Ari writes articles and books about technology, business, and photographs travel guidebooks. He also produces ebooks for publishers and authors who want to market their books in major bookstores.
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2025-01-21 08:40:22
FTC found that behaviors ranging from mouse movements on a webpage to the type of products that consumers leave in an online #shopping cart without clicking Buy can be tracked and used by retailers to tailor consumer pricing. #tracking #privacy
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/01/your-location-or-browsing-habits-could-lead-to-price-increases-when-buying-online
2025-01-20 08:13:06
#Spotify playlist curators are the true #influencers in music business::
A new study has revealed just how streaming has impacted consumers' listening tastes. The research, which focused on Spotify, has found that when people listen to music via #Streaming they are more likely to listen to platform-generated playlists, especially those prominently featured on Spotify's Search Page.
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-01-experts-spotify-music-habits-playlists.html
2025-01-19 08:54:28
Journalists have to find new career paths::
"As part of the agreement, OpenAI will display content and links attributed to Dotdash Meredith in relevant ChatGPT responses," ... "OpenAI will also collaborate with Dotdash Meredith to create new #AI products and features for its readers and use historical and ongoing DDM content to enhance its model's performance." #Media
https://futurism.com/large-publisher-layoffs-openai
2025-01-17 08:34:17
While in the US people are flocking to Chinese social media, Noyb in #Europe has filed #GDPR complaints::
We still know that, according to their privacy policy, AliExpress, SHEIN, TikTok and Xiaomi transfer data to China. Temu and WeChat mention transfers to third countries. According to Temu and WeChat’s corporate structure, this most likely includes China.
https://noyb.eu/en/tiktok-aliexpress-shein-co-surrender-europeans-data-authoritarian-china
2025-01-16 08:44:13
Well, now even a major intelligence agency recommends disabling #location sharing::
#NSA warns that “mobile devices store and share device geolocation data by design…Location data can be extremely valuable and must be protected. It can reveal details about the number of users in a location, user and supply movements, daily routines (user and organizational). #tracking
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/01/15/nsa-warns-iphone-and-android-users-disable-location-tracking/
2025-01-15 08:59:00
Not to mention travel – when real life experiences in a destination don’t match the expectations and everything that can go wrong, goes wrong. Well, that’s the beauty of #travel. #Europehttps://klaava.com/nitpickers-travel-journal-travel-lessons-learned-in-2024/
2025-01-14 09:04:59
#EU has tools but how they will be applied with #Meta and X:::
A newly strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation – developed with input from across civil society, and designed to interlock with the DSA – explicitly requires the largest platforms to work with researchers and factcheckers to mitigate risks from online disinformation.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/13/meta-facebook-factchecking-eu
2025-01-12 09:10:38
In this blog post, I want to share one of the absolute easiest but most powerful things you can do to start regaining your #privacy and #security online: block ads.
https://blog.thenewoil.org/cybersecurity-and-privacy-for-beginners-ad-blocking
2025-01-11 15:47:35
#Wordpress co-founder believes a fork of the #opensource #CMS is more or less inevitable as key developer community members are not happy with the current situation.
https://wordpress.org/news/2025/01/jkpress/
2025-01-11 13:25:00
A conclusion from the Traffic Scorecard 2024 results is it takes about double the time to drive along the streets of London (the most congested city in #Europe) than the streets of Munich, which is ranked the 21st most congested European city. #traffic #travelhttps://klaava.com/the-cities-in-europe-where-people-are-stuck-in-traffic-most-often/
2025-01-10 18:10:25
As a recent study points out, the U.S. and Asian cities tend to be more congested than European cities, but the differences are not wide. Let’s take a look at cities in #Europe where #traffic crawls more often than it should. #travel
https://klaava.com/the-cities-in-europe-where-people-are-stuck-in-traffic-most-often/
2025-01-09 08:17:49
The era of always present #AI assistants is here::
A microphone that's always on could quickly be seen as the new normal. The #privacy concerns that come with such a push are bound to raise alarms, and what we don't yet know is whether those alarms will be loud enough to slow this steady march.
https://www.wired.com/story/bee-ai-omi-always-listening-ai-wearables/
2025-01-08 09:24:32
It was only a matter of time when #cyber criminals get access to an #adtech database::
The news is a crystalizing moment for the location data industry. For years, companies have harvested location information from smartphones, either through ordinary apps or the advertising ecosystem, and then built products based on that data or sold it to others. #privacy #security
https://www.404media.co/hackers-claim-massive-breach-of-location-data-giant-threaten-to-leak-data/
2025-01-07 14:56:00
A reminder for keeping your data safe when traveling. Why? It is likely that you have to access your most critical data in risky situations on the road.https://cybernews.com/privacy/how-to-protect-your-sensitive-information-while-traveling/
2025-01-06 08:55:45
If you are making reservations for your next trip on the internet – and it is highly likely that you are – you really should be concerned about how you deal with online services that require payments. #travel #booking #scam
https://klaava.com/a-traveler-is-more-likely-to-get-scammed-when-booking-a-trip-than-being-robbed-in-a-destination/
2025-01-04 07:05:58
The first job for #AI : stock #photography ---
The key lies in embracing AI as a partner rather than a competitor. Ultimately, that's the only way we can ensure the art of photography remains vibrant and meaningful.
https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/what-photographers-should-expect-from-ai-in-2025-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
2025-01-02 16:33:00
What about the scenery, you who are hurrying to the other side?#streetphotography#streetphoto
2025-01-02 08:57:39
Enterprise #cyber #security trends ::
From the growing sophistication of zero-day exploits to the entrenchment of nation-state and cybercriminal alliances, 2024 delivered more evidence of how quickly the threat landscape continues to evolve.
https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/security-lessons-learn-2024
2025-01-01 16:06:00
According to a survey, third of travelers are victims of online booking scams. Since it is so convenient to make travel reservations online, that’s what we do. The problem is that we haven’t adopted new methods to avoid online scams. #travel #scamhttps://klaava.com/a-traveler-is-more-likely-to-get-scammed-when-booking-a-trip-than-being-robbed-in-a-destination/
