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Breakingviews - Supermaxing prisons protected by minimum security

Breakingviews - Supermaxing prisons protected by minimum security Reuters

IAPP · Aug 24, 2026 · International

Age assurance laws in the EU and US

Age assurance laws in the EU and US IAPP

The Guardian — Tech · Aug 24, 2026 · International

Albanese seeks to quell datacentre disquiet as climate expert warns ‘we’ve got one shot to get the rules right’

Australian Prime Minister Albanese is working to calm state and territory leaders over proposed federal rules governing data center development, ahead of a national cabinet meeting. The push comes as the country's energy market operator projects a sevenfold increase in data center power consumption.

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BleepingComputer · Aug 24, 2026 · International

South Korean startup platform breach exposes key management failures

A South Korean government-backed startup platform suffered a data breach that exposed encrypted personal data after an encryption key was embedded directly in an API, negating the protection encryption was supposed to provide. Penta Security has publicly addressed the incident as an example of poor key management practice.

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SCOTUSblog · Aug 24, 2026 · US Federal

There is no constitutional “right to privacy”

A piece arguing that the U.S. Constitution does not contain an explicit right to privacy has surfaced in public discourse. The claim touches on a long-running legal debate about how privacy protections are grounded in constitutional law.

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Microsoft Moves AI Governance From Policy to Runtime Enforcement

Microsoft is shifting AI governance from written policy commitments to controls enforced at the system level, meaning rules about how its AI behaves would be built into runtime operations rather than left to voluntary guidelines.

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Singapore Abandons Voluntary AI Governance: Binding Law to End Social Media Self-Declaration

Singapore is moving away from voluntary AI governance frameworks toward binding legislation, ending a self-declaration model that had let social media platforms self-report their AI practices. The shift signals a harder regulatory stance from a government that had previously favored industry-led accountability.

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New Jersey: Data Broker Law - What changed, who's covered, and how to prepare

New Jersey has enacted a data broker law that establishes new requirements for companies that collect and sell personal information. The law defines who qualifies as a data broker, what obligations they carry, and what steps businesses need to take to comply.

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BBC — Tech · Aug 24, 2026 · International

Twitch and Amazon face legal action over using livestreams to train AI

A lawsuit has been filed against Twitch and Amazon alleging that the platforms used creators' livestream content to train AI models without obtaining consent or providing compensation. The case centers on whether the companies had the right to repurpose that content for AI development.

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War on the Rocks · Aug 24, 2026 · International

Command and Politics in the War Between Moscow and Kyiv

Our intrepid team covers a lot of ground in this episode: the increasing fluidity of the battlefield, drones and air defense, the biting Black Sea campaign, the causes and aftermath of the firing of Ukraine’s popular defense minister, why Ukraine probably cannot produce PAC-3 air defense missiles (despite what some journalists are telling you), and the likelihood of a new round of Russian mobilization. This episode is Dara Massicot and Michael Kofman at their best.Thanks to NODA AI for supporting this episode. NODA AI is building mission command for autonomous forces. Learn more at waronthero…

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DataBreaches.net · Aug 24, 2026 · International

Personal Information Exposed in Apollo Global Data Breach

Apollo Global Management, one of the world's largest private equity firms, disclosed a data breach in which attackers used social engineering to access company cloud platforms over a four-day window in early July. Personal information belonging to affected individuals was exposed, and an investigation is continuing.

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DataBreaches.net · Aug 24, 2026 · International

ShinyHunters provided no real proof they hacked ReliaQuest– because they didn’t get anywhere: ReliaQuest

Hacking group ShinyHunters claimed to have breached cybersecurity firm ReliaQuest and listed it on their leak site, but offered only a screenshot of a single user account page as evidence. ReliaQuest publicly pushed back, stating the claim was not supported by any real proof of access.

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Liferay spotlights enterprise AI governance at LEAP 2026

Liferay featured enterprise AI governance as a focus area at the LEAP 2026 technology conference. The company used the event to position its platform around governance tools for organizations deploying AI.

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Flock Safety has been a venture darling. Will data privacy controversies halt its rise?

Flock Safety, a surveillance technology company that sells license plate readers and other monitoring tools to law enforcement and private communities, has grown rapidly with strong venture capital backing. The company is now facing scrutiny over how its data collection practices intersect with privacy rights.

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Europe’s electronic waste crisis holds the key to supply security – if we act on it

Europe’s electronic waste crisis holds the key to supply security – if we act on it Reuters

Confident but exposed: What executives get wrong about data privacy in the AI era

A report or analysis aimed at business executives identifies common misconceptions about data privacy as companies adopt AI tools, suggesting that leadership confidence in their privacy posture may not match actual exposure.

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War on the Rocks · Aug 24, 2026 · International

Betting on Autonomous Aircraft

This exclusive Cogs of War interview is with Brandon Tseng, the co-founder and president of Shield AI and a former Navy SEAL, whose company builds the Hivemind autonomy software, the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon synthetic reality and simulation technologies. We asked Brandon about the bet at the center of his company — that the AI pilot matters more than the airframe — and about what a decade building autonomy for the Pentagon has taught him. Sign Up for Our Newsletter You founded Shield AI in 2015, before defense tech was fashionable, and when few in Washington believed a startup c…

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[COVER STORY] Korea's AI ethics principles lack binding force, specificity

South Korea's AI ethics principles, as reported by The Korea Times, lack binding legal force and sufficient specificity to meaningfully govern AI development or deployment. The framework exists on paper but carries no enforceable weight.

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CNIL · Aug 24, 2026 · EU / France

Automated decisions: UBER fined nearly EUR 825 million

France's data protection authority, the CNIL, has fined Uber nearly 825 million euros, apparently connected to the company's use of automated decision-making processes. The penalty is one of the largest issued by a European privacy regulator.

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Rights groups blast plan to face-scan misbehaving kids

Rights groups blast plan to face-scan misbehaving kids Cybernews

Korea establishes national AI ethics principles covering development and use

South Korea has adopted a set of national principles to guide the ethical development and use of artificial intelligence. The framework appears to apply across both public and private contexts, covering how AI systems are built and deployed.

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Fast-fashion giant Shein shrinks value to up to $27 billion in Hong Kong IPO

Fast-fashion giant Shein shrinks value to up to $27 billion in Hong Kong IPO Reuters

Father of sailor aboard USS Abraham Lincoln taken into US immigration detention

Father of sailor aboard USS Abraham Lincoln taken into US immigration detention Reuters

China's Xi likely to visit India with big delegation for first time in seven years

China's Xi likely to visit India with big delegation for first time in seven years Reuters