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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Pulse Will Deliver Daily Personalised Updates But at a Privacy Cost
OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Pulse, a new AI feature that makes the chatbot proactive instead of purely reactive. Available only to top-tier subscribers, Pulse delivers daily personalised updates about events, meetings, or activities. It uses memory, chat history, feedback, and connected apps to curate content, although questions around data priva...
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LinkedIn Wants to Train AI Models on User Data, But This One Step Stops It
LinkedIn is updating its terms to begin collecting user data from November 3 to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. The professional networking platform confirmed that profile details and public posts will be used, while private messages will remain excluded. Some data will also be shared with Microsoft and affiliates for targeted ads, t...
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Think Twice Before Uploading: 6 Risks Of Feeding Your Photos to AI Image Generators
Such images raise concerns about data privacy, security, and the potential misuse of personal images.
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10 Reasons You Should Never Post Your Boarding Pass Online
Sharing a photo of your boarding pass online may look harmless, but it exposes you to cybercrime, identity theft, and even cancelled trips. From hidden barcodes to loyalty point theft, here are 10 reasons you should think twice before posting it.
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Google's Viral Gemini Banana Trend is Fun, But It Comes With a Privacy Risk
Gemini’s Nano Banana trend has gone viral on social media, surpassing 500 million image generations. The custom AI model lets users upload images and apply detailed edits with prompts. While popular, it has reignited privacy concerns, as Google stores all user conversations and uploaded images, which can be used to train its AI systems and servic...
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Google VaultGemma: 5 Things to Know About the AI Model That Puts Privacy First
Google has unveiled VaultGemma, a one-billion-parameter privacy-focused AI model trained using differential privacy techniques to prevent memorisation of sensitive data. By adding calibrated noise during training, the model avoids exposing personal identifiers like addresses or credit cards. While this approach reduces accuracy and increases comput...
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Who Is Attaullah Baig? The Ex-WhatsApp Security Boss Exposing Meta's Alarming Privacy Secrets
Indian-origin cybersecurity expert Attaullah Baig, former WhatsApp head of security, has sued Meta, alleging ignored security flaws and retaliation after he raised warnings about millions of users' data being at risk.
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Apple Introduces Memory Integrity Enforcement to Protect iPhone 17 Series from Sophisticated Malware Attacks
Apple introduced a new security feature alongside the iPhone 17 series launch, aimed at defending against advanced malware threats. Called Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), the system uses a tagging method to verify memory access attempts. Apple noted that implementing MIE required major changes to memory allocation, the A19 chip, the operating s...
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Google Must Pay $425 Million In Class Action Over Privacy, Rules Court
A federal jury determined on Wednesday that Alphabet's Google must pay $425 million in a class action lawsuit that accused it of continuing to collect data for millions of users who had switched off a tracking feature in their Google account.
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Google Debunks Gmail Security Warning Reports, Calls It Entirely False
Google has denied all claims of Gmail suffering a data breach or alerting 2.5 billion users about the same. On Monday, the Mountain View-based tech giant published a blog post and highlighted that any information around this information is “entirely false.” The company also urged outlets to ensure that conversation in this space is accurate and...
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Anthropic Seeks Permission to Train AI Model on User Conversations, Updates Privacy Policy
Anthropic announced an update to its privacy policy on Thursday, highlighting that it will now train its existing and future artificial intelligence (AI) models on users’ conversations. The San Francisco-based AI company highlighted that it is now giving users an option to either accept or deny this change. This revised policy only affects the en...
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Google Data Breach Exposed 2.5 Billion Accounts: How to Secure Your Gmail Account
Google has reportedly alerted 2.5 billion Gmail account holders after a password hacker group was able to carry out a “successful intrusion.” As per the report, the incident occurred between August 8 and 18 in a widespread attack via compromised Open Authorisation (OAuth) tokens. Apart from targeting individual accounts, the threat actors have ...
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Telangana Aims for $1 Trillion Economy With Focus On Healthcare, Innovation
Telangana is shifting its focus from being a mere manufacturing base to a global hub for innovation in the life sciences sector, a move highlighted by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy at the APAC BioDesign Innovation Summit 2025.
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How To Instantly Erase Your ChatGPT History Before It's Too Late
Delete your ChatGPT history by following these simple steps on the mobile app or web platform, ensuring your conversations remain private.
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WhatsApp Restrictions Worldwide: From China's Full Ban to UAE's Partial Ban
Russia on Wednesday became the latest country to restrict some WhatsApp calls, accusing the Meta-owned platform of failing to share information in fraud and terrorism cases.
