The Apple Wallet feature I've been waiting on is finally here
John Kanellakos / pocket-lint - After previously teasing the feature to the public, Apple has officially announced the rollout of Digital ID in its Apple Wallet app for iPhone.
Back to Top / Friday, November 14, 2025, 1:21 pm / permalink 15964 / 3 stories in 3 months
Google expands Pixel call recording to global users
Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Google is expanding call recording capabilities globally for Pixel phone users within its Phone by Google application. The feature, announced for Pixel 6 and subsequent models in September, is now broadly available. An update to the Phone by Google app en…
Back to Top / Friday, November 14, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 15963 / 4 stories in 3 months
Firefox Wants to Challenge AI Browsers With Privacy-First ‘AI Window’
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Mozilla has announced 'AI Window' for Firefox, an opt-in assistant focused on user choice and privacy, directly challenging AI-native browsers from OpenAI, Perplexity and Microsoft.The post Firefox Wants to Challenge AI Browsers With Privacy-First ‘AI Win…
Back to Top / Thursday, November 13, 2025, 4:20 pm / permalink 15945 / 6 stories in 3 months
Google says new cloud-based “Private AI Compute” is just as secure as local processing
Ryan Whitwam / arstechnica - New system allows devices to connect directly to secure space in Google's AI servers.
Back to Top / Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 4:22 pm / permalink 15878 / 8 stories in 3 months
Microsoft Uncovers ‘Whisper Leak’ Flaw, Exposing Encrypted AI Chats Across 28 LLMs
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft researchers have detailed a new side-channel attack called “Whisper Leak” that can guess the topic of encrypted AI chats, exposing a fundamental privacy risk across the AI industry. In a report, the team showed how patterns in network traffic si…
Back to Top / Monday, November 10, 2025, 4:20 am / permalink 15825 / 3 stories in 3 months
Previously unknown Landfall spyware used in 0-day attacks on Samsung phones
Jessica Lyons / theregister - 'Precision espionage campaign' began months before the flaw was fixed A previously unknown Android spyware family called LANDFALL exploited a zero-day in Samsung Galaxy devices for nearly a year, installing surveillance code capable of recording calls, tr…
Back to Top / Friday, November 7, 2025, 4:21 pm / permalink 15773 / 4 stories in 3 months
The MPA tells Meta to stop using PG-13 to describe teen accounts
Matt Tate / engadget - The Motion Picture Association doesn’t share Meta’s view that the content people under the age of 18 might encounter on an Instagram Teen Account is comparable to what you might find in a PG-13 movie. The MPA has reportedly hit Mark Zuckerberg’s company w…
Back to Top / Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 12:22 pm / permalink 15702 / 6 stories in 4 months
Debra Messing’s anti-Mamdani crashout
Eve Upton-Clark / fastcompany - Last night, Zohran Mamdani defeated Andrew Cuomo to become the next mayor of New York City. Cue the online crashouts. Leading the pack is Will & Grace star Debra Messing, who is now facing intense backlash for sharing dozens of posts smearing the Democrat…
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Back to Top / Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 12:22 pm / permalink 15700 / 20 stories in 4 months
Make voice notes feel normal with an AI ring that runs your music
digitaltrends - Sandbar’s Stream ring turns whispers into editable notes and runs your music with a thumb swipe. The mic stays off until you press, privacy is baked in, and preorders start at $249 today.
Back to Top / Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 10:20 am / permalink 15696 / 3 stories in 4 months
Whisper Into This AI-Powered Smart Ring to Organize Your Thoughts
Julian Chokkattu / wired - A new company called Sandbar has unveiled a smart wearable called Stream Ring, which uses a microphone to record your softly spoken thoughts. And it’s powered by—you guessed it—an AI chatbot.
Back to Top / Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 9:21 am / permalink 15693 / 6 stories in 4 months
U.S. Immigration Enforcement Apparently Provides Facial Scanning Tech to Local Cops
Lucas Ropek / gizmodo - It's part of a program that essentially deputizes police into the federal mass deportation effort.
Back to Top / Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 5:20 pm / permalink 15661 / 5 stories in 4 months
Amazon Accuses Perplexity of Computer Fraud, Demands It Stop AI Agent From Buying On Its Site
msmash / slashdot - Amazon has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity AI demanding that the AI search startup stop allowing its AI browser agent, Comet, to make purchases online for users. From a report: The e-commerce giant is accusing Perplexity of committing compute…
Back to Top / Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 2:21 pm / permalink 15655 / 11 stories in 4 months
Facebook now lets private groups go public without exposing past posts
Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Meta announced an update to Facebook Groups on Monday, enabling administrators to convert private groups to public status without exposing past private posts or member lists. This change addresses the need for groups to expand reach while preserving exist…
Back to Top / Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 5:20 am / permalink 15638 / 4 stories in 4 months
Google pulls AI model after senator says it fabricated assault allegation
Robert Hart / theverge - Google says it has pulled AI model Gemma from its AI Studio platform after a Republican senator complained the model, designed for developers, “fabricated serious criminal allegations” about her. In a post on X, Google’s official news account said the com…
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‘We got hacked’ emails threaten to leak University of Pennsylvania data
Lawrence Abrams / bleepingcomputer - The University of Pennsylvania suffered a cybersecurity incident on Friday, where students and alumni received a series of offensive emails from various University email addresses, claiming that data was stolen in a breach. [...]
Back to Top / Friday, October 31, 2025, 2:20 pm / permalink 15574 / 5 stories in 4 months
Threads now lets you approve and filter your replies
Sarah Perez / techcrunch - Threads now lets you approve and filter your replies.
Back to Top / Thursday, October 30, 2025, 11:21 am / permalink 15546 / 6 stories in 4 months
WhatsApp will let you use passkeys for your backups
Lawrence Bonk / engadget - WhatsApp is rolling out passkeys for backups, which is great news for anyone who has been on the platform for years. This will add another layer of security to anything that's been backed up, including chats, photos, voice notes and more.It's also conveni…
Back to Top / Thursday, October 30, 2025, 9:21 am / permalink 15541 / 9 stories in 4 months
Proton’s new Data Breach Observatory shines a light into the dark web
Ian Barker / betanews - Date breaches affecting businesses and online services are ever more frequent and can affect anyone who is unfortunate enough to be a customer or supplier. Finding out the facts about a breach can be tricky, however, as information is heavily reliant on s…
Back to Top / Thursday, October 30, 2025, 7:20 am / permalink 15536 / 4 stories in 4 months
ICE’s forced face scans to verify citizens is unconstitutional, lawmakers say
Ashley Belanger / arstechnica - Videos show ICE conducting random face scans on US streets.
Back to Top / Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 2:22 pm / permalink 15526 / 8 stories in 4 months