AI-era internet: Can blockchain prove what’s real anymore?
As AI blurs the line between real and synthetic media, strategies for restoring user trust online are still taking shape as we enter 2026....
As AI blurs the line between real and synthetic media, strategies for restoring user trust online are still taking shape as we enter 2026....
Here’s how you can see more or less of certain content being pushed to you on Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, and more. Love them or hate them, more than half of the world's population interacts with ...
Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL), the world’s biggest maker of electric-vehicle batteries, is set to restart a major lithium mine in eastern China, in a move that could ease raw material co...
Companies including Marriott and Hilton pushing to improve perks and get more direct bookings...
As crypto, governments and Big Tech converge on digital identity, selective disclosure and zero-knowledge proofs are emerging as a privacy-first alternative to surveillance systems....
Sony has announced the PlayStation Plus monthly games for January 2026, and the new year kicks off with Need for Speed Unbound, Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed, and Core Keeper. As detailed by PlayStati...
Fake videos of political leaders often go viral online. DW's fact check department analyses how content farms use algorithm-driven formats and what narratives they reinforce....
📋 Key Facts ✓ Instacart has ended its AI-driven pricing tests. ✓ The tests pushed up costs for some shoppers. ✓ ...
Article URL: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/12/in-their-total-war-on-online-privacy-the-liberal-democracies-of-the-collective-west-are-now-turning-their-sights-on-vpns.html Comments URL: https:/...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Kaspersky identified a new malware named Stealka. ✓ Stealka disguises itself as video game mods and pirated software. ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Two decades ago social media promised to connect people with pals far and wide. ✓ Twenty years online has left people tur...
If you’ve been itching to switch your wireless service provider but don’t want to deal with the hassle, T-Mobile makes changing your carrier super simple. You won’t have to jump through hoops, wasting...
📋 Key Facts ✓ OpenAI made reports concerning child exploitation to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. ✓ The repo...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Eira Tansey announced her divorce on Instagram. ✓ An AI impersonated her following the announcement. ✓ ...
Volcano Engine, the cloud computing unit of Chinese tech giant ByteDance, said on Monday it has secured an “exclusive AI cloud partnership” with the Spring Festival Gala – a marquee slot that underlin...
📋 Key Facts ✓ iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on December 14 and will be acquired by Picea Robotics. ✓ Founded in 1990 by Colin ...
A shopping centre in southern China has installed special glass on the doors of men’s toilet cubicles that becomes transparent when people smoke inside, winning applause online. The move involving bat...
Christmas came early for some shoppers at an H-E-B supermarket in Texas. The store offered everyone in line free groceries after a computer glitch shut down the registers....
📋 Key Facts ✓ Open-source tool converts YAML resumes into pixel-perfect PDFs with one command ✓ Over 120,000 PyPI downloads and 100% te...
LG unveiled a whole new line of gaming monitors ahead of CES on Friday. The UltraGear evo line are all high-end monitors covering a range of technologies, but united by 5K resolution and AI upscaling....