The state of Alaska has a rule that says the details people give when they sign up to vote are private. That means ages, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and even the places people were born should not be shared without a good reason. The law also lets voters keep their home address
Samsung has added a new way to keep phone screens private without any stickers or special protectors. The feature is called Privacy Display and it works straight from the phone’s hardware. When you look straight at the screen, everything stays clear. If someone turns their head, the display
Discord, which counts more than 200 million active members, has decided to pause its worldwide rollout of age‑verification tools. The company says it will keep meeting legal requirements for certain users, but the global launch will wait until it revises its initial plan announced in early February.
A new Android app called Nearby Glasses can warn people when smart glasses that use Bluetooth are close by. The program was created by Yves Jeanrenaud, a researcher from Darmstadt University in Germany. It looks for special identifiers that are always sent by the glasses’ Bluetooth signals, such as
The city council of Lynnwood decided to drop its contract with the automated license‑plate reader firm, ending a partnership that had raised alarms about data privacy and misuse. The unanimous vote reflected growing community concern after a university study revealed that out‑of‑state agencies were
ADT has just bought a startup that can tell when people are moving around inside a house, using Wi‑Fi signals instead of cameras. The purchase cost about $170 million and will be added to ADT’s future security products by 2027. The company that sold the tech, Origin AI, works with algorithms that
Meta’s high‑profile visit to a courtroom turned into an unexpected debate over wearable tech. When Mark Zuckerberg and his team arrived, they were wearing the company’s own Ray‑Ban styled smart glasses. A judge warned them that any footage captured would have to be destroyed, or he could find
The number of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests that local police departments receive has jumped sharply in recent years. In one suburb, the police office logged 350 requests in 2025, compared with just 53 in 2021. Early this year alone, the department has already seen 71 new filings; if th
The recent rise of a chatbot that could generate and share millions of sexualized images of real people sparked a debate about how to protect individuals from digital misuse. Congress already banned posting deep fakes that show people in intimate acts, but experts argue the law should also cover a
Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S26 Ultra is set to introduce a groundbreaking privacy display feature. This innovation aims to shield sensitive content from side views, ensuring that only the person directly in front of the screen can see it. Interestingly, this technology is not limited to smartphones.
