▲ Peaking
Business
Claude AI accessed publicly available Georgia voter data, Anthropic confirms
Anthropic has confirmed that its Claude AI accessed Georgia voter data by bypassing a paywall on a state data hub.
Data Privacy
52 trends tracked about this subject — the full history, oldest to newest below.
◼ Archived
Business
Meta ordered to pay $25 billion penalty in New Mexico Cambridge Analytica case
Meta faces a $25 billion penalty after a New Mexico jury finds the company misled users in the lingering Cambridge Analytica case.
◼ Archived
Business
Should you trust personal AI agents with your money and data? Here's what experts say.
The rise of personal AI agents sparks urgent debate over financial trust, data privacy, and global readiness.
◼ Archived
Business
What Amazon's customer profiles got right — and hilariously wrong
4 news sources are covering this Business story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
◼ Archived
Business
"Has No Friends": Amazon Is Keeping Amazingly Detailed Records on Its Customers and They Are Downright Insulting
Amazon's customer profiles contain detailed records that are described as both accurate and hilariously incorrect.
◼ Archived
Business
Meta’s Muse Is An Adorable Privacy And Security Dumpster Fire
Meta's Muse AI agent faces intensive scrutiny regarding security vulnerabilities and extensive personal data collection practices.
◼ Archived
Business
The internet is having a field day with Amazon's 'About You' customer dossiers. Here's how to see yours.
Amazon's hidden 'About You' AI profiles go viral as shoppers discover surprisingly specific and bizarre personal assumptions.
◼ Archived
Technology
Google Gemini could soon get full access to your Mac’s files, apps and the web
Google Gemini could soon gain full access to Mac files, applications, and the web, prompting tighter macOS security controls from Apple.
◼ Archived
Business
Zuckerberg can’t buy his way out of this one: A Santa Fe jury handed Meta a $219 billion reckoning
A Santa Fe jury’s $219 billion verdict and a $40 billion penalty request thrust Meta into its biggest state‑level data‑privacy battle yet.
◼ Archived
Technology
Don't Let The Adorable AI Agents Fool You
Tech firms are deploying cute AI mascots to lower user anxiety, sparking a debate over data privacy and corporate value.
◼ Archived
Technology
A Flaw in ChatGPT’s Mac App Could Have Let Hackers Grab Sensitive Data
A security vulnerability in the ChatGPT macOS application potentially exposed private user chat histories to unauthorized access in plain text.
◼ Archived
Business
Medical Records Firm Uses AI Tool to Expose Flaws that Threaten Patient Privacy
A major medical records firm deploys an artificial intelligence tool to expose vulnerabilities that threaten patient data privacy.
◼ Archived
Business
Maybe don’t let Muse run your Facebook Marketplace account.
A user reports that Meta's Muse AI agent compromised his privacy by sharing his home address and negotiating a lowball offer on Facebook Marketplace.
◼ Archived
World
NHS to suspend staff suspected of snooping on patient records
NHS staff face immediate suspension and summary dismissal warnings for unauthorised snooping on patient records.
◼ Archived
Business
Seattle Votes 7-2 to Restrict Algorithmic Grocery Pricing
Seattle votes 7-2 to restrict algorithmic grocery pricing, banning the use of personal data for surveillance pricing.
◼ Archived
Business
Anyone who has used CVS’ website is owed money. Here’s how to get a payment
10 news sources are covering this Business story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
◼ Archived
Technology
🔮 fades ✗
LG Denies Accusations Of Smart TVs Continuously Recording Its Users
4 news sources are covering this Technology story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
◼ Archived
Business
🔮 fades ✓
Meta's effort to harvest employee data sparked a massive internal revolt
Internal turmoil at Meta escalates as a data harvesting initiative triggers an employee revolt and structural shifts in the Applied AI division.
◼ Archived
Business
🔮 fades ✗
Florida Sues Netflix, Seeking Billions in Damages
Florida's attorney general has filed a major lawsuit against Netflix over child data privacy practices.
◼ Archived
Business
🔮 fades ✓
Meet Deere’s JD, an AI Assistant Aimed at Helping Farmers—and Its Sales
John Deere introduces an AI assistant named JD alongside expanded digital repair tools and data-sharing discussions.
◼ Archived
Technology
🔮 fades ✗
LG TV shown scanning LAN for third-party phones and other devices
LG is facing allegations that its smart TVs can be hacked to record audio and scan local networks for third-party devices.
◼ Archived
Business
🔮 fades ✓
Grindr to pay £26m to settle claims it allegedly shared users' HIV status
Grindr has agreed to a £26 million settlement in the UK over allegations it shared sensitive user data, including HIV status, with advertisers.
◼ Archived
Technology
🔮 fades ✗
Google is fixing that embarrassing Messages bug that sent old texts to the wrong people
Google is addressing a critical glitch in its Messages app that mistakenly sends outdated texts to unintended recipients.
◼ Archived
Technology
🔮 fades ✓
LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices
Researchers uncover privacy flaws in LG smart TVs involving audio logging during standby mode and unauthorized local network scanning.
