Samsung makes ads on $3,499 smart fridges official with upcoming software update

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Back to Top / Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 5:21 pm / permalink 15502 / 6 stories in 4 months

Clearview AI sued in Europe over alleged privacy violations

therecord - The complaint follows several enforcement actions and bans from European data protection authorities which the advocacy group, noyb, alleges Clearview AI has ignored.

Back to Top / Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 10:22 am / permalink 15485 / 4 stories in 4 months

Apple says U.S. passport digital IDs are coming to Wallet ‘soon’

Sarah Perez / techcrunch - Apple says it will soon introduce an Apple Wallet feature to allow U.S. users to create a digital ID using their passport, which can be used at select TSA checkpoints for domestic travel.

Back to Top / Monday, October 27, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 15463 / 7 stories in 4 months

Threads introduces 'ghost' posts that disappear after 24 hours

engadget - Meta's Threads is getting its own version of ephemeral posting with a new feature the company is calling "ghost posts." The temporary posts will be published within Threads' main feed like any other post, but will disappear after 24 hours. And while other…

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X to Retire Twitter.com Domain for Good

Laurent Giret / thurrott - X/Twitter is urging users who set up two-factor authentication with a security key to make some changes, as it’s preparing to fully retire the twitter.com domain.The post X to Retire Twitter.com Domain for Good appeared first on Thurrott.com.

Back to Top / Monday, October 27, 2025, 11:21 am / permalink 15460 / 9 stories in 4 months

High school’s AI security system confuses Doritos bag for a possible firearm

Anthony Ha / techcrunch - A high school student in Baltimore County, Maryland was reportedly handcuffed and searched after an AI security system flagged his bag of chips as a possible firearm.

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OpenAI's new Sora 2 video generation app went viral. Is it a real threat to Meta?

cnbc - Sora 2 is the latest competitive threat to Meta's social media supremacy.

Back to Top / Friday, October 24, 2025, 1:20 pm / permalink 15384 / 4 stories in 4 months

How iCloud backups helped expose a mob-and NBA-linked poker cheating scandal

appleinsider - Digital evidence stored in iCloud played a key role in exposing a multistate poker-rigging scheme tied to organized crime and NBA players. Here's how, and what evidence was uncovered.iCloud data helps crack NBA and mob poker schemeFederal investigators us…

Back to Top / Thursday, October 23, 2025, 9:20 pm / permalink 15366 / 6 stories in 4 months

Toys “R” Us Canada warns customers' info leaked in data breach

Bill Toulas / bleepingcomputer - Toys "R" Us Canada has sent notices of a data breach to customers informing them of a security incident where threat actors leaked customer records they had previously stolen from its systems. [...]

Back to Top / Thursday, October 23, 2025, 6:21 pm / permalink 15363 / 3 stories in 4 months

Tinder introduces mandatory facial verification to curb fake profiles

Tinder is rolling out a nationwide facial recognition feature to authenticate new users and reduce catfishing on its platform. The update seeks to bolster user safety by ensuring that profiles accurately represent real individuals, marking a proactive step in the dating app’s ongoing security efforts.

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YouTube’s likeness detection has arrived to help stop AI doppelgängers

Ryan Whitwam / arstechnica - Likeness detection will flag possible AI fakes, but Google doesn't guarantee removal.

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Google reportedly searching for 15 Pixel “Superfans” to test unreleased phones

Ryan Whitwam / arstechnica - Selected testers will have to sign an NDA and use a disguised case.

Back to Top / Monday, October 20, 2025, 4:20 pm / permalink 15246 / 3 stories in 4 months

Facebook's New Collage Feature May Use Your Images for AI Training

Juli Clover / macrumors - Meta is adding a new AI-based collage and photo editing tool to Facebook, and it's rolling out starting today. The opt-in feature scans your camera roll for your best photos and videos, uploads those images to the cloud, then uses AI to create "fun collag…

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Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement

Scharon Harding / arstechnica - Amazon's Ring partners with company whose tech has reportedly been used by ICE.

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Meta announces new AI parental controls following FTC inquiry

cnbc - Parents will be able to turn off chats with AI characters completely, block specific characters and get insight into what their teens are discussing.

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Cyber giant F5 Networks says government hackers had ‘long-term’ access to its systems, stole code and customer data

Zack Whittaker / techcrunch - The company, which provides cybersecurity defenses to most of the Fortune 500, said the DOJ allowed it to delay notifying the public on national security grounds.

Back to Top / Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 11:21 am / permalink 15148 / 8 stories in 4 months

Trump admin pressured Facebook into removing ICE-tracking group

Jon Brodkin / arstechnica - Pam Bondi claims Facebook group was used to “dox and target” ICE agents

Back to Top / Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 4:20 pm / permalink 15128 / 6 stories in 4 months