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A black Flock Safety camera mounted on a metal pole under a small solar panel, with trees and a blue sky behind it

US cities are dropping Flock's license plate cameras

At least 10 local governments and police departments have moved to end or limit their use of Flock Safety's cameras since this summer.

November 6, 2026

An Apple Watch showing the Rewind screen with a short text snippet about staying left after a trail marker, an orange microphone indicator and an Ask Siri button

Technology

Apple Watch can now replay what someone just said, in beta

Apple's Live Rewind and Siri Recap are now in beta on the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4. One shows the last 15 seconds of speech as text, the other sums up whole conversations.

November 3, 2026

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GM to pay $220 million over selling drivers' data

General Motors settled with 36 states over claims it sold driving and location data to data brokers. It must now get drivers' consent first.

October 30, 2026

A Discord Server Web Page for the game Dead by Daylight, showing the member count and a summary of a channel discussion

Technology

Discord will let Google show messages from its biggest public servers

From mid-December, some messages in Discord's large public servers may appear in web search results. Admins and members can opt out, and the setting is off by default in several regions.

October 28, 2026

Meta pauses Muse chat sharing after 6,800 links surface in DNS

Security firm Claroc found that Muse's share links could be listed through public DNS records. Meta has paused sharing while it reviews the design.

October 21, 2026

The ChatGPT app icon on the home screen of a smartphone

ChatGPT now lets you lock sensitive chats behind a PIN

OpenAI is rolling out Locked Chats in ChatGPT. Protect a conversation with a four-digit PIN or Face ID, but know it is not end-to-end encryption.

October 20, 2026

TechnologyOctober 18, 2026
MapQuest's new Surveillance Layer shows where license plate readers are
A free toggle in the MapQuest app puts known license plate readers and outdoor cameras from Flock Safety and a dozen other brands on the map.
TechnologyOctober 15, 2026
UK Legal Aid Agency hackers took records going back to 1978
Eighteen months after the attack, the Ministry of Justice says about 250,000 stolen Legal Aid Agency records predate 2007, and some probation data was taken too.
TechnologyOctober 15, 2026
Citizen Lab says spyware rode in on online ads, no click needed
Researchers say an Israeli ad company let spyware makers infect devices the moment an ad loaded, including 45 computers at Al Jazeera.
TechnologyOctober 14, 2026
WhatsApp now lets anyone join a call from a browser, no account needed
WhatsApp's new guest calling lets you send a link to anyone, and they can join your voice or video call from a computer browser after you let them in.
TechnologyOctober 13, 2026
Apple's $299 HomeView knows your face, but only when your iPhone is home
Apple's first smart display recognizes up to six people by face and gives each one a private Home Screen. The catch: your own iPhone or iPad has to be nearby and recently unlocked.
TechnologyOctober 7, 2026
Arizona court hack exposed data on 1.3 million people after one phishing click
A phishing link opened by a court employee let attackers copy backups with Social Security numbers, protective order records and foster care reports.

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