Tech
Students in China are renting smart glasses to cheat on tests
Reports from China say some students are using AI-enabled smart glasses to see answers during school tests, turning a pricey gadget into a very modern form of exam misconduct.
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Entertainment
Instagram is testing a paid plan for anonymous Story viewing
Meta has started a limited test of a premium Instagram subscription in Canada, Japan, and the Philippines. The main lure is anonymous Story viewing, though the package also includes a few other extras that will almost certainly invite privacy debates of the very predictable kind.
Gossip
Tiger Woods Reportedly Won't Hire Driver Over Privacy Concerns
Tiger Woods is reportedly declining to hire a private driver because he values privacy and does not want someone monitoring his movements, according to a People report.
Gossip
Zendaya on Marriage: Best Friends First as Tom Holland Wedding Rumors Swirl
Zendaya says a great marriage looks a lot like a great friendship. Her comments arrive amid persistent reports that she and Tom Holland quietly tied the knot — and a wave of AI wedding pics that confused some fans.
Tech
Lawmakers Warn VPN Users Could Be Treated as Foreign Targets by US Spies
Six Democratic lawmakers asked the nation's top intelligence official to say whether using a commercial VPN that hides your location could make Americans lose constitutional protections against warrantless government surveillance.
Tech
Reddit Weighs Human Verification Options to Fight Bots
Reddit's leadership says the site needs ways to prove users are real people. Ideas on the table include Face ID, Touch ID and traditional ID checks.
Tech
Meta to Move Content Moderation Toward AI and Launches 24/7 Account Assistant
Meta says it will cut reliance on external human moderators and lean on large language models to monitor content. Human reviewers will stay, but their role will shift to training and overseeing AI. A Meta AI account support tool is also rolling out in the US and Canada.
Tech
OpenAI’s Adult Mode: Sexting with ChatGPT and the Privacy Hangover
OpenAI is planning an adult, erotica-capable ChatGPT. Experts warn that turning chatbots into sexual partners raises new privacy and safety risks, from persistent memories of your fantasies to temporary chats that may still be stored for weeks.
Politics
Congress Raises Alarms After Federal Agencies Buy Location Data from Brokers
The Supreme Court says cops need a warrant to get location data from phone companies. Data brokers sell similar info, and senators want federal agencies to need warrants to buy it too.
Politics
Trump Reveals Congressman Neal Dunn’s Private Diagnosis to Reporters: "He'll Die by June"
At a Kennedy Center event, President Trump publicly disclosed that Rep. Neal Dunn, 73, had been told he faced a terminal heart diagnosis and was expected to die by June. The disclosure surprised and embarrassed Republican leaders, who had kept the diagnosis private. Trump said he intervened, arranging a Walter Reed admission that he says changed the outcome.
Tech
Sears Left Millions of AI Chat Logs and Hours of Private Audio Open on the Web
A security researcher found millions of Sears Home Services chat logs, audio files, and transcripts from the company’s AI assistant exposed on public servers. The data included names, addresses, appliance details, and recordings that sometimes ran for hours after calls ended.
Gaming
ARC Raiders Privacy Breach: How a Discord Integration Went Wrong
A security researcher discovered ARC Raiders was logging private Discord messages locally, prompting a swift hotfix from Embark Studios.