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DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search engine and browser company, partnered with eyewear brand Knockaround to sell 'Normal F* ****** Sunglasses,' a $35 pair of analog sunglasses designed as a satirical protest against A…
DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search engine and browser company, partnered with eyewear company Knockaround to release 'Normal F* ******* Sunglasses,' analog sunglasses with no camera, microphone, Bluetooth, or AI, pri…
DuckDuckGo's anti-surveillance sunglasses, sold in partnership with Knockaround, sold out after going on sale in late July, with a new batch available for preorder and estimated to ship Nov. 19–30. The $35 matte black su…
China's 'Total War on Taipei' cognitive-effects push, Russia's Baltic C2 model, al-Qaeda and ISIS diverging on AI adoption, and Sahel counter-drone/AI teaming all point to the contest moving, according to the Irregular W…
Meta's AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses, increasingly dubbed 'pervert glasses,' have sparked privacy scandals throughout 2026, including secret filming, contractor data breaches, and a class-action lawsuit. In July, Meta…
Hank Green, co-founder of educational media nonprofit Complexly, apologized on Reddit on July 31 for relying too heavily on ChatGPT, saying his use of large language models had become "not healthy for me or good for the …
As of August 2026, Illinois and Nevada have banned AI chatbots from delivering therapy, while Utah and California allow them under disclosure rules, according to a clinician's field guide published on Psychology Today. T…
On July 18, Humans First organized a national protest against AI data centers, reporting 142 demonstrations across 42 states, with independent confirmations in Georgia and South Carolina. The protests, which called for l…
Xgimi's $399 MemoMind One smart glasses include a 'Memory' feature that constantly records audio whenever worn, raising privacy concerns. The camera-less glasses, which also feature a monochrome display and microphones, …
Minnesota's ban on AI nudification technology took effect on August 1, 2026, after U.S. District Judge Donovan W. Frank denied Elon Musk's xAI an emergency motion to pause it, citing the company's three-month delay in fi…
A social media post argues that cash is superior to card payments, claiming cards impose hidden fees that act as a private tax and enable surveillance and unethical banking practices. The post advocates for cash to prese…
A developer proposes a foundational guideline for AI architects and developers, emphasizing the importance of defining terms, preserving coherence, and recognizing code as a cause with far-reaching effects. The guideline…
AI companies, including Anthropic, are buying and pulping rare out-of-print books to scan them for training data, a practice that U.S. District Judge William Alsup ruled legal in June 2025 under fair use. The ruling, par…
Pippa, a generative AI video startup co-founded by Hogan Shrum and Sean Wright, is offering artists $0.005 per image and $0.003 per second of video, plus a share of a 5 percent royalty pool, to compensate them for their …
British pop star Charli XCX faces backlash after revealing that AI-powered audio processing tool Concatenator, developed by DataMind Audio, was used on the track 'No One Lasts Forever' from her new album Music, Fashion, …
Laura Karpas, an audio intern at Tech Policy Press from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, interviewed researchers including Michal Luria of the Center for Democracy and Technology and Julian De Freitas of …
Apple's bug bounty program is overwhelmed by AI-generated bug reports, leading to submission caps that initially prevented Italian startup Bynario from reporting a serious macOS vulnerability worth up to $200,000 on the …
An editor at a small indie press reports receiving three to four AI-generated book submissions weekly, noting that while half pass initial review, they lack original insight and threaten to bury quality writing. The edit…
404 Media reported that an AI-powered TikTok Shop operation produced and sold dietary supplements that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recalled, highlighting the risks of AI-generated content in e-commerce. T…
Automation bias, the tendency to over-trust automated systems, undermines human oversight of AI agents, turning approval processes into rubber stamps. Research on AI coding agents shows that even when humans see a proble…