Inside Spotify’s 2025 Wrapped Archive: AI Narratives at Scale and the Privacy Trade‑Off
Spotify’s engineering team has revealed how its 2025 “Wrapped Archive” pipeline pre‑generated about 1.4 billion personalized reports for roughly…
Android flaw on MediaTek phones may bypass your PIN in under a minute
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Your phone lock screen is supposed to be your last…
Ottawa proposes making it easier to share personal data among government – National
By Jim Bronskill The Canadian Press Posted April 2, 2026 3:45 pm Updated April 2, 2026 3:50 pm…
How To Turn Off Gmail’s Gemini AI In 2 Steps
Another day, another “feature” turned on in a load-bearing app that you might want to turn off. For…
ChatGPT’s ‘Adult Mode’ Could Spark a New Era of Intimate Surveillance
Julie Carpenter doesn’t blame human users at all for anthropomorphizing chatbots. The longtime human-AI interaction expert and author…
Pokémon Go players built a 30-billion-photo map that’s now training robots to deliver your pizza
Pikachus at every street corner. Leveling up before getting into the gym. “Pokémon Go to the polls.” You…
Ottawa Repackages Its Surveillance Backdoor in Bill C-22
Bill C-22 lays the groundwork for a Canadian surveillance state. March 12, 2026 — Today the federal government…
Social Security’s internal watchdog investigates whistleblower complaint
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Social Security Administration’s internal watchdog is investigating a whistleblower complaint into what it describes…
This Jammer Wants to Block Always-Listening AI Wearables. It Probably Won’t Work
Deveillance also claims the Spectre can find nearby microphones by detecting radio frequencies (RF), but critics say finding…
Area Man Accidentally Hacks 6,700 Camera-Enabled Robot Vacuums
Congressional Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee released a report this week pinpointing more than $20.9 billion in…
Did Meta Just Accidentally Prove Smart Glasses Are a Liability?
When Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg strolled into court last week to go on trial for an ongoing case of…
Watch This Space: The Rise of AI Landlords in Canada
Editor’s Notes: This is a guest post by Lynn Yu Ling Ng, a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the…