Apple is banking on privacy to set its smart glasses apart
Apple is banking on privacy to set its smart glasses apart

According to Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to reveal its first smart glasses at WWDC next June, with an expectation that they’ll launch by the end of 2027. Part of the hold-up may be around the company’s efforts to get its privacy features and messaging in order. Smart glasses in general, and Meta’s in particular, […]

The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border
The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border

The government is prosecuting US citizen Sam Tunick for allegedly providing authorities with a “duress password” that wiped his phone when they tried to seize it at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport on January 24th, 2025. Federal agents detained Tunick at the airport, allegedly questioning him about child exploitation images. However, a motion filed by Tunick’s lawyers […]

New Jersey Bans Surveillance Pricing, Puts the Brakes on Electronic Shelf Labels

The Fair Price Protection Act is intended to stop stores from using personal data to set individualized prices.

US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a ‘duress’ password during border search

A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government’s claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone’s data, opening up fresh questions about a person’s constitutional rights at the U.S. border.

OpenAI wants your medical records, and says its AI is ‘better than clinician level’
OpenAI wants your medical records, and says its AI is ‘better than clinician level’

OpenAI wants to be in the room for your next diagnosis. On Thursday it began rolling out ChatGPT Health to every logged-in US adult. The chatbot can now connect to your Apple Health data and medical records, the company said. It can then draw on them i…

Meta is banning the ‘pervert glasses’ creeps from Instagram
Meta is banning the ‘pervert glasses’ creeps from Instagram

Meta has a nickname problem. Its Ray-Ban smart glasses have earned an ugly label: “pervert glasses”. Men wear them to film women in the street. Pranksters wear them to ambush shop workers. Now Instagram is trying to scrub the evidence. The platform wil…

How to Find Out If There Are Flock Cameras Near You

The Atlas of Surveillance maintains the largest known database tracking police surveillance technologies across the US.

Proton reveals how smart TVs track you and the escape situation is pretty grim 

Proton warns that smart TVs use automatic content recognition to track everything you watch, sending data to manufacturers and advertisers by default, even when smart features go unused.

Google now lets you sign in to your account with a selfie video
Google now lets you sign in to your account with a selfie video

Everyone has lost access to something. A phone, a password, a recovery code sent to a dead email. Google’s answer, announced on Thursday, is your face. The company is adding a selfie video as a way to sign in, it said in a blog post. Setting it up take…

Meta’s AI is deleting accounts, and the only way to appeal is more AI
Meta’s AI is deleting accounts, and the only way to appeal is more AI

Camille Hanson woke one night in March to a notification: Meta had flagged her Facebook and Instagram accounts for deletion. She and her husband ran an English-teaching business there with nearly a million followers. Meta said she had breached its rule…