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Elon Musk is planning to mine private data from multiple agencies to assist in speedier deportations on his way out the White House door.

Elon Musk Using Private Data to Build List of People to Deport

By Noor Al-Sibai

As Nature reports, consumer-genomics company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy — and legal permission to auction off all of that data.

23andMe Is Selling All Your Data, in Largest Sale of Genomes in History

By Victor Tangermann

One data-hoovering website is making it easier than ever to not only find out a person's party affiliation, but also to find their address.

If You Voted, Now Your Address and Party Registration Are Publicly Available Online

By Noor Al-Sibai

A formerly high-ranking Catholic priest is suing Grindr for selling his data that ultimately ended up publicly outing him.

Catholic Priest Sues Grindr After He Gets Caught Using It

By Noor Al-Sibai

Until recently, Glassdoor allowed users to anonymously trash talk their employers — but the site has apparently changed that policy.

User Horrified When Glassdoor, a Site for Trashing Your Boss, Starts Adding Real Names

By Noor Al-Sibai

An app called Remini claims to use generative AI to show users what their future kids might look like. Security experts wonder if it's safe.

Artificial Intelligence

App Claims to Use AI to Show What Your Children Would Look Like

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Germany, France, and the UK are all investigating OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's company Worldcoin, which scans irises into a database.

Multiple Countries Investigating Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Orb

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new lawsuit is alleging that OpenAI violated individual data privacy and copyright by using scraped data to train its AI language model.

OpenAI Sued for Using Everybody’s Writing to Train AI

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Startup Accidentally Tells Over 400 Patients They Might Have Cancer

Startup Accidentally Tells Over 400 Patients They Might Have Cancer

By Noor Al-Sibai

A startup called Telly is planning to give away a whopping 500,000 55-inch TVs to consumers with a second screen that shows ads.

Robots and Machines

Company Giving Away TVs With Second Screen That Shows Constant Ads

By Victor Tangermann

A group of ex-TikTok employees has blown the whistle on the company's list of users who watched so-called "gay content."

TikTok Reportedly Kept a Log of Users Who Watched Gay Content

By Noor Al-Sibai

Facebook is sending users money in a class action lawsuit settlement — and if you used the site at any point in the last 15 years, you can get some, too.

Facebook Is Giving Away Free Money, Y’all

By Noor Al-Sibai

The anti-artificial intelligence push continues apace in Italy, which just moved to temporarily ban OpenAI's ChatGPT pending a data privacy investigation.

Mama Mia! Italy Has Banned ChatGPT!

By Noor Al-Sibai

TikTok CEO Shou Chew finally took the stand in Congress yesterday. The biggest takeaway? Congressman Richard Hudson doesn't know how WiFi works.

Clueless Congressman Bewildered That TikTok Connects Using WiFi

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Norwegian regulator Datatilsynet hit dating app Grindr with a €6.3 million fine for sharing user data with advertisers without their consent.

Grindr Slammed With Huge Fine for Spying on Users

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Following a landmark European court ruling, Facebook is warning that it may pull out of Europe entirely, as The Guardian reports.

Facebook Threatens to Pull Out of Europe Entirely

By Victor Tangermann