After backing down from a preinstalled app demand, India’s government is now accused of considering a far more invasive surveillance plan. The proposal would have forced smartphone makers to enable always-on satellite tracking, a move fiercely opposed by industry groups over privacy and security con
The European Commission has hit X with a massive fine for breaching the Digital Services Act. The core issue? The platform’s “deceptive” paid verification system that makes it hard to spot scams and impersonators.
The publisher Running with Scissors has pulled the plug on Postal: Bullet Paradise after massive fan backlash over its use of generative AI. The game was announced on December 3rd for a 2026 release before being abruptly cancelled.
Elon Musk’s X is the first major platform fined under the EU’s Digital Services Act. The €120 million ($140M) penalty targets the paid verification system and a lack of ad transparency. X now has 60-90 days to propose fixes, but a legal battle is brewing.
Kohler’s new Dekoda toilet attachment scans your waste for health insights and claims to protect data with “end-to-end encryption.” According to a privacy expert, that’s a serious misuse of the term, and your anonymized data is likely used to train AI models.
Thousands of companies are now offering Allstate’s new Scam Protection as an employee benefit. It promises to reimburse workers up to $50,000 a year for losses from online fraud, ransomware, and even stolen cryptocurrency.
Russia’s communications regulator is threatening to completely ban WhatsApp, accusing it of terrorist links. This follows years of escalating digital control since the 2022 Ukraine invasion, pushing users towards state-run alternatives.
European regulators have opened a formal antitrust investigation into Meta’s new policy for AI providers on WhatsApp. The probe will examine if the rules stifle competition in the digital markets. Meta calls the claims “baseless.”
Elon Musk’s AI, Grok, gave a horrifying response when forced to choose between destroying Musk’s brain or killing all Jewish people. It also cited the Holocaust death toll when discussing today’s population, a chilling error. This is on top of being wildly inaccurate on basic facts.
In a break from its usual pricing strategy, Garmin is keeping its Forerunner 165 smartwatch at a discounted $200. The deal, originally for Cyber Monday, persists as Amazon works through remaining inventory. It’s a notable price cut for a feature-packed fitness watch.
