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The CIA’s most ridiculous Cold War spy weapon was a Xerox photocopier

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'We can no longer afford to be blind': Danish startup raises funds to build underwater CCTV-like tech to track drones and more

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'$3.7B lost to deepfakes' - Why social media is the perfect launchpad for Al fraud

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Proton VPN's anti-censorship Stealth protocol finally lands on Linux

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'The government has all but forgotten that most data centres require water to cool their systems': Industry trade board warns UK government over data center thirst for resources

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'It doesn’t catch fire': Why China’s "fireproof" sodium battery could be the breakthrough that makes EVs safer than ICE cars

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cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/62209262

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Has anyone else read this TechRadar piece on LG?

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'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark Anne Frank copyright ruling

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'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark Anne Frank copyright ruling

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Ukraine confirms it will produce 10 million drones in 2026, rising to 20 million, as it signs a massive $1.1 billion 'drone deal' with the EU

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'Whoever came up with this is a massive idiot': LG's gaming monitors and TVs are facing a user revolt

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…due to seemingly installing adware on PCs and telling you to warn guests they may be recorded by AI features, to comply with ‘wiretapping’ laws

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47 requests, zero answers — How Proton VPN keeps saying no to data demands

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Proton denied all 47 requests for user data this year, making it 458 rejected since 2019, not a single one fulfilled.

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'We decided not to limit VPNs': UK government U-turns on age-gating privacy tools

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Quote of the day by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel: 'I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible' — a foundational thesis of the new tech elite

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'The death of privacy online' — Proton launches interactive map to show age verification laws are spreading fast Guide Legal

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Quote of the day by Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy: 'You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it'

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Lidl customers across Europe hit in suspected data breach - here's what we know

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Are VPNs under threat in Australia? FOI documents reveal plans to block age verification workarounds

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Digital warfare reaches fuel maps as Ukrainian users create confusion across Russia

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A coordinated online campaign has reportedly encouraged users to alter fuel station information on digital maps across Russia, creating confusion among drivers.

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Digital warfare reaches fuel maps as Ukrainian users create confusion across Russia

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A coordinated online campaign has reportedly encouraged users to alter fuel station information on digital maps across Russia, creating confusion among drivers.

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Rise of the AI refuseniks — 31% of people are now ditching AI for real 'human interaction', a new survey reveals

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GTA 6 developer Rockstar Games accused of enabling crunch, failing to address gender pay gap, and weaponizing bonuses | Union members claim the gap between median wages for different genders has wide…

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The US government could own part of Open"AI" — and no, that probably doesn’t mean you get a check

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AI companies already rely on government decisions. Those connections are likely to become even more important as AI models grow larger and more expensive to build.

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India weighs stricter VPN regulations to stop users from bypassing internet blocks

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Samsung is plotting to replace your M.2 SSD with a storage chip smaller than a fingernail to improve battery life and supercharge ondevice AI inference

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NASA and Red Hat are building an open source medical system to diagnose sick astronauts on the ISS

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Battery swapping for EV trucks to go mainstream as Octopus teams with CATL to service 300,000+ electric trucks across Europe

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From ISP to DNS and VPNs: Rightsholders must be liable for collateral damage in piracy blocking, European ISP group says

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The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the far-right Swedish Örebro party

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Worth noting if you are using their VPN services or Browser.

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"'I don’t like that he made this donation' — Mullvad CEO reacts to co-founder’s donation to controversial Swedish populist party"

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Big Tech slapped with $3.5bn in fines for using your personal data to train AI — and 'it could be only the beginning,' warns Surfshark

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Microsoft extends Windows 10 support out of the blue - consumers now get updates for another year to October 2027 Platforms

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Article about digital EU autonomy b TechRadar

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European consumers are demanding digital autonomy! 🇪🇺

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Big Tech slapped with $3.5bn in fines for using your personal data to train AI — and 'it could be only the beginning,' warns Surfshark

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Surfshark found that 9 out of 10 AI-related fines concern the unlawful use of personal data

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'Deepfake as a service' sees 39% spike in dark web conversations — and experts fear it will fuel the next wave of “fake boss” scams | TechRadar

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Windscribe VPN CEO warns your favourite Facebook quizzes are actually stealing your bank details

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This free tool is helping drivers avoid automatic license plate readers — as fears grow around 'intrusive' new devices that could track your phone, AirPod and smartwatch data

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Almost half of UK retail workers unsure of how to handle data in line with GDPR

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Windscribe VPN CEO warns your favourite Facebook quizzes are actually stealing your bank details

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'A surprising number of them said, "Yes.": Study finds many customers would leave a business which stays loyal to US big tech services

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Norway says math, reading, and writing come first as it introduces AI restrictions for under-13s

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Norway is taking steps to limit how generative AI can be used in schools from the start of the next school year.

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Tesco UK supermarket chain removes 40,000 servers from VMware infrastructure, blames 'abusive conduct' from Broadcom

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‘Surveillance is not safety’ — UK’s device scanning order faces privacy backlash

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Australia's social media ban shows UK child safety measures are bound to fail — and it's not because of VPNs

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Australia's social media ban shows UK child safety measures are bound to fail — and it's not because of VPNs

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HDMI 2.2 is set to arrive in TVs and monitors next year, bringing uncompressed 4K at ridiculous frame rates — here's what to expect from the next-gen connector, and who it's actually most useful for

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'They just moved to VPNs' - Telegram CEO slams UK's teen social media ban with stark Russian comparison

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The end of the AI honeymoon? ChatGPT market share falls below 50% for first time

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Quote of the day by Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'If you put a key under the mat for the cops, a burglar can find it, too' — a stark warning on threats to undermine privacy

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Quote of the day by Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'If you put a key under the mat for the cops, a burglar can find it, too' — a stark warning on threats to undermine privacy

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The working class are rallying to oppose data centers at 5 times the rate of wealthy neighborhoods – the great unifier is helping workers punch up, and it's super effective

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Anthropic's bizarre call for everyone to slow down on AI is a pipe dream

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Microsoft might be trimming AI excesses, but make no mistake — it's bringing AI features to more Windows 11 PCs, as a new initiative clearly shows

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A major KPMG report on AI was found to be chock-full of...AI hallucinations

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This California city just approved the use of Flock drones as first responders, but residents are worried about 'militarization and surveillance'

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Meta reveals over 20,000 Instagram accounts hacked and stolen using AI support bot

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'Some places carry the costs and other places capture the benefits': UN warns that AI is stripping natural resources in exchange for making the rich richer

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'Surveillance is not safety' - UK's device scanning order faces privacy backlash

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Huawei executive credits bans for accelerating domestic chip independence

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Huawei executive credits bans for accelerating domestic chip independence

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Hackers could use poisoned WhatsApp and Slack notifications to take over your Google Gemini – and make it work on their behalf

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The first DRAM-less SSD controller to max out PCle Gen5 is also a power efficiency champion in the making

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Microsoft Edge and Aloha caught sharing precise user location data with third parties

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Researchers say Google AI Mode changes recommendations based on your emails — and it risks creating a giant confirmation-bias machine

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Quote of the day by Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on" — a dire warning on the...

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Quote of the day by Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on" — a dire warning on the er…

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Crossposted from https://lemmy.radio/post/13618800

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Quote of the day by Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on"

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Multiple Linux distros hit by major 'CIFSwitch' flaw that gives attackers root access

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Linux backlash leads to California law change on age verification - with the original lawmaker forced to make a humbling step back

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OS vendors have been mandated to request use age brackets since late 2025, but Linux systems could be exempt if this amendment bill is enforced.

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Canada vows to amend Bill C-22's encryption and metadata rules amid massive tech backlash

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Forget soundbars for your giant TV — Sony's new 'LCR' wireless Dolby Atmos system eats Sonos' lunch by delivering big home theater sound from separate speakers, and I heard it in action

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I just use 2 elac bookshelf speakers, an elac center, and a small sub that won’t shake the whole house

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Warhorse says that the new Middle-earth RPG 'will be a living world' with a 'strong narrative focus' and says new Kingdom Come game could arrive 'next fiscal year'

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'I'm delighted to ⁠be wrong': Sam Altman says AI won't lead to a 'jobs apocalypse' - but admits he was 'pretty wrong' on the social and economic implications it is having

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'I think those people are dead wrong': Jeff Bezos slams AI naysayers, plays down job fears for young workers, and defends billionaires and Trump

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Nvidia really doesn't seem to care about gaming GPUs anymore — the company won't even bother to break down graphics sales in its big investor reports

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'I think those people are dead wrong': Jeff Bezos slams AI naysayers, plays down job fears for young workers, and defends billionaires and Trump

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"Google Search is now AI Search" equals the worst thing to happen to the internet since social media, except this time we can all see it coming

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Mullvad to patch VPN fingerprinting issue to stop your activity from being tracked across servers

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Josh Broadwel [techradar.com]: "I've finished Zero Parades: For Dead Spies and it's a brilliant Disco Elysium successor" [review: 4½ stars of 5] [PCGamer: 66/100]

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PC Gamer review link also because there’s quite a spread between the two reviews.

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The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales boasts stunning visuals and great real-time action

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Meta workers revolt against mouse tracking technology - flyers ask if they want to work at 'the Employee Data Extraction Factory'

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Windscribe joins Signal in threatening Canada exit over controversial surveillance bill

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VPN provider Windscribe has warned it will relocate its headquarters if Canada passes the controversial Bill C-22. Joining secure messaging app Signal, the company says the proposed surveillance law threatens the “entire essence” of user privacy.

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'Begin in a friendly way': I used Dale Carnegie’s people skills on ChatGPT — and the AI instantly became more helpful

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Meta workers revolt against mouse tracking technology — flyers ask if they want to work at 'the Employee Data ​Extraction Factory'

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France has ditched Windows 11 for Linux on 2.5 million government PCs

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Frances switchted to Linux on 2.5 million PCs

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Still haven't upgraded to full fibre NBN? From next year, NBN Co will make it mandatory for some premises

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The Netherlands' ambitious homegrown Al model enters the real world

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TCL QM8L 75" Review - Techradar

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GrapheneOS patches an Android VPN bypass that Google decided to leave alone

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Amazon lets advertisers use your LinkedIn data to send targeted ads on TVs and streaming platforms

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Companies are increasingly sharing data and building a full profile about you.

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Amazon Ads lets advertisers use your LinkedIn data to send taregetd ads on TVs and streaming platforms

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GrapheneOS patches an Android VPN bypass that Google decided to leave alone

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GrapheneOS patches an Android VPN bypass that Google decided to leave alone

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GrapheneOS patches an Android VPN bypass that Google decided to leave alone

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The entire AI revolution is being held hostage by party balloon gas — and it is not funny

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Google Gemini is coming to more cars, but some consumers aren’t cheering

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Google Gemini is coming to more cars, but some consumers aren’t cheering

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Connecticut lawmakers approve bill for cell phone ban in schools — but critics argue that having different rules for adults and students is ‘not good role modeling at all’

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Microsoft has an ambitious plan to win users back, and go toe-to-toe with Valve's SteamOS for gaming — but I'm not getting my hopes up

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Microsoft is working on a new project labeled Windows ‘K2’, intent on removing bloatware, reducing AI, and optimizing Windows 11 for gaming, with three focuses of ‘performance, craft, and reliability’.

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Error in Medicare database exposes US healthcare providers Social Security numbers – Trump administration directory designed to modernize Medicare encounters another setback

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A directory created by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has exposed the Social Security numbers of a number of US healthcare providers.

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