Can Apple make smart glasses that aren’t a constant privacy threat?
As Apple prepares to launch its first smart glasses, the company is also wrestling…
TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements
The deal stems from a 2024 lawsuit alleging TikTok and its parent company ByteDance…
Cellebrite said it cut off Russia, but Russia used is tools anyway
In an email to the Citizen Lab, which he shared with TechCrunch, Cellebrite's chief…
Meta disputes claim that Muse read a user’s private messages without permission
Stone's official statement from Meta follows a more technical reply from Meta Superintelligence Labs…
PSA: Your Claude shared chats and Artifacts may have ended up on Google
An untold number of Claude chats and Artifacts — the interactive mini apps and…
Apple rescues Hide My Email feature from the privacy scrap heap
The company confirmed an update on Monday that Hide My Email addresses "will remain"…
Xprize founder says ‘humans behave better when they’re being watched’
Much of Diamandis' Substack post is framed around giving advice to entrepreneurs or executives…
California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
California governor Gavin Newsom has used his veto authority to send a bill passed…
FTC sues Hims & Hers for allegedly sharing patients’ medical data with advertisers Meta and Snap
The Federal Trade Commission is suing healthcare giant Hims & Hers for allegedly sharing…
Ring introduces a new encryption standard, makes it the default for cloud features
Amazon's smart home division Ring said on Wednesday that it is adopting a new…
In major privacy win, Supreme Court rules geofence warrants are protected by privacy rights
It's not immediately clear how the ruling will affect past court cases. A spokesperson…
Apple is adding new privacy safeguards for Mac users as AI agents get more powerful
Apple wants to make sure you know exactly what you're signing up for before…
Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users’ internet connections with strangers
Several popular Samsung smart TV apps contain code that share the owner's internet connection…
Meta’s $18B child-safety deal hinges on age verification tech that doesn’t work well
Not everyone shares that pessimism, though. "I think the technology has evolved quite a…
WhatsApp dumps use of phone number, introduces username
A messaging platform, WhatsApp, has started rolling out username reservations as a new privacy…
Sanders introduces bill to ban the federal government from using Flock
Flock, whose cameras scan license plates across the country, continues to draw public anger,…
