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iPhone users begin to receive payouts from $95 million Siri privacy settlement
Early last year, Apple agreed to settle a class action lawsuit regarding ‘unlawful and intentional recording’ of conversations with Siri....
Microsoft handed the government ecryption keys for customer data
Microsoft complied with a warrant to hand over BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI, and privacy advocates are worried.
Giving your healthcare info to a chatbot is, unsurprisingly, a terrible idea
ChatGPT Health promises privacy. All you have is OpenAI’s word.
Health system size impacts AI privacy and security concerns
Administrators at larger health systems are more concerned about data and privacy violations, according to a new survey on shadow AI in healthcare.
The new Siri chatbot may run on Google servers, not Apple's
Nestled in Bloomberg’s reporting earlier on Apple’s plans to revamp Siri as a chatbot with iOS 27, was an interesting...
Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS
Even well-known services with millions of users are exposing sensitive data.
Samsung leaks Galaxy S26 Ultra ‘Privacy Display’ while showing off new Good Lock features
Samsung recently took to its website to share a huge set of new updates to its Good Lock suite of...
Leaked Galaxy S26 Ultra screenshot shows off Privacy Display tile
Samsung just revealed the One UI 8.5 Good Lock, which apparently features a screenshot from Galaxy S26 Ultra with the Privacy display tile. Galaxy S26 Ultra will be equipped with an advanced OLED display, incorporating Flex Magic Pixel technology. Based on this hardware trick, Samsung is offering a futuristic feature centered on safeguarding on-screen content. […]
Moxie Marlinspike has a privacy-conscious alternative to ChatGPT
Confer is designed to look and feel like ChatGPT or Claude, but your conversations can't be used for training or advertising.
Kirk Nahra Authors an Article on "Privacy and Security Law for Business Lawyers"
WilmerHale Partner Kirk Nahra examines the expanding and increasingly complex patchwork of U.S. privacy and security regulations in his recently published article, “Privacy and Security Law for Business Lawyers.”
Leak reveals how Galaxy S26 Ultra’s Privacy Display feature performs in real life
The Galaxy S26 Ultra is expected to have the Privacy Display feature. A new leak uncovers how the exclusive feature works in real life.
Signal's Founder Turns His Attention to AI's Privacy Problem
Confer, an open source chatbot, encrypts both prompts and responses so companies and advertisers can’t access user data.
Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike wants to do for AI what he did for messaging
Introducing Confer, an end-to-end AI assistant that just works.
Google killed its VPN a year ago — here is the privacy tool I replaced it with
After Google pulled the plug on its VPN, I found a better option
DuckDuckGo vs. Google: The Search Engine Choice That Says Everything About You
One prioritizes convenience and personalization. The other puts privacy first. Which one should you use? We help you decide.
Protect young people while respecting their data, privacy
After 40 years practicing law, first as a public defender in Los Angeles, then in private criminal defense, and serving eight years as the elected District Attorney for Colorado’s 5th Judicial District, I’ve developed a straightforward test for evaluating any proposed legislation: does it accomplish its stated goal and does it pass constitutional muster? The […]
Meta hires former Trump official C.J. Mahoney as chief legal officer
Meta hires C.J. Mahoney as chief legal officer, replacing Jennifer Newstead, amid growing scrutiny over antitrust and data privacy issues.
Congress returns to Venezuela clash, a shutdown deadline and a health care fight
The New Year brings a new list of legislative issues to address, including a funding deadline, a fight over Obamacare, a war powers debate, a stock trading ban and rules for AI and privacy.
Here's a look at how the Galaxy S26 Ultra's new Privacy Display feature will work
This leaked animation shows off Samsung's new anti-peeping feature.
One UI 8.5 leak confirms Galaxy S26's genius display feature
The Galaxy S26 Ultra is rumored to come with a display privacy feature, and we've found information about it in One UI 8.5.
Here’s How the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s Privacy Display Will Work
The Galaxy S26 Ultra has been long rumored to bring along a new innovative feature, Privacy Display, to hide content from prying eyes.
