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Here’s the Pitch Deck for ‘Active Listening’ Ad Targeting
404 Media previously reported Cox Media Group (CMG) was advertising a service that claimed to target ads based on what potential customers said near device…
Are Marketers Using Smartphones to Listen to Your Conversations to Target Ads? Yes, Cox Media Group Says in Materials Deleted From Its Website
It’s been a long-held suspicion by many people: that smartphones and smart speakers are listening in on their private conversations for various reasons. Now one…
Marketing Company Claims That It Actually Is Listening to Your Phone and Smart Speakers to Target Ads
“What would it mean for your business if you could target potential clients who are actively discussing their need for your services in their day-to-day…
Are We Entering an AI Price-Fixing Dystopia?
"Algorithmic price-fixing appears to be spreading to more and more industries," warns the Atlantic. "And existing laws may not be equipped to stop it." They…
US Considers a Rare Antitrust Move: Breaking Up Google
A rare bid to break up Alphabet's Google is one of the options being considered by the Justice Department after a landmark court ruling found…
Unprecedented Number of Heat Records Broken Around World This Year
A record 15 national heat records have been broken since the start of this year, an influential climate historian has told the Guardian, as weather…
Google Sold Android Phones With Hidden Insecure Feature, Companies Find
Google's master software for some Android phones includes a hidden feature that is insecure and could be activated to allow remote control or spying on…
Where Facebook’s AI Slop comes from
“The post you are seeing now is of a poor man that is being used to generate revenue,” he says in Hindi, pointing with his…
Data Centers Are Consuming Electricity Supplies and Hurting the Environment
Data center construction "could delay California's transition away from fossil fuels and raise electric bills for everyone else," warns the Los Angeles Times — and…
Google Threatened Tech Influencers Unless They ‘Preferred’ Google Phones
The tech review world has been full of murky deals between companies and influencers for years, but it appears Google finally crossed a line with…
Microsoft Data-Scraping Windows Recall Feature
Recall is a Windows service that runs in the background on compatible PCs, continuously taking screenshots of user activity, scanning those screenshots with optical character…
Google funds newsrooms, AI
Google has reached a groundbreaking deal with California lawmakers to contribute millions to local newsrooms, aiming to support journalism amid its decline as readers migrate…
Microplastics Are Infiltrating Brain Tissue, Studies Show
Studies have detected tiny shards and specks of plastics in human lungs, placentas, reproductive organs, livers, kidneys, knee and elbow joints, blood vessels and bone…
AI To Go Nuclear? Data Center Deals Say It’s Inevitable
To build the massive datacenters generative AI requires, major companies like Amazon and Microsoft "are going nuclear," reports CIO magazine. AWS: Earlier this year, AWS…
Zuckerberg Says He Regrets Not Being More Outspoken About ‘Government Pressure’
In a letter to the House Judiciary Committee, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed regret for not being more vocal about "government pressure" to censor COVID-19-related…
Far-Right ‘Terrorgram’ Chatrooms Are Fueