AI systems still lack the judgment to understand when commands will cause catastrophic damage — and without strict controls and recovery plans, your data could be in danger. AI systems have made work ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW – Federal agencies in 2024 accessed data from a camera in this city’s Flock Safety automated license plate reader system – something that the Mountain View Police Department says was ...

A Flock license plate reader camera at the corner of San Antonio Road and Charleston Road on Jan. 28. Photo by Seeger Gray. Update: In the wake of this Voice investigation, Mountain View Police Chief ...

These days, when you launch any browser, you are immediately bombarded with AI assistants asking to write your emails, shopping sidebars offering coupons you didn’t ask for, and sponsored articles ...

Using Browser Extensions to Translate or Download Videos? Better Check They're Not One of These 17 Malicious Add-Ons Cybersecurity firm LayerX uncovers 17 malicious extensions that can enable click ...

Californians can now put a stop to their personal data being sold around on an online trading floor, thanks to a new free tool. On January 1, the state launched its Delete Request and Opt-out Platform ...

California just gave its 40 million residents a permanent delete button for a largely covert part of the personal data economy. On New Year’s Day, a government website opened to let Californians ...

Use a loyalty card at a drug store, browse the web, post on social media, get married or do anything else most people do, and chances are companies called data brokers know about it — along with your ...

A popular browser extension that acts as a VPN to protect users' privacy is actually harvesting and facilitating the sale of data from conversations with AI chatbot assistants. While versions previous ...

Google is preparing a fresh look for the “Delete Browsing Data” dialog in the desktop version of Chrome, available in the Canary version. The flag, aptly named “Revamped Delete Browsing Data dialog,” ...

A new agentic browser attack targeting Perplexity's Comet browser that's capable of turning a seemingly innocuous email into a destructive action that wipes a user's entire Google Drive contents, ...