2025-11-02 12:35:12

Smaart vacuum owner decided to block the telemetry servers' IP addresses on his network, while keeping the firmware and OTA servers open. While his smart gadget worked for a while, it just refused to turn on soon after. After a lengthy investigation, he discovered that a remote kill command had been issued to his device. #surveillance #privacy
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/manufacturer-issues-remote-kill-command-to-nuke-smart-vacuum-after-engineer-blocks-it-from-collecting-data-user-revives-it-with-custom-hardware-and-python-scripts-to-run-offline

2025-11-02 08:39:00

New industry standard against, for instance, #AI image collection:LinkedIn is currently rolling out support for Content Credentials, that attaches secure, verifiable authorship and usage information directly to an image file.c #photography #copyrighthttps://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/social-media/new-linkedin-feature-helps-you-prove-authorship-of-your-photographs

2025-10-31 08:05:31

#EU will implement digital Euro as a CBDC, pilot by 2027 and public use in 2029:
"...central money issued by central banks has to have its digital form, because we're moving into a different era where not everybody will want necessarily to have banknotes.”
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/31/digital_euro_approved/

2025-10-28 17:58:50

#Clearview AI has continued to collect face images despite the #EU fines - here is the possible result:
Noyb is targeting the US company and its executives, arguing that if successful, individuals who authorized the data collection could face criminal penalties, including imprisonment.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/28/noyb_criminal_charges_clearview/

2025-10-28 08:05:00

The Dog Photography Awards have just unveiled its stunning 2025 winners, proving once again why this competition is a must-watch for photographers and dog lovers alike. #photographyhttps://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/awards-and-competitions/this-photographer-perfectly-mastered-dog-motion-and-is-just-one-of-many-awarded-shots-that-will-make-you-smile

2025-10-27 15:26:37

Who is the OpenAI #browser for, exactly? Who is its customer? And the answer I have come to there is that Atlas is for OpenAI. The real customer, the true end user of Atlas, is not the person browsing websites, it is the company collecting data about what and how that person is browsing.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/27/1126673/openai-new-atlas-browser/

2025-10-26 15:51:54

A small idyllic plaza in the historic center of Valencia City,

2025-10-26 15:50:47

A long beach with space even for a house.

2025-10-24 08:36:54

Electric vehicles are going to get chargers in lampposts in #Europe, Peugeot's first self-driving #van in 2016, and more #EV news for travelers:
https://klaava.com/electric-vehicle-news-summary-for-travelers-self-driving-van-lamppost-chargers-strong-ev-sales-numbers-in-2025/

2025-10-23 08:57:14

The United States, China, and the European Union are each charting their own course toward this "new internet," revealing starkly different political and economic visions of our digital future. #metaverse
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-internet-visions-metaverse.html

2025-10-22 09:01:00

Copper thieves have discovered #EV chargers, self-driving European van in 2026, and other #travel newshttps://klaava.com/electric-vehicle-news-summary-for-travelers-self-driving-van-lamppost-chargers-strong-ev-sales-numbers-in-2025/

2025-10-22 08:53:29

Nice try, but there are large regions in the world that see it as a race:
“To safely advance toward #AI superintelligence, we must scientifically determine how to design AI systems that are fundamentally incapable of harming people, whether through misalignment or malicious use,” he added. “We also need to make sure the public has a much stronger say in decisions that will shape our collective future.”
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/steve-wozniak-steve-bannon-letter-ai-superintelligence

2025-10-20 20:41:35

This approach to sovereignty isn't just about words. In the last year, numerous #EU governments have dumped #Microsoft software and services for open-source solutions.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/europes-plan-to-ditch-us-tech-giants-is-built-on-open-source-and-its-gaining-steam/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=ZDNet%2Fmagazine%2FOpen%20Source

2025-10-18 08:33:23

Remote control for turning pages in a #book you are reading:
Kobo says the Remote control page turner is compatible with all #Kobo ereaders that have Bluetooth, which includes all the current models and several of the older ones. #ereader
https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2025/10/14/kobo-remote-page-turner-getting-released/

2025-10-17 09:09:11

Be careful on London streets:
The UK government has accelerated rule changes to allow self-driving cars on its roads, meaning that #Waymo will face competition: The British startup #Wayve also plans to launch a driverless taxi service alongside Uber next year.
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/16/2025/waymo-robotaxis-to-launch-in-europe

2025-10-16 08:25:02

Mission accomplished in Norway:
Fully electric vehicles accounted for a record 98.3% of all new cars sold in the Nordic nation last month, registration data shows, in line with a long-held aspiration in Norway of ending the sale of petrol and diesel combustion engines by 2025. #EV
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/norway-proposes-widening-ev-tax-103617453.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9tLnNsYXNoZG90Lm9yZy8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAH6X58R9ZDejYKcG_IBf_22Nic2BxOgGL5bHYsqUYFsuF4gfXYbGCuU2vJ2IE7yBrBEkqk9UB-q-S7BjhuDIXxzhgoHszE140-Osm_Wp9FDzKv1_vDL7Qtjsbb2dpTbsFzqHFMgiQdYqI7LojwMY5J7MRccCJo4QkvDNuvlLYszl

2025-10-15 17:09:24

Since then, the company has quietly built a globe-spanning #phone #tracking empire, operating in the shadows, without any apparent red lines. It has also expanded its surveillance arsenal, adding features to Altamides that allow it to intercept SMS messages, listen in on phone calls, and even #breach encrypted messaging apps like #WhatsApp.
https://www.lighthousereports.com/investigation/surveillance-secrets/

2025-10-13 08:33:34

No longer should you or your small business worry about requiring special characters, numbers, and capital letters when creating those passwords. Password length, above all other factors, is the most meaningful measure of strength. #security
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/10/your-passwords-dont-need-so-many-fiddly-characters-nist-says

2025-10-12 08:52:00

"Compact cameras came back in a huge way, mainly thanks to Fujifilm. The X100V just blew up on TikTok. And then #camera vendors realized, oh darn – people are buying compact cameras and none of us make them any more."https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/compact-cameras/the-compact-camera-conundrum-why-do-canon-kodak-sony-and-fujifilm-all-have-different-solutions-to-the-same-problem

2025-10-12 08:41:21

OpenAI is following Meta's method to break the rules,and worry about the risks later:
Motion Picture Association, a US trade association that represents major film studios, released a scorching statement urging #OpenAI to “take immediate and decisive action” to stop the app from infringing on copyrighted media. #copyright
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-sora-trouble-backlash-copyright