2025: AI and AR Transform Communication and Entertainment
In 2025, communication and entertainment sectors evolve through AI-driven personalization, immersive technologies like AR/VR, and interactive social platforms, fostering seamless hybrid experiences and authentic content. Challenges include privacy concerns and infrastructure needs. Ultimately, these innovations amplify human connections while demanding ethical adaptations.
The hottest amenity in ultra-luxury buildings isn't the spa — it's a private restaurant downstairs
Luxury condos are offering resident-only dining as an exclusive amenity for added privacy and convenience.
Huntsville Nightlife Businesses Launch Unified Safety Initiative While Navigating Privacy Questions
Huntsville City Councilwoman Michelle Watkins joined local club and restaurant owners to announce a coordinated, business-led effort to improve safety across
League of Women Voters of Maine joins voter privacy suit
The larger concern for the league and others is that the DOJ could use the data to remove people they believe to be non-citizens from the voter rolls.
New York Governor Vetoes Restrictive Health Privacy Law
On December 19, 2025, New York Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed the New York Health Information Privacy Act (“NYHIPA”). While NYHIPA bore similarities to
Your chatbot keeps a file on you. Here’s how to delete it.
A clickable guide to fixing the complicated privacy settings from ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini and Meta AI.
Why Using Your Home Address for Your Business Can Be a Costly Mistake
One early decision many founders overlook can quietly affect their privacy, credibility and ability to scale.
Browser extensions with 8 million users collect extended AI conversations
The extensions, available for Chromium browsers, harvest full AI conversations over months.
$1.57M Alliance Entertainment and DirectToU class action settlement
DirectToU and Alliance Entertainment have agreed to pay $1.57 million to resolve claims they violated the Video Privacy Protection Act by sharing consumer information.
LG Update Installs Unremovable Microsoft Copilot on Smart TVs, Ignites Backlash
LG's recent software update has forcibly installed Microsoft Copilot, an AI assistant, on smart TVs without removal options, sparking widespread user backlash over privacy, bloatware, and loss of control. This highlights growing tensions in smart devices, where monetization often overrides user preferences.
Google's New Browser Promises to End the Tyranny of the Tab
Google’s AI browser Disco builds apps from your tabs but opens questions on privacy, accuracy, and how it affects the open web’s economics.
Kenyan court suspends US health aid deal over data privacy concerns
The landmark $2.5bn Kenya-US deal has been stopped until the court hears the case over data privacy.
Kenya Court Halts $1.6 Billion Health Deal as US Courts Uganda
A Kenyan court temporarily froze the nation’s health deal with the US after a lobby group raised data-privacy concerns, even as President Donald Trump courts more African countries with similar pacts.
Pebble's founder introduces a $75 AI smart ring for recording brief notes with a press of a button
After rebooting the Pebble smartwatch, founder Eric Migicovsky is expanding his company's device lineup with a new smart wearable: an AI-powered smart ring known as Index 01. Named for the finger where the ring is meant to be worn, the new $75 ring is not meant to be a competitor to the always-on, always-listening AI devices, like the AI pendant Friend, but instead offers a way to record quick notes and reminders with a press of a button on the ring's side. AI only comes into play via the open source, speech-to-text, and AI models that run locally on your smartphone, via the open source Pebble mobile app. That is, if the Ring's button is not being pressed, it's not recording. (And this is a press-and-hold gesture, too, which means you can't start the ring's recording and then let go to surreptitiously record a conversation.) You can wear the stainless steel ring while in the shower, washing hands, doing dishes, or in the rain, but you would have to take it off for other water-related activities, like swimming. At launch, it's water-resistant to 1 meter. The ring is also not a fitness tracker or sleep monitor. It doesn't record details about your heart rate or health. And it's not there to be your AI friend. "I'm not trying to build some AI assistant thing," Migicovsky told TechCrunch in an interview. "I build things that solve one main problem, and they solve it really well," he explains. "I think of as external memory for my brain...that's what this is. It's always with you." Plus, the ring has been designed to be highly reliable and privacy-preserving, he says, as all your thoughts are stored on your phone, not in the cloud. There is no subscription. Migicovsky has been wearing the ring for three months now and says he cannot imagine going back to a world where he doesn't always have a memory device with him. "The problem is that, during the day, I get ideas or I remember