Wired
Meta's New Smart Glasses: Great at Muting Fire Alarms, Less Great at Not Being Creepy
Meta's new smart glasses can silence a fire alarm, but can they silence the controversy? Probably not.
2026-10-04
Wired
2026-09-24
BBC Business
Meta Unveils Camera-Free Smart Glasses, Insists It's Totally Not Because Everyone Called the Last Ones 'Pervert Glasses'
Meta launches camera-free smart glasses, insists it's not because everyone called the last ones 'pervert glasses' - but the pregnant pause from its product head says otherwise.
2026-09-23
TechCrunch
Discord Rolls Out Age Verification to Everyone, Because Nothing Says 'Community' Like a Credit Card Scan
Discord finally rolls out age verification for all users after a February delay, promising 90% won't need to scan anything - unless the algorithm thinks you act like a teen.
2026-09-07
BBC World
Grindr Shells Out £26m to Make HIV Status Sharing Lawsuit Go Away
Grindr pays £26m to settle claims it shared users' HIV status with third parties, but insists it did nothing wrong - just a 'historical' misunderstanding.
2026-08-30
The Verge
Texas Governor Abbott Blocks Funding for Flock Cameras, Because Even Surveillance Has Its Limits
Governor Abbott hits pause on Flock camera funding after a report reveals $30M in surveillance spending, uniting left and right in a rare moment of agreement.
2026-08-25
TechCrunch
Apple Decides Privacy Feature Should Actually, You Know, Protect Privacy
Apple listens to users, keeps Hide My Email addresses on @icloud.com, and privacy survives another day.
2026-08-15
ZDNet
ChatGPT's New Computer History: A Productivity Boost or a Privacy Nightmare? You Decide!
OpenAI's new Computer History feature tracks your Mac activity for ChatGPT - but it's not encrypted, so hackers might enjoy your timeline too.
2026-08-06
ZDNet
DuckDuckGo Finally Makes Copying Links Not a Privacy Nightmare
DuckDuckGo's new Copy Clean Link feature on iOS strips tracking parameters from shared URLs, making you a privacy champion without breaking a sweat.
2026-07-27
The Verge
Apple's Smart Glasses Strategy: 'Please Don't Accuse Us of Being Creepy'
Apple's smart glasses won't be creepy, promise - they're just taking three years to ensure they don't accidentally become a surveillance tool.
2026-07-17
The Guardian Europe
Meta's Smart Glasses: Creepy, Invasive, and Now Endorsed by Kylie Jenner. Great.
Meta's AI glasses are a privacy nightmare, and Kylie Jenner is here to make them trendy. Because nothing says 'safety' like a flashing LED that nobody sees.
2026-06-12
ZDNet
9 Google Messages Settings to Tweak Before Your Phone Betrays Your Privacy
A guide to taming Google Messages' many settings for a cleaner, more private texting experience.
2026-06-08
ZDNet
ChatGPT's New Memory Feature: Now It Can Remember Everything You Told It, Including the Stuff You Forgot You Said
OpenAI's ChatGPT now remembers everything you've ever told it, synthesizes a dossier about you, and might get it hilariously wrong - all while you can't fully delete what it knows.
2026-05-17
TechCrunch
Apple to Make Siri Forgettable in More Ways Than One
Apple promises a Siri that forgets your chats automatically, because the alternative is admitting it still can't remember what you asked five seconds ago.
2026-04-29
The Guardian
Disneyland Adds Facial Recognition, Because Nothing Says Magic Like Surveillance
Disneyland adds facial recognition to some entrances, promising convenience while privacy experts ask if you really want to be scanned at every turn.
2026-04-24
Ars Technica
Apple Finally Patches Bug That Let Cops Read Your Deleted Signal Messages, Because Of Course That Was a Thing
Apple fixed a bug that let cops read deleted Signal messages from push notifications - because your self-destructing texts apparently weren't self-destructing enough.
2026-04-23
TechCrunch
Apple Fixes Bug That Let Cops Read Your 'Deleted' Messages Because Of Course They Could
Apple patches a bug that let the FBI read 'deleted' Signal messages from iPhones, because apparently 'delete' is just a suggestion.
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