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Tech Journalist at WebProNews, writer, hacker, developer, and outdoor enthusiast.

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Android 16 Will Protect Against β€˜Stingray’ Surveillance Android 16 is bringing a major new privacy and security feature, warning users when their phone connects to a "stingray" fake cell tower.

Android 16 Will Protect Against 'Stingray' Surveillance

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27.06.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Denmark to Allow People to Copyright Their Features to Combat Deepfakes Denmark is setting itself apart when it comes to protecting its citizens from deepfakes, allowing them to copyright their looks, appearance, and voice.

Denmark to Allow People to Copyright Their Features to Combat Deepfakes

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27.06.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion: New York Times Is On the Wrong Side of Privacy in OpenAI Suit The New York Times is firmly on the wrong side of privacy and its own history, with its recent demand that OpenAI retain all user logs indefinitely.

Opinion: New York Times Is On the Wrong Side of Privacy in OpenAI Suit

No doubt the copyright issues needs to be resolved, when it comes to the AI industry, but undermining the #privacy of countless individuals is not the way to do it.

#NYT #Times #privacy

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06.06.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tresorit Cloud Review: Does Swiss Storage Live Up to the Hype? Tresorit is a leading Swiss cloud provider, promising a level of privacy and security that surpasses rival products from Big Tech. But does it deliver on the promise.

Tresorit Cloud Review: Does Swiss Storage Live Up to the Hype?

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30.05.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Are AI Models Collapsing? AI models are taking over multiple industries, but there's an important question that has yet to be answered: Are AI models already collapsing?

Is AI MAD, the digital equivalent of mad cow disease, finally taking a toll?

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28.05.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Huawei Spams Open Source Projects to Push HarmonyOS Huawei is certainly not winning any hearts, with the Chinese firm spamming dozens of open source projects on GitHub to push its HarmonyOS.

Huawei Spams Open Source Projects to Push HarmonyOS

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23.05.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Switzerland’s Proposed Legislation Threatens to Destroy Country’s Strong Pro-Privacy Reputation Switzerland has managed to anger privacy advocates, citizens, and some of the country's most well-known companies, and threatened to destroy its reputation as a pro-privacy jurisdiction.

Switzerland's Proposed Legislation Threatens to Destroy Country's Strong Pro-Privacy Reputation

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19.05.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Systemd Continues Raising Concerns for Linux Users Systemd is one of the more controversial elements in Linux, but the latest version is raising some serious concerns about security, performance, and the future of Linux.

Systemd Continues Raising Concerns for Linux Users

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19.05.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Linux Mint 22 vs LMDE 6 Revisited: Which Should You Choose in 2025? In our Linux Distro Reviews series, Linux Mint and LMDE 6 scored our highest ratings and remain our most recommended distros for newcomers and experienced users alike. But which of the two should you ...

Linux Mint 22 vs LMDE 6 Revisited: Which Should You Choose in 2025?

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19.05.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Huawei Poised to Become a Major Desktop OS Vendor Huawei is poised to become a major desktop OS vendor with its HarmonyOS, thanks to the company losing its ability to license Microsoft Windows.

Huawei Poised to Become a Major Desktop OS Vendor

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16.05.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Telegram Blocks Two Major Black Markets Telegram has blocked two major black marketsβ€”Xinbi Guarantee and Huione Guaranteeβ€”from operating on it platform, shutting down a significant source of criminal activity.

#Telegram Blocks Two Major Black Markets

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16.05.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Takes Issue With Apple's India Manufacturing Plans President Trump has taken issue with Apple's India manufacturing plans, as the company works to lessen its reliance on China.

Trump Takes Issue With Apple's India Manufacturing Plans

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16.05.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Montana the First US State to Offer Major Privacy Protection Montana has taken a major step forward in protecting citizens' privacy, closing a loophole that allowed law enforcement to purchase data from data brokers.

Montana the First US State to Offer Major Privacy Protection

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16.05.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Google Agrees to Restore Nextcloud Permissions Google has finally agreed to restore a key permission for the Nextcloud app, a move that will restore critical functionality.

