A new study finds AI chatbots are more persuasive than political ads, shifting voter opinions by several points. The surprising silver lining? The persuasion seems to come from factual arguments, not creepy personalization.
A startup called Phreeli is launching a cellular service that requires almost no personal information to sign up. Founder Nicholas Merrill, who spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order, aims to make anonymity the boring default for daily phone use.
Proton has launched Proton Sheets, a new spreadsheet tool focused on privacy and end-to-end encryption. It supports real-time collaboration, common formulas, and importing from CSV and XLS files, directly challenging Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel.
A hidden Apple Health icon in the ChatGPT app suggests a future integration. This could let OpenAI’s AI analyze your fitness data for coaching. But it raises huge questions about who controls the data and your privacy.
UK police are now considering corporate manslaughter charges against companies linked to the Post Office Horizon scandal. The faulty accounting software led to over 900 wrongful prosecutions between 1999 and 2015.
Surfshark’s 2025 Digital Quality of Life Index reveals a stark East-West divide. The US is #1 in AI readiness and infrastructure, but European nations dominate the top ten for overall digital wellbeing, highlighting a gap between innovation and citizen experience.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has confirmed that last week’s cyber incident was a data breach, with attackers copying information from its systems. The breach is part of a wider outage affecting two other London councils, with recovery expected to take at least two more weeks.
Samsung’s upcoming One UI 8.5 interface is shaping up to be a significant update. It promises a new glass-like design and, crucially, a potential fix for the plague of spammy app notifications on Galaxy phones.
The adult entertainment industry has consistently been an early adopter of new technologies throughout history. From Gutenberg’s printing press to VHS and early internet services, porn has driven technological adoption. Now artificial intelligence is creating both synthetic content opportunities and
OpenAI has confirmed a significant data breach involving third-party analytics provider Mixpanel. The incident exposed personal information of OpenAI API users, though the company says its own systems weren’t compromised. Only API platform users are affected, with ChatGPT and other products remainin
