measures

OpenAI says its new ChatGPT ads won't influence answers

7 wks / bleepingcomputer / Mayank Parmar

Our approach to advertising and expanding access to ChatGPT

7 wks / simonwillison / Simon Willison

ChatGPT ads are coming, and they'll be influenced by your conversations

7 wks / axios / Megan Morrone


Subscription tier and pricing details

Do you use ChatGPT’s free version? It now has a major catch

7 wks / fastcompany / Jennifer Mattson

ChatGPT Ads Coming Soon for Free and New $8 Go Tier Users

7 wks / cnet / Ty Pendlebury

OpenAI Brings Subscription Tier and Ads to US

7 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

ChatGPT Go is Now Available Worldwide, But Free and Go Users Will Soon See Ads

7 wks / thurrott / Laurent Giret

ChatGPT Go Debuts with Ads for Free Users

7 wks / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi


All Other Stories

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7 wks / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

OpenAI will begin testing advertisements on ChatGPT for free and lower-tier users in the US, aiming to generate revenue while maintaining user privacy and keeping ads separate from chatbot responses.

7 wks / bsky / @sciencex.bsky.social / sciencex.bsky.social

OpenAI starts testing ads in ChatGPT after burning $8B in six months. Only 5% of 800M users pay subscriptions. Ads hit free and $8 Go tiers first, matched to conversation... https://www.implicator.ai/openai-puts-ads-in-chatgpt-why-the-1-4-trillion-bill-le

7 wks / bsky / @marcus-schuler.com / marcus-schuler.com

NEW: ChatGPT will soon show ads alongside chats, OpenAI announced today.

7 wks / bsky / @axios.com / axios.com

More here: www.wired.com/story/openai...

7 wks / bsky / @mzeff.bsky.social / mzeff.bsky.social

www.wired.com/story/openai...

7 wks / bsky / @peard33.bsky.social / peard33.bsky.social

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 1:20 pm / permalink 18059 / 39 stories in 7 wks


Wikipedia Announces New AI Partnerships With Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and More

Laurent Giret / thurrott - Wikipedia new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity, which will join Google and other companies already using its content to train their AI models.The post Wikipedia Announces New AI Partnerships With Amazon, Meta, Micro…

#ai #dataprivacy #meta #amazon #microsoft #aiethics #genai #business #wikipedia #copyright

Wikipedia Announces New AI Partnerships With Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and More

7 wks / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Wikipedia is now getting paid by Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity, and other AI companies

7 wks / techspot

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 11:51 am / permalink 18044 / 2 stories in 7 wks


TikTok is ready to roll out age checking in Europe

Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - Social media platforms are under global pressure to take care of younger users on their platforms, and this is very much the case in Europe. TikTok is about to start rolling out age checks in the region in a bid to keep regulators happy. TikTok’s owner, B…

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #tiktok #bytedance #europe #contentmoderation #eu #safety #digitalprivacy #regulation

TikTok is ready to roll out age checking in Europe

7 wks / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

TikTok tightens age verification across Europe

7 wks / engadget / Kris Holt

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 10:22 am / permalink 18028 / 2 stories in 7 wks


Sony, Anker, and other headphones have a serious Google Fast Pair security vulnerability

Andrew Liszewski / theverge - Several Bluetooth audio devices from companies like Sony, Anker, and Nothing are susceptible to a new flaw that can allow attackers to listen in on conversations or track devices that use Google's Find Hub network, as reported by Wired. Researchers from K…

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #infosec #google #android #gadgets #sony #patching #bugs #bluetooth

Sony, Anker, and other headphones have a serious Google Fast Pair security vulnerability

7 wks / theverge / Andrew Liszewski

Your Google Fast Pair headphones need an update to fix a flaw that could expose your location

7 wks / digitaltrends

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 9:21 am / permalink 18023 / 2 stories in 7 wks


Mother of Elon Musk's child sues xAI over Grok deepfakes

bbc - The parent company of X and Grok, xAI, launched a counter-suit saying she had violated its terms of service.

#ai #dataprivacy #aiethics #genai #contentmoderation #xai #elonmusk #grokai #litigation

Ashley St Clair Sues Elon Musk’s xAI Over Sexualized Deepfakes - SSBCrack News

7 wks / ssbcrack

Mother of one of Elon Musk’s offspring sues xAI over sexualized deepfakes

7 wks / arstechnica / Hannah Murphy and Rafe Rosner-Uddin, Financial Times

Mother of Elon Musk's child sues xAI over Grok deepfakes

7 wks / bbc

Elon Musk’s Grok controversy: Ashley St. Clair sues xAI over explicit deepfake images - Moneycontrol

7 wks / moneycontrol

'Alright, alright, alright': Matthew McConaughey trademarks iconic catchphrase to stop AI misuse - inkl

7 wks / inkl

Mother of one of Elon Musk’s children sues xAI over sexual Grok deepfakes

7 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Deepfake Drama: Elon Musk's xAI Faces Lawsuit Over Grok's Racy Renderings - OpenTools

7 wks / opentools

Elon Musk-linked AI Grok faces lawsuit over alleged explicit deepfakes - The Hans India

7 wks / thehansindia

Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 8:21 am / permalink 18016 / 8 stories in 7 wks


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