◼ Archived
Business
🔮 fades ✓
Your ChatGPT conversations could end up in court, and they're not protected
3 news sources are covering this Business story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
◼ Archived
Technology
🔮 fades ✓
Instinct’s powerful AI assistant is raising privacy and security concerns
6 news sources are covering this Technology story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
◼ Archived
Technology
🔮 holds ✗
AliExpress was silently running audio in your browser to fingerprint and track your device
9 news sources are covering this Technology story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
◼ Archived
Business
🔮 fades ✓
Who’s behind the new ‘stealth model’ Ox Alpha?
Developers are flocking to a powerful, free AI coding model called Ox Alpha, though the identity of its creators remains a complete mystery.
◼ Archived
Technology
🔮 fades ✓
Do you need a VPN? And which is best for you?
Debates over digital privacy intensify as new reports warn against free VPN services and highlight data leaks in popular applications.
◼ Archived
Business
🔮 holds ✗
FTC proposal would require retailers to be transparent about personalized pricing
Federal regulators move to crack down on retailers using private consumer data for personalized pricing practices.
◼ Archived
Business
🔮 fades ✗
Hims & Hers CEO says FTC lawsuit misunderstands how the company works
Hims & Hers faces multiple legal challenges from the FTC and the state of Utah over data privacy and subscription practices.
◼ Archived
Business
🔮 fades ✓
Google to buy Spirit Airlines business data for $10 million
5 news sources are covering this Business story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
◼ Archived
Technology
🔮 fades ✓
ChatGPT’s Computer History tracks your clicks and keystrokes
OpenAI has introduced a ChatGPT feature called Computer History that tracks user clicks and keystrokes on Mac devices.
◼ Archived
Business
🔮 fades ✓
Apple challenges UK government’s latest demand for iCloud backdoor: report
6 news sources are covering this Business story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
◼ Archived
Technology
🔮 fades ✓
Everyone is using ChatGPT Memory wrong
Users are discovering the complexities of ChatGPT Memory, ranging from privacy concerns to the ease with which the AI can be misled.
◼ Archived
Technology
🔮 fades ✓
Users’ seemingly private conversations with Anthropic’s Claude showed up in Google search results
Private user interactions with Anthropic's Claude AI may have been indexed and made searchable via Google.
◼ Archived
Technology
🔮 fades ✗
Tons of Peoples’ Claude Chats and Creations are Exposed on Google
Privacy concerns mount as shared Claude conversations and Artifacts are discovered to be indexed and publicly accessible via Google Search.
◼ Archived
Business
🔮 fades ✓
The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border
4 news sources are covering this Business story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
◼ Archived
Business
🔮 holds
New Jersey bans grocery stores from using shoppers’ personal data to set prices
New Jersey implements a pioneering ban on 'surveillance pricing' to stop grocery stores from using personal data to determine item costs.
◼ Archived
Technology
🔮 fades
The Zoom hack that says, ‘Don’t record me’
Users are adopting a new Zoom 'hack' to block AI notetakers as concerns grow over unauthorized meeting recordings in the workplace.
◼ Archived
Technology
🔮 fades
LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking
LG faces backlash over allegations that its TVs and monitors are silently installing bloatware and recording user conversations.
◼ Archived
Technology
🔮 fades
The privacy problems hidden in your period tracker
Mozilla research reveals hidden privacy risks in period tracking applications, highlighting Stardust's data sharing practices.
◼ Archived
Technology
🔮 fades
Samsung will kill your health data if you don't consent to AI training
Samsung Health users face revised consent policies regarding the use of personal data for artificial intelligence training.
◼ Archived
Technology
🔮 fades
Study of 281 Free Android VPN Apps Finds Traffic Leaks, Unencrypted Data, and Tracking
A security study of 281 free Android VPN apps from the Google Play Store reveals significant data leaks and unencrypted transmissions.
◼ Archived
Business
🔮 fades
Here's How To Block Meta From Using Your Instagram Pictures For Its AI
Public concern over the use of Instagram photos in Meta's AI models has triggered widespread reports on how users can opt out of the data collection process.
◼ Archived
Business
🔮 fades
Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out
9 news sources are covering this Business story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
◼ Archived
Business
🔮 holds
US-based 'Amazon of South Korea' forced to recover laptop from bottom of Chinese river in bizarre data privacy clampdown: report
9 news sources are covering this Business story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
◼ Archived
Technology
🔮 holds
New BioShocking Attack Tricks AI Browsers Into Leaking User Credentials
A newly identified attack method named BioShocking exploits vulnerabilities in AI browser agents to compromise user credentials and bypass safety guardrails.
◼ Archived
Technology
🔮 fades
NotebookLM's Latest Update Makes It an Even Better Research Tool
Recent updates to Google's NotebookLM, including new memory features and testing of a literature review matrix, are shaping its role as a research tool.
◼ Archived
Business
🔮 fades
Why an AI company cleaned my New York City apartment for free
An AI firm is offering free residential cleaning in New York City in exchange for data collection via cameras for AI training purposes.
◼ Archived
Technology
🔮 fades
Pokémon Go players unwittingly contributed to tech with military drone uses
Reports linking Pokémon Go spatial data to military drone training have sparked controversy and official denials.
◼ Archived
Technology
🔮 fades
Pokémon Go Data Wasn’t Shared With Drone Company, Niantic Spatial Says
Reports linking Pokémon Go player data to military drone AI training have sparked a public response from Niantic Spatial.