An exceptionally weird controversy has come back to haunt Cox Media and a pair of marketing firms, which claimed they were secretly listening to users via phones and smart devices – despite little evidence they actually could. On Thursday the Federal Trade Commission announced that Cox, MindSift, and 1010 Digital Works would pay a total […]
The European Central Bank is calling banks in for a meeting on Tuesday to address the cybersecurity risks created by a new generation of AI models that can find and exploit software vulnerabilities faster than any human team. The meeting follows months…
President Trump’s branded cell phone maker and cell provider said the exposure was linked to a third-party platform, and was evaluating whether it needs to notify customers.
Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, has withheld its vote on the reappointment of John Elkann to Meta’s board of directors. The fund said it believes the Stellantis chairman and Exor CEO does not have eno…
Mozilla has officially unveiled Project Nova, the largest visual overhaul of Firefox since 2020. The redesign touches tabs, icons, spacing, colour palette, and settings, with the goal of making the browser feel warmer and faster without losing its iden…
Hundreds of thousands of workplaces use software to monitor employees. Now, a new study has found that many of these tools share data not just with employers, but with digital advertising platforms and data brokers as well. The review was led by Stephanie Nguyen, senior fellow at Columbia Law School’s Center for Law and the […]
Trump Mobile is leaking customers’ email and home addresses, but has not responded to people alerting the company of the data exposure, according to two YouTubers who said they verified that their leaked data is authentic.
OpenAI has announced two new measures designed to help the public determine whether an image was created by its AI models. The company is formally joining the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) open standard while simultaneously p…
New York City Health and Hospitals, the largest public healthcare system in the United States, has disclosed that hackers stole personal data, medical records, and biometric information, including fingerprints, in a breach affecting at least 1.8 mill…