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Fury Over Discord's Age Checks Explodes After Shady Persona Test In UK

BeauHD / slashdot - Backlash intensified against Discord's age verification rollout after it briefly disclosed a UK age-verification test involving vendor Persona, contradicting earlier claims about minimal ID storage and transparency. Ars Technica explains: One of the major…

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #techpolicy #uk #apps #gdpr #hack #technology #contentmoderation #digitalid

They Want To Age Verify Our Computers Now...

12 days / reddit / /u/InsaneSnow45

Age verification checks are now in force in the UK because of the Online Safety Act, but with the Discord fallout, it seems like one bad idea after another

12 days / reddit / /u/Turbostrider27

UK council faces data breach claim after mishandling trans complaints

12 days / theregister / Connor Jones

Age verification online can be done safely and privately. Here's how

13 days / techxplore

Fury Over Discord's Age Checks Explodes After Shady Persona Test In UK

14 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Fury over Discord’s age checks explodes after shady Persona test in UK

14 days / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

Hackers Expose Discord Age Verification System Issue After Persona Frontend Code Left Wide Open

14 days / reddit / /u/vriska1

San Diego County Demographics, Discord, ChatGPT-4o, More: Monday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, February 16, 2026

18 days / researchbuzz / ResearchBuzz

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PayPal Discloses Data Breach That Exposed User Info For 6 Months

msmash / slashdot - PayPal is notifying customers of a data breach after a software error in a loan application exposed their sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers, for nearly 6 months last year. From a report: The incident affected the PayPal Wor…

#cybersecurity #fintech #dataprivacy #infosec #payments #hack #patching #paypal

PayPal app code error leaked personal info and a 'few' unauthorized transactions

14 days / theregister / Jessica Lyons

PayPal Discloses Data Breach That Exposed User Info For 6 Months

14 days / slashdot / msmash

PayPal Data Breach – Customers Names, SSNs, and Dates of Birth Exposed

14 days / cyberpress / AnuPriya

PayPal leaked sensitive data for six months due to software error

14 days / techzine / Laura Herijgers

PayPal discloses data breach that exposed user info for 6 months

14 days / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 1:20 pm / permalink 19476 / 5 stories in 14 days


OpenAI’s hardware debut may come in the form of a camera-equipped ChatGPT speaker

digitaltrends - A new report suggest OpenAI's first hardwre product could be a speaker equipped with a camera, rather than the wearable hinted at in an earlier leak.The post OpenAI’s hardware debut may come in the form of a camera-equipped ChatGPT speaker appeared first …


Jony Ive leads design of OpenAI's first home device

Jony Ive’s First OpenAI Project Isn’t a Wearable — It’s a ‘HomePod 2.0’

14 days / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Jony Ive's First OpenAI Device Will Be Smart Speaker With Camera, 2027 Launch Planned

14 days / macrumors / Juli Clover

Jony Ive, Open AI Developing ChatGPT Smart Speaker

14 days / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

OpenAI will reportedly release an AI-powered smart speaker in 2027

14 days / engadget / Andre Revilla


OpenAI's camera-equipped ChatGPT speaker and hardware roadmap

OpenAI will reportedly release an AI-powered smart speaker in 2027. The company is also said to be working on smart glasses and a smart lamp.

14 days / reddit / /u/esporx

OpenAI may sell $300 smart speaker with camera — in 2027

14 days / mashable

OpenAI Deploys 200 Employees to Build AI Smart Devices

14 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

OpenAI’s hardware debut may come in the form of a camera-equipped ChatGPT speaker

14 days / digitaltrends

OpenAI is building a $200 to $300 smart speaker that tells you when to go to bed

14 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

OpenAI’s first ChatGPT gadget could be a smart speaker with a camera

14 days / theverge / Jay Peters


Other OpenAI corporate news and unrelated updates

OpenAI resets spending expectations, tells investors compute target is around $600 billion by 2030

14 days / cnbc

OpenAI Employees Raised Alarms About Canada Shooting Suspect Months Ago

14 days / wsj / Georgia Wells


Privacy backlash: a watchful AI speaker worries critics

OpenAI Thinks We Need Another Smart Speaker (This One Watches You)

14 days / tbreak / Tbreak Editor

a LAMP? a SMART LAMP? What the fuck is OpenAI anymore? AliExpress but with an LLM attached? Jesus christ. Consumer devices are a terrible business too [contains quote post or other embedded content]

14 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

OpenAI Might Be Making a Smart Speaker That No One Asked for

14 days / gizmodo / James Pero


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OpenAI Might Be Making a Smart Speaker That No One Asked for https://gizmodo.com/openai-might-be-making-a-smart-speaker-that-no-one-asked-for-2000724650

14 days / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

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Google Maps now hides some information until you sign in

Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - If you have been using Google Maps without signing into a Google account, your experience could be about to change for the worse. Google has been spotted testing a new “limited view” in Google Maps which restricts access to certain information. When not s…

#dataprivacy #google #internet #comments #apps #photography #ux #community #technology #digitalprivacy

Google Maps now hides some information until you sign in

14 days / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Google Maps is hiding reviews, photos, and more unless you sign in

14 days / reddit / /u/AdSpecialist6598

Google Maps is hiding reviews, photos, and more unless you sign in

14 days / techspot

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