US judge orders Pentagon to lift wind project freeze Reuters
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Most people shrug when told their data is collected. The shrug is rational. The harm arrives without a return address.
Children may experience AI companions as friends, advisers, or confidants. The companies behind them receive something else: a growing record of the child's life.
Meta's smart glasses are drawing public backlash after users who filmed ordinary moments were accused online of recording people without their consent. The devices, which are not obviously identifiable as cameras, have prompted accusations of surveillance and invasion of privacy in everyday settings.
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US says it plans $1 billion security assistance to government of Colombia's new leader Reuters
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OpenAI flags possible critical cybersecurity risk in upcoming model, tightens controls Reuters
California is moving to raise the fees data brokers must pay to register with the state and is beginning the rulemaking process to establish audit requirements for those companies. The changes would expand the regulatory pressure on an industry that profits from collecting and selling personal information.
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California Raises Data Broker Fees to Fund Privacy Agency Tool news.bloomberglaw.com
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