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Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country | A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
How a French judge was digitally cut off by the USA
New Apple study shows LLMs can tell what you’re doing from audio and motion data
Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Dell and HP disable hardware H.265 decoding on select PCs due to rising royalty costs — companies could save big on HEVC royalties, but at the expense of users
New study reveals TikTok & Instagram content actually “rots” your brain
Australia is about to ban under-16s from social media. Here’s what kids can do right now to prepare
Experimental study finds no evidence that the blue light from tablets negatively affects sleep quality in young children
X begins rolling out the 'About this account' feature to users' profiles
Magician loses password to his hand after RFID chip implant
YouTube dominates, X stalls, Snapchat drops: survey reveals US social media preferences
Figure AI sued by whistleblower who warned that startup’s robots could ‘fracture a human skull’
US mulls letting Nvidia, sell H200 chips to China
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense. (Gift Article)
ACLU and EFF Sue a City Blanketed With Flock Surveillance Cameras: “Most drivers are unaware that San Jose’s Police Department is tracking their locations and do not know all that their saved location data can reveal about their private lives and activities."
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
PM Modi meets Mark Carney, Albanese; announces Australia-Canada-India Technology & Innovation Partnership | Today News

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