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The US Army is letting private drone makers test weapons on military ranges without needing government contracts first

Private drone companies can now request access to US Army testing ranges Companies no longer need existing government partnerships before requesting range access Five military facilities across America and Morocco are joining the programme Private drone companies without existing government contracts can now request access to the US Army test ranges nationwide. The arrangement removes […]

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ChatGPT’s Computer History has one big privacy problem

We’ve already covered how ChatGPT’s Computer History feature lets the Mac app remember what users have been doing across apps and websites, using interaction events such as clicks, typing, and app switching rather than screenshots or recordings. However, a rather uncomfortable detail in OpenAI’s official documentation is that the files containing that history aren’t encrypted. […]

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Meta’s ‘Pervert Glasses’ Are Absolutely Being Used to Stalk Women, Study Reveals

A preprint paper published this week highlights the dangers of harassment involving Meta’s camera-equipped smart glasses. Of the 350 covert recording videos studied by researchers at the University of Sydney, just under 60% of them included harassing behaviour, and 43% resulted in reams of insulting and derogatory comments directed at unwitting female subjects. Meta’s smart […]