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Trump’s Fed Feud Spotlights Mortgage Data Privacy: Is Your Information Public?  The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

But it struggled with more complex phrases. Pushing the frontier Once the mental privacy safeguard was in place, the team started testing their inner speech system with cued words first. The patients sat in front of the screen that displayed a short sentence and had to imagine saying it. The performance varied, reaching 86 percent accuracy with the best performing …

Apple (AAPL) scored a clear privacy win this week. On Monday, the U.S. government said the U.K. will no longer push Apple to build a “back door” into its encrypted cloud storage. This move matters for both Apple and the broader debate on encryption. A back door would have given officials a way into user data. But it also would …

The US director of national intelligence says the UK has withdrawn its controversial demand to access global Apple users’ data if required. Tulsi Gabbard said in a post on X the UK had agreed to drop its instruction for the tech giant to provide a “back door” which would have “enabled access to the protected encrypted data of American citizens …

Apple’s Hide My Email is a feature that lets users create unique, random email addresses that forward to their main inbox. However, Hide My Email is exclusive to Apple’s ecosystem. If you primarily use Gmail, which many of us do, Hide My Email isn’t directly accessible. Gmail doesn’t have an equivalent one-click alias generator like Apple. It does support plus …

Gear News of the Week: A New Privacy Phone Arrives, and Samsung Has a $30K 115-Inch Micro RGB TV  WIRED It has begun: a company starts assembling its smartphone in the US. Will your iPhone follow?  PhoneArena Unplugged Relaunches UP Phone under New CEO with a Powerful Privacy System and All-New Experience  WV News “They’re building it here, not hiking the price”: Unplugged’s …

Unplugged, a company cofounded and backed by Erik Prince, who is also the founder of infamous private military contractor Blackwater, has just released a new version of its “privacy-first” UP Phone that will be made in the US — at some point. The original UP Phone was described by the company as “the ultimate privacy-focused smartphone” and by privacy platform …

IN A NUTSHELL 📱 Gen Z is trading smartphones for dumbphones to regain focus and privacy. 🌀 The rise of retrotech reflects a backlash against the overwhelming attention economy. 🔍 Analog devices and digital minimalism offer an escape from notification fatigue and constant connectivity. 🔗 Despite the trend, modern conveniences make a complete switch to simpler devices challenging. In recent …

What to Know About Instagram Map, Location Sharing and Privacy Concerns  The New York Times Senators urge Meta to roll back Instagram Map feature that sparked uproar  NBC News Instagram rolls out new features including map, reposts and Friends Reels tab  ABC News Lawmakers urge Meta to shut down Instagram Map: “abysmal” at protecting children  Axios What is Instagram map? How to turn location …

Following Wednesday’s launch of Instagram’s new Snap Map-like opt-in “Instagram Map” feature — which lets U.S. users share their most recent active location with others and discover location-based content — Instagram head Adam Mosseri is having to reassure people that their location is only visible to others if they decide to share it. Although Meta has made it clear that …