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Pulse Will Deliver Daily Personalised Updates But at a Privacy Cost
OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Pulse, a new AI feature that makes the chatbot proactive instead of purely reactive. Available only to top-tier subscribers, Pulse delivers daily personalised updates about events, meetings, or activities. It uses memory, chat history, feedback, and connected apps to curate content, although questions around data priva...
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LinkedIn Wants to Train AI Models on User Data, But This One Step Stops It
LinkedIn is updating its terms to begin collecting user data from November 3 to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. The professional networking platform confirmed that profile details and public posts will be used, while private messages will remain excluded. Some data will also be shared with Microsoft and affiliates for targeted ads, t...
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Think Twice Before Uploading: 6 Risks Of Feeding Your Photos to AI Image Generators
Such images raise concerns about data privacy, security, and the potential misuse of personal images.
-
10 Reasons You Should Never Post Your Boarding Pass Online
Sharing a photo of your boarding pass online may look harmless, but it exposes you to cybercrime, identity theft, and even cancelled trips. From hidden barcodes to loyalty point theft, here are 10 reasons you should think twice before posting it.
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Google's Viral Gemini Banana Trend is Fun, But It Comes With a Privacy Risk
Gemini’s Nano Banana trend has gone viral on social media, surpassing 500 million image generations. The custom AI model lets users upload images and apply detailed edits with prompts. While popular, it has reignited privacy concerns, as Google stores all user conversations and uploaded images, which can be used to train its AI systems and servic...
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Google VaultGemma: 5 Things to Know About the AI Model That Puts Privacy First
Google has unveiled VaultGemma, a one-billion-parameter privacy-focused AI model trained using differential privacy techniques to prevent memorisation of sensitive data. By adding calibrated noise during training, the model avoids exposing personal identifiers like addresses or credit cards. While this approach reduces accuracy and increases comput...
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Who Is Attaullah Baig? The Ex-WhatsApp Security Boss Exposing Meta's Alarming Privacy Secrets
Indian-origin cybersecurity expert Attaullah Baig, former WhatsApp head of security, has sued Meta, alleging ignored security flaws and retaliation after he raised warnings about millions of users' data being at risk.
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Apple Introduces Memory Integrity Enforcement to Protect iPhone 17 Series from Sophisticated Malware Attacks
Apple introduced a new security feature alongside the iPhone 17 series launch, aimed at defending against advanced malware threats. Called Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), the system uses a tagging method to verify memory access attempts. Apple noted that implementing MIE required major changes to memory allocation, the A19 chip, the operating s...
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Google Must Pay $425 Million In Class Action Over Privacy, Rules Court
A federal jury determined on Wednesday that Alphabet's Google must pay $425 million in a class action lawsuit that accused it of continuing to collect data for millions of users who had switched off a tracking feature in their Google account.
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Google Debunks Gmail Security Warning Reports, Calls It Entirely False
Google has denied all claims of Gmail suffering a data breach or alerting 2.5 billion users about the same. On Monday, the Mountain View-based tech giant published a blog post and highlighted that any information around this information is “entirely false.” The company also urged outlets to ensure that conversation in this space is accurate and...
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Anthropic Seeks Permission to Train AI Model on User Conversations, Updates Privacy Policy
Anthropic announced an update to its privacy policy on Thursday, highlighting that it will now train its existing and future artificial intelligence (AI) models on users’ conversations. The San Francisco-based AI company highlighted that it is now giving users an option to either accept or deny this change. This revised policy only affects the en...
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Google Data Breach Exposed 2.5 Billion Accounts: How to Secure Your Gmail Account
Google has reportedly alerted 2.5 billion Gmail account holders after a password hacker group was able to carry out a “successful intrusion.” As per the report, the incident occurred between August 8 and 18 in a widespread attack via compromised Open Authorisation (OAuth) tokens. Apart from targeting individual accounts, the threat actors have ...
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Telangana Aims for $1 Trillion Economy With Focus On Healthcare, Innovation
Telangana is shifting its focus from being a mere manufacturing base to a global hub for innovation in the life sciences sector, a move highlighted by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy at the APAC BioDesign Innovation Summit 2025.
-
How To Instantly Erase Your ChatGPT History Before It's Too Late
Delete your ChatGPT history by following these simple steps on the mobile app or web platform, ensuring your conversations remain private.
-
WhatsApp Restrictions Worldwide: From China's Full Ban to UAE's Partial Ban
Russia on Wednesday became the latest country to restrict some WhatsApp calls, accusing the Meta-owned platform of failing to share information in fraud and terrorism cases.