#Google Agrees to Restore #Nextcloud Permissions

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16.05.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Platform9 Writes Open Letter to VMware Customers Platform9 has written an open letter to VMware customers in an effort to offer them an alternative to what is increasingly becoming an untenable situation for many.

Platform9 Writes Open Letter to VMware Customers

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16.05.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Senator Grassley Introduces AI Whistleblower Protection Act Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has introduced the AI Whistleblower Protection Act, a piece of legislation that aims to keep AI firms honest.

Senator Grassley Introduces AI Whistleblower Protection Act

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16.05.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Microsoft Programmers Among Those Most Impacted by Layoffs Microsoft announced layoffs impacting 3% of its workforce, or roughly 6,000 employees, but it appears software engineers are among the most impacted.

Microsoft Programmers Among Those Most Impacted by Layoffs

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15.05.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Microsoft Makes #Linux Validation Tool Available As a Service

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15.05.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is Google Targeting Nextcloud, Intentionally Crippling It? Nextcloud is taking aim at Google, blaming the company for a change in policy that has effectively crippled the Nextcloud app.

Is #Google Targeting #Nextcloud, Intentionally Crippling It?

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15.05.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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VPNSecure Cancels Lifetime Subscriptions, Angering Users VPNSecure's new owners have stirred a hornet's nest, canceling customers' lifetime license, saying they were unaware of them when they purchased VPNSecure.

VPNSecure Cancels Lifetime Subscriptions, Angering Users

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14.05.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Judge Sanctions Law Firms $31,000 for Error-Filled AI-Generated Brief A judge in California has imposed sanctions to law firms that relied on AI for case research, resulting in an error-filled brief.

Judge Sanctions Law Firms $31,000 for Error-Filled AI-Generated Brief

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14.05.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GM and LG Energy Partner On Long-Range LMR EV Batteries GM and LG Energy are expanding their partnership to commercialize lithium manganese-rich (LMR) prismatic batteries for EVs, offering lower cost and longer range.

GM and LG Energy Partner On Long-Range LMR EV Batteries

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14.05.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lawmakers Add Language to Block AI Regulation to Budget Bill Lawmakers have made a last-minute addition to the Budget Reconciliation bill, in the form of language that would prohibit states from regulating artificial intelligence.

Lawmakers Add Language to Block AI Regulation to Budget Bill

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14.05.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Demand for Short Answers Lead to More AI Hallucinations AI hallucinations are a lingering problem, but new research indicates that demanding short answers leads to a measurable increase in those hallucinations.

Demand for Short Answers Lead to More AI Hallucinations

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14.05.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Google: One Billion RCS Messages Sent Daily in US RCS message adoption in the US has crossed a major milestone, with Google announcing that one billion messages are now sent every day.

Google: One Billion RCS Messages Sent Daily in US

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13.05.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Microsoft Prepares to Lay Off Another 6,000 Microsoft is preparing for another round of layoffs, with the company laying off more than 6,000 employees as it continues "to implement organizational changes."

Microsoft Prepares to Lay Off Another 6,000

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13.05.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RevealData: ChatGPT Ranks In the Top Five Websites Globally ChatGPT traffic continues to surge, with the website now ranking in the top five websites globally, in terms of traffic.

RevealData: ChatGPT Ranks In the Top Five Websites Globally

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13.05.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nvidia Is Raising GPU Prices Across Its Entire Lineup Nvidia is reportedly raising its GPU prices across its entire lineup, with customers looking a 10-15% increase as a result of multiple issues the company is facing.

Nvidia Is Raising GPU Prices Across Its Entire Lineup

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13.05.2025 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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37signals to Delete 'Entire AWS Account This Summer' 37signals continues its cloud and SaaS repatriation efforts, migrating its data to its own data centers in an effort to adopt a "post-SaaS" structure.

#37signals to Delete 'Entire #AWS Account This Summer'

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09.05.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Debian Project Leader Wants to Tackle Dormant Packages Debian Project Leader Andreas Tille has unveiled an initial plan to tackle dormant packages, a growing issue for the venerable Linux distro.

#Debian Project Leader Wants to Tackle Dormant Packages

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