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Is someone watching you? Facial recognition tech is here and Canada offers little privacy protection

Amid the recent, dizzying advances in generative AI, it’s been easy to miss the slow but steady progress in facial recognition over the last decade. In the past few months, it has broken containment.

The Conversation

Meta's latest legal wheeze is to insist that pirating books is fair use, actually

Rather than, y'know, outright theft.

PC Gamer

As Oracle Plans Thousands of Layoffs in Favor of AI Data Centers, How Should You Play ORCL Stock?

Down over 50% from all-time highs, Oracle stock offers significant upside potential in 2026, given consensus price targets.

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We are in a digital version of the enclosures – like the landowners, big tech has power without responsibility

Between the middle of the 18th and 19th centuries, the English parliament passed more than 4,000 Enclosure Acts. These laws allowed the fencing of common lands where villagers had grazed livestock and planted for generations, transferring them largely into private ownership of the aristocracy or the church. Similar dramatic changes…

The Conversation

The 'Singapore-washing' strategy starts to unwind as both China and the U.S. closely scrutinize corporate roots

“Singapore-washing is only credible and effective for companies which fully cut off their operational ties to China," one expert said.

Fortune

British AI datacentre firm Nscale raises $2bn as Sheryl Sandberg and Nick Clegg join board

London-based startup, which is vital to the government’s AI ambitions, is now valued at $14.6bn

The Guardian - UK

Winning an Exit: What Business Owners Can Learn from Meta's Billion-Dollar Manus Deal

How can business owners exit their company with a proper valuation and no regrets? Meta's billion-dollar acquisition of a small AI firm provides a clue.

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OpenAI's massive Stargate data center canceled as firm can't reach terms with Oracle, operator struggles with reliability issues — Meta said to be interested in snatching excess capacity

Financing terms and swinging OpenAI capacity forecast collapse a major expansion of a Stargate data center. Yet, Meta could take the yet-to-be-expanded space.

Tom’s Hardware

Immigration agents are using Meta’s AI glasses — and critics are alarmed

ICE and Border Patrol are increasingly using government body cameras and facial recognition scanners in deployments across U.S. cities. But some agents are taking matters into their own hands with Meta AI smart glasses, Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK

AI chatbots point vulnerable social media users to illegal online casinos, analysis shows

Tech firms condemned for lack of controls with Meta AI and Gemini even offering advice on how to bypass UK gambling and addiction checks

The Guardian - UK

Top 10 richest people in the world 2026: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and other tech titans leading global wealth

Global wealth has reached a new milestone. The Hurun Global Rich List 2026 reports that the number of billionaires worldwide has crossed 4,000 for the first time. A total of 4,020 individuals now hold billionaire status, which means 578 more people joined the ranks in just one year. It sounds…

The Times of India

OpenAI robotics leader resigns over concerns about surveillance and autonomous weapons amid Pentagon contract

A senior OpenAI robotics leader says she left over concerns about surveillance and autonomous weapons as the company expands its work with the Pentagon.

Fortune

Google, Meta, and Oracle are on a $1 trillion borrowing spree and there will be 'winners and losers in this environment,' bond fund manager says

Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle are spending billions to fund the AI buildout—but overinvestment risk means there will be “winners and losers,” said Pimco’s chief investment officer.

Fortune

The $200 Billion Question: Is Amazon Finally Ready to Pay a Dividend?

Will Amazon pay a dividend? I'll explain AMZN’s $200B AI spend, the peer pressure within the MAG7 lineup, and whether the company can actually pay a dividend at this point.

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Meta Workers Reveal Some Of The Disturbing Things They’ve Seen Through Users’ Smart Glasses

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta was sued by two U.S. citizens as a recent investigation into their AI smart glasses revealed alarming privacy violations.

PC Gamer

'We see everything': Report says Meta's AI smart glasses footage is reviewed by human contractors who see far more than they bargained for, which has led to a new lawsuit against the company

'People can record themselves in the wrong way and not even know what they are recording. They are real people like you and me.'

International Business Times UK

Meta's AI Smart Glasses' Intimate Footages Reviewed by Actual Humans in Kenya, Privacy Lawsuit Reveals

Meta faces US class action after Swedish probe found Kenya-based contractors reviewed intimate footage from Ray-Ban AI smart glasses.

Euronews

Meta faces privacy lawsuit over AI smart glasses

Sensitive videos and pictures containing nudity and bank data information, among other things, captured by Meta’s AI smart glasses, have allegedly been reviewed by human workers.

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The Conversation

How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could reshape social media – platform design meets product liability

A Los Angeles courtroom is hosting what may become the most consequential legal challenge Big Tech has ever faced.

International Business Times

Zuckerberg Defends Platform Limits as Meta Trial Reveals Child Safety Risks on Facebook, Instagram

Meta faces scrutiny in a New Mexico trial as Mark Zuckerberg acknowledges child safety risks on FB and Instagram while defending privacy features and platform limits.

The Independent UK

Indonesia to ban social media for children under 16, communication minister says

Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid

Android Central

Just gamin': Meta Ray-Ban Display is getting games, and it's GOAT and 2048 up first

Meta unveiled two of its first games to hit the Ray-Ban Display glasses for users.

The Independent UK

UK data watchdog writes to Meta over ‘concerning’ claims intimate footage filmed on smart glasses viewed by outsourced workers

Outsourced workers who are training the glasses’ AI claim they have been asked to watch videos of people having sex or on the toilet, it has been reported

The Guardian - US

Mark Zuckerberg says criminal behavior on Facebook inevitable

Meta CEO, grilled about children’s safety, says in taped deposition a user pool of billions will include bad actors

Tom’s Guide

Meta sued over smart glasses privacy claims — 6 changes you should make right now

Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses face new privacy concerns over human review of video data. Our guide breaks down what Meta collects, what contractors see, and the 6 steps you must take to stay safe.

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