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Driving fast or braking hard? Your connected car may be telling your insurance company

4 hours 20 min ago
The era of connected cars presents a new privacy problem - and it could also drive up your insurance bill.
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Google yet again delays killing third-party cookies in Chrome. Here's what you need to know

8 hours 38 min ago
Google now hopes to start phasing out third-party cookies in early 2025, instead of late 2024 as previously planned.
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The best free VPNs of 2024: Expert tested

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 11:49am
Free VPNs can come with security risks. But there are solid limited-service free VPNs provided by reputable companies that may fit your needs -- here's what to know.
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The best VPN for streaming in 2024: Expert tested and reviewed

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 11:15am
We tested the best VPNs for streaming that can unblock popular streaming services like Netflix, Disney+, and Hulu, from anywhere in the world.
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How a new law protects your thoughts from tech companies – and why it matters

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 7:00am
Welcome to the new data privacy frontier, where unregulated neurotech wearables are tracking, analyzing, and even recording your brain activity.
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Tinder's 'Share My Date' feature will let you share date plans with friends and family

Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:01am
The upcoming feature will help you more easily share the location, date, and time of your date and a photo of your online match.
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Brave search engine adds privacy-focused AI - no Google or Bing needed

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 3:45pm
Accessible in any browser, Brave's new 'Answer with AI' option provides an AI-generated summary - with sources - in response to your requests and searches.
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Android could soon protect you from malicious apps by quarantining them

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 12:11pm
Quarantining an Android app will hide its screens and notifications, prevent it from ringing your device, and make sure its services can't be called by other apps.
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National Guard will use Google's AI for faster disaster response and recovery

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 1:53pm
Targeted for deployment in time for summer wildfires, the AI-powered tools can quickly examine aerial footage of disaster scenes and create detailed maps of the area.
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Criminals want to pay T-Mobile and Verizon staff for SIM swaps. Here's what you need to know

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 11:32am
The attackers are offering up to $300 to T-Mobile and Verizon employees for help with stealing from their employers' customers.
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The Blink Mini 2 is seeing its first ever discount at 25% off

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 11:13am
The newest version of the Blink Mini sees key improvements that make it worthy even for non-budget shoppers, and it's down to $30 for a limited time.
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Gen AI training costs soar yet risks are poorly measured, says Stanford AI report

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 11:36am
Cost and safety issues are part of a burgeoning industrial market for AI taking over from a research community of AI scholars.
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The best VPN deals right now

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 11:29am
We've found the best VPN deals and money-back guarantees on the market right now so you can protect your privacy without breaking the bank.
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XZ Utils might not have been the only sabotage target, open-source foundations warn

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 11:24am
The XZ Utils backdoor that recently sent ripples of concern through the Linux community may have only been the beginning.
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The best AirTag wallets of 2024: Expert tested and recommended

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 8:00am
Lose your wallet often? ZDNET went hands-on with wallets specially designed to hold an AirTag so you can find your cards and cash with ease.
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How to freeze your credit (and why you might want to)

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 5:36am
Worried about a recent data breach? Here's how to freeze your credit.
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AI Safety Summit round two draws government, industry leaders to Seoul next month

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 3:00pm
UK and South Korea are hosting continued AI discussions -- including safeguards, equitable access, and future innovation.
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Sisense's data breach is serious enough that CISA is investigating. Here's what you need to do

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 11:11am
A major breach left Sisense customer credentials open to hackers.
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The best VPN services for iPhone and iPad in 2024: Expert tested and reviewed

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 9:59am
We went hands-on with the best VPNs for your iPhone and iPad to find the best iOS VPNs to help you stream content and surf the web while keeping your devices safe.
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AT&T blasts email to 70M customers, causes massive traffic spike at Experian. Here's what happened

Thu, 04/11/2024 - 7:32pm
Customers won't be able to enroll in Experian's identity theft monitoring in the near term, and they have AT&T to thank for that.
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