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Quote of the day by Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy: 'You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it' — an early declaration foreshadowing the modern era
42+ min ago (381+ words) Although the erosion of privacy feels more of a modern phenomenon, the earliest digital systems were a subtle sign of things to come Sun Microsystems was a huge force in the technology landscape, with its co-founder and CEO Scott McNealy…...
What catches your eye in new places could identify you
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (1013+ words) Walk into a crowded coffee shop, and the very first thing your eyes land on could reveal something as personal as your fingerprint. New research shows that eye movements are distinctive enough to identify a person, based purely on which…...
Lorde AI glasses criticism Sparks Privacy Debate
2+ hour, 5+ min ago (310+ words) “Increasingly in our world it gets harder and harder to know what is real,” Lorde told the Madrid crowd, building toward her point. Then came the unambiguous conclusion: “Fuck the glasses. Don’t get the glasses. Not sexy.” Lorde’s comments landed…...
Singapore proposes mandatory notification when firms use personal data for AI training
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (633+ words) Commissioner of Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission Denise Wong in her office at Mapletree Business City on June 23, 2026. Published Jul 13, 2026, 05:00 AM There could also be concerns that personal data is being used to train AI services that consumers never anticipated....
How I Shipped 91+ Privacy-First Utilities with $0 Server Cost: The Architecture of OmniUtil.pro
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (205+ words) As a developer, I asked myself: Can we build a hyper-scalable ecosystem of professional tools that run 100% in the browser, protect user privacy, and maintain absolute zero compulsory server costs? The answer is OmniUtil.pro, which recently crossed version v3.66.0 with…...
AI glasses reveal widening gap between Meta’s privacy safeguards and AI ambitions
2+ hour, 46+ min ago (836+ words) The company said last week that the camera will be disabled when the glasses detect that the light has been covered, modified, or physically damaged. Meta also said it is removing advertisements, posts, and marketplace listings for services that disable…...
Privacy Web Browsers: DuckDuckGo 4
3+ hour, 41+ min ago (214+ words) Privacy Web Browsers Trend Hunter The DuckDuckGo browser now includes video ad blocking that removes most advertisements during playback, including many shown on YouTube The feature relies on open-source filter lists from the uBlock Origin community, with additional compatibility rules…...
Open-source AI is pitched as freedom. What's really in the box?
2+ hour, 42+ min ago (579+ words) Blaze Media Open-source AI is pitched as freedom. What's really in the box? China's push for AI dominance comes in sheep's clothing. A mechanism for ecosystem capture, price disruption, and geopolitical positioning. If you are deploying a model for enterprise…...
Even Realities Launches Camera-Free Smart Glasses, Bets on Privacy and Productivity
7+ hour, 33+ min ago (577+ words) As major tech companies move to equip smart glasses with cameras and advanced AI-powered imaging capabilities, Even Realities has chosen a different path based on completely omitting the camera and focusing on productivity and privacy, in an attempt to redefine…...
Ethics Debate Around Super-Intelligent AI
6+ hour, 10+ min ago (160+ words) Analytics Insight Super-intelligent AI could one day surpass human intelligence, raising urgent questions about safety, ethics, and who controls these powerful systems..The biggest challenge is value alignmentâensuring AI shares human goals A poorly defined objective could produce harmful…...