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Austria orders YouTube to give users access to their dataAustria's data protection authority said Friday that it has ordered YouTube to comply with EU regulations and respond to requests by users for access to data that it holds on them.... Read more
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Can your chatbot logs be used against you in court?We know that a person's Google history can be used as evidence in court, but what about a conversation with an artificial intelligence chatbot?... Read more
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New age-gating laws aimed at making the internet safer actually threaten free speechThe United Kingdom recently launched a broad system of age verification that requires any platforms that host pornography or other "harmful" content to ensure their users are 18 or older.... Read more
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The European laws curbing big tech... and irking TrumpFresh off a trade truce with Donald Trump, the EU is back in the US leader's crosshairs after he vowed to punish countries that seek to curb big tech's powers.... Read more
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White House starts TikTok account as platform in US legal limboThe White House launched a TikTok account on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump continues to permit the Chinese-owned platform to operate in the United States despite a law requiring its sale.... Read more
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YouTube turns to AI to spot children posing as adultsYouTube has started using artificial intelligence (AI) to figure out when users are children pretending to be adults on the popular video-sharing platform amid pressure to protect minors from sensitive content.... Read more
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AI web browser assistants raise serious privacy concernsPopular generative AI web browser assistants are collecting and sharing sensitive user data, such as medical records and social security numbers, without adequate safeguards, finds a new study led by researchers from UCL and Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria.... Read more
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AI porn victims see Hong Kong unprepared for threatFor Hong Kong law student "C," AI-made pornography was a distant danger until a university classmate created graphic images of her and multiple other women.... Read more
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New Instagram location sharing feature sparks privacy fearsInstagram users are warning about a new location sharing feature, fearing that the hugely popular app could be putting people in danger by revealing their whereabouts without their knowledge.... Read more
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OpenAI releases ChatGPT-5 as AI race acceleratesOpenAI released a keenly awaited new generation of its hallmark ChatGPT on Thursday, touting "significant" advancements in artificial intelligence capabilities as a global race over the technology accelerates.... Read more
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Berserkers to bigfoot: Computational folklore explained in 101 secondsQuick: Think of "folklore." Did images of witches, trolls, goblins or other fairytale creatures and stories populate your mind?... Read more
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New study sheds light on ChatGPT's alarming interactions with teensChatGPT will tell 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, instruct them on how to conceal eating disorders and even compose a heartbreaking suicide letter to their parents if asked, according to new research from a watchdog group.... Read more
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Meta says working to thwart WhatsApp scammersMeta on Tuesday said it shut nearly seven million WhatsApp accounts linked to scammers in the first half of this year and is ramping up safeguards against such schemes.... Read more
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Parallelization of cryptographic protocol analyzer Maude-NPA reduces analysis time, makes internet saferInternet security is a major concern, but cryptographic protocol analysis tools often require a long time due to their computational complexity. Professor Kazuhiro Ogata and Assistant Professor Canh Minh Do of the Department of Computing Science at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) have successfully parallelized two key... Read more
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Codemakers race to secure the internet as quantum threat loomsWith quantum computing on the horizon, cryptographers are working to secure digital communications against a new generation of potential threats.... Read more