something, and if I don't write it down that second, I forget it," he says. The ring solves this problem, he adds, without becoming another device you need to charge. "The battery lasts for years," Migicovsky claims. Technically, the ring is said to support roughly 12 to 14 hours of recording. On average, the founder says he uses it 10-20 times per day to record 3-6 second thoughts. At that rate, he'll get about two years of usage. When the ring's battery dies, you can ship it back to the company for recycling. When using Index, you can record up to five minutes of audio, which can be saved to the ring and synced to your phone later. This makes sense for recording briefer, personal thoughts and notes, even when you don't have your phone handy, but it wouldn't work for recording a longer chat, like a presentation, meeting, or in-person interview of some kind. The ring also supports 99+ languages and has a bit of on-device memory, in case you're not in Bluetooth range of your device, where the recording is ultimately saved and transcribed. (The raw audio is retained, too, in case the speech-to-text is garbled due to loud background noise). If you own a Pebble smartwatch or one from another brand, your recorded thought can even appear on the watch's screen so you can verify it's correct. The ring works with Pebble's mobile app, which offers notes and reminders, but can optionally integrate with your phone's calendaring system, too, or other apps, like Notion. And the ring's software is open source, which makes it hackable by the community, the founder points out. Because of its open nature, the ring's button is already programmable. In addition to the press-and-hold gesture, you can program the ring to do other things with a single or double press, like play or pause your music or control the shutter on your phone's camera. You could use it to send a message through the universal chat app Beeper, which Migicovsky also created, or you could add your own voice actions via MCP. A new approach to hardware Migicovsky acknowledges that hardware can be difficult to get right -- as the previous exit of Pebble to Fitbit showed. (Fitbit, too, was later acquired by Google in 2021). "I didn't earn any money during Pebble -- we exited, but it was not a great exit," Migicovsky admits. This year, however, he decided to reboot the Pebble project after Google open sourced the PebbleOS, which opened up the door to new hardware. With his new company, Core Devices, Migicovsky plans to do things differently. Still, the founder doesn't regret his previous choices, he clarifies. "I wouldn't have gone back and changed anything. I loved what we built. I loved what we did. I love the company that we built, but it's not the only way to build a company," he told TechCrunch. " And, speaking as an ex-YC partner, there are -- there's a time and a place for building a venture-backed startup. Some companies are phenomenal when they raise money and build a big team, and I tried that...I think what I'm doing now is trying an alternative path, which is start from profitability," he says. The new company is a small team of five, self-funded, and focused on sustainability. So far, Core Devices has shipped the Pebble 2 Duo smartwatch with a black-and-white display. Its first run sold out, and the company is now preparing to ship the upgraded version, the Pebble Time 2. The newer device, which has seen 25,000 pre-orders, is a stainless steel watch with a larger, color e-ink screen. As for the Index 01, the ring's pre-order offer ends in March 2026. After that, the price increases to $99. It currently comes in silver, polished gold, and matte black and works with iOS and Android devices. Customers can select from eight ring sizes and three colors.
Samsung Launches One UI 8.5 Beta for Next-Level Ease of Use
Latest version of One UI brings enhanced productivity, privacy and performance across the Galaxy ecosystem
Forget Android vs iOS – this new privacy-focused Linux phone promises to be the alternative we need, but it still runs Android apps
Sailfish won't fish for your data
Shein faces Texas probe into materials, labor, and data privacy
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Shein is selling cheap and dangerous products to US consumers.
The rise of mindful tech, how wearables are reshaping mental-health
Wearable tech that places sensors on our bodies are changing how we manage stress, sleep and our emotional wellbeing - but privacy concerns linger.
Google share text messages: Shocking Update Leaves Workers Worried
Google share text messages update raises privacy concerns as employees worry about employer access to private texts.
The Glass Wall: Google’s Enterprise Protocols Are Erasing the Line Between Personal Texts and Corporate Oversight
Google’s latest Workspace updates grant employers new powers to archive and audit text messages on managed Android devices. This shift, driven by SEC compliance and data loss prevention needs, challenges the BYOD model and raises significant privacy concerns, forcing a reevaluation of the boundary between personal privacy and corporate security.