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UK officially rolls out digital ID scheme

Posted by Improvement on Friday September 26, 2025 @07:02AM
from the gov.uk dept.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-digital-id-scheme-to-be-rolled-out-across-uk

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Trump signs executive order to transfer TikTok to US owners

Posted by Improvement on Thursday September 25, 2025 @08:39PM
from the whitehouse.gov dept.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/09/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-saves-tiktok-while-protecting-national-security/

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Conspiracy content drives anti-establishment sentiment on TikTok, YouTube

Posted by Improvement on Thursday September 25, 2025 @07:55PM
from the news.umich.edu dept.

https://news.umich.edu/conspiracy-content-drives-anti-establishment-sentiment-on-tiktok-youtube/

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The Online Safety Act comes for livestreaming

Posted by Improvement on Thursday September 25, 2025 @11:58AM
from the openrightsgroup.org dept.

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/online-safety-act-comes-for-livestreaming/

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FTC Secures Historic $2.5B Settlement Against Amazon

Posted by Improvement on Thursday September 25, 2025 @11:35AM
from the ftc.gov dept.

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/09/ftc-secures-historic-25-billion-settlement-against-amazon

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AI is helping judges to quickly close cases, and lawyers to quickly open them

Posted by Improvement on Thursday September 25, 2025 @06:21AM
from the restofworld.org dept.

https://restofworld.org/2025/brazil-ai-courts-lawsuits/

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New advertising initiative aims to evade ad blockers: IAB's Trusted Server

Posted by Improvement on Thursday September 25, 2025 @05:19AM
from the adguard.com dept.

https://adguard.com/en/blog/trusted-server-advertising-proposal.html

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5G is deployed, but it doesn't always deliver faster connections than 4G

Posted by Improvement on Thursday September 25, 2025 @12:44AM
from the networks.imdea.org dept.

https://networks.imdea.org/5g-is-deployed-but-it-doesnt-always-deliver-faster-connections-than-4g/

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Indeed updated terms: Forced Arbitration and bundling of consent

Posted by Improvement on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @06:58PM
from the consumerrights.wiki dept.

https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Indeed_Forced_Arbitration_%26_bundling_of_consent

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Gene therapy appears to slow Huntington's disease progression

Posted by Improvement on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @05:29PM
from the ucl.ac.uk dept.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/sep/gene-therapy-appears-slow-huntingtons-disease-progression

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Trump's tariffs could make the apps on your phone worse

Posted by Improvement on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @10:02AM
from the rte.ie dept.

https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0924/1535034-trump-tariff-wars-visa-fees-technology-workers-outsourcing/

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Rights groups urge UK PM Starmer to abandon plans for mandatory digital ID

Posted by Improvement on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @08:28AM
from the bigbrotherwatch.org.uk dept.

https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releases/rights-groups-urge-starmer-to-abandon-plans-for-mandatory-digital-id/

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Cloudflare Bankrolls Fascists

Posted by Improvement on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @07:48AM
from the drewdevault.com dept.

https://drewdevault.com/2025/09/24/2025-09-24-Cloudflare-and-fascists.html

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The Science Behind Scratchgate and What It Means for Repairing the iPhone 17 Pro

Posted by Improvement on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @04:26AM
from the ifixit.com dept.

https://www.ifixit.com/News/113388/iphone-17-pro-teardown

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How close are we to having chatbots officially offer counseling?

Posted by Improvement on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @08:04PM
from the news.harvard.edu dept.

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/09/how-close-are-we-to-having-chatbots-officially-offer-counseling/

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Tens of thousands of phone locations for sale

Posted by Improvement on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @06:01PM
from the rte.ie dept.

https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2025/0918/1534034-data-for-sale/

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Technology Report 2025

Posted by Improvement on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @05:27PM
from the bain.com dept.

https://www.bain.com/insights/topics/technology-report/

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Privacy Commissioners find TikTok collected sensitive data from children

Posted by Improvement on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @03:37PM
from the priv.gc.ca dept.

https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/news-and-announcements/2025/nr-c_250923/

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Denmark wants to push through Chat Control

Posted by Improvement on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @03:09PM
from the netzpolitik.org dept.

https://netzpolitik.org/2025/internes-protokoll-daenemark-will-chatkontrolle-durchdruecken/

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Multiple Courts Confirm: Carriers Must Protect Your Phone Location Data

Posted by Improvement on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @02:32PM
from the epic.org dept.

https://epic.org/multiple-courts-confirm-carriers-must-protect-your-phone-location-data/

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To improve your odds of getting hired, Get your cover letter right

Posted by Improvement on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @11:00AM
from the eures.europa.eu dept.

https://eures.europa.eu/want-improve-your-odds-getting-hired-get-your-cover-letter-right-2025-09-19_en

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Four phones, three weeks: Everything we saw on teen TikTok

Posted by Improvement on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @10:52AM
from the rnz.co.nz dept.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/in-depth-special-projects/story/2019001504/four-phones-three-weeks-everything-we-saw-on-teen-tiktok

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Malware on Valve Steam Platform Robs Stage 4 Cancer Patient of $32K in Crypto

Posted by Improvement on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @10:33AM
from the programming.dev dept.

https://programming.dev/post/37902936

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MrBeast Failed to Disclose Ads and Improperly Collected Children's Data

Posted by Improvement on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @09:44AM
from the bbbprograms.org dept.

https://bbbprograms.org/media/newsroom/decisions/mrbeast-feastables

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AI slop is fine says AI slop producer

Posted by Improvement on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @08:58AM
from the htxt.co.za dept.

https://htxt.co.za/2025/09/ai-slop-is-fine-actually-says-ai-slop-producer/

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Kmart's use of facial recognition to tackle refund fraud unlawful

Posted by Improvement on Monday September 22, 2025 @06:20AM
from the oaic.gov.au dept.

https://www.oaic.gov.au/news/media-centre/18-kmarts-use-of-facial-recognition-to-tackle-refund-fraud-unlawful,-privacy-commissioner-finds

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How Political Narratives are distributed on Twitter/X

Posted by Improvement on Sunday September 21, 2025 @03:07PM
from the mpg.de dept.

https://www.mpg.de/25378603/0911-matn-influencers-multipliers-and-the-structure-of-polarization-154220-x

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Everdry Waterproofing Allegedly Records Audio Conversations in Peoples Home

Posted by Improvement on Sunday September 21, 2025 @07:28AM
from the old.reddit.com dept.

https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1nly8fg/psa_everdry_waterproofing_records_audio/

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#De - Chatting with right-wing extremist "paedophile hunters"

Posted by Improvement on Saturday September 20, 2025 @05:42PM
from the republik.ch dept.

https://www.republik.ch/2025/09/17/im-chat-mit-rechtsextremen-paedophilen-jaegern

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