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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 …

A California jury has found Meta in violation of state user privacy laws in a class-action suit brought by users of period tracking app, Flo, who alleged that the tech giant collected private menstrual health data without users’ consent and used it for ad-tracking purposes. The plaintiffs, claiming to represent millions of Flo users, had accused Flo and Meta of …

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OpenAI quickly rolled back a new feature that allowed users to make private conversations with ChatGPT “discoverable” after the launch was marred by concerns of accidental oversharing. “We just removed a feature from @ChatGPTapp that allowed users to make their conversations discoverable by search engines, such as Google,” Dane Stuckey, OpenAI’s chief information security officer, announced via social media post …

An app designed to help women spot the “red flags” of men they date has incidentally put its users at risk. 404 Media reported that Tea was hacked by 4chan users last week, resulting in the selfies and driver’s licenses of its mostly women users being posted to 4chan. An independent researcher for 404 Media has since discovered that messages …

IN A NUTSHELL 🧠 Innovative e-tattoo developed at the University of Texas at Austin monitors brain activity in real time. ⚙️ Designed to be noninvasive and ultra-thin, the e-tattoo adheres to the forehead and uses sticker-like sensors. 📉 Machine learning models help predict mental fatigue, enabling timely interventions before performance declines. 🔒 Ethical considerations include data privacy, with plans for …

The company behind encrypted email service Proton Mail has today launched a new freemium AI chatbot which promises that your chats will remain completely private. Proton Lumo offers five protections it says aren’t matched by any of the existing mainstream AI services like ChatGPT and Gemini, and has even thrown shade at Apple Intelligence privacy … Proton Lumo AI chatbot …

IN A NUTSHELL 📱 Google uses Android phones’ accelerometers to detect seismic activity and provide timely earthquake alerts. 🌍 The system operates across 98 countries, detecting an average of 312 earthquakes monthly with magnitudes from 1.9 to 7.8. 🔔 Integrated into the Android Earthquake Alerts system, it automatically broadcasts warnings to affected regions. 🔄 Users can provide feedback to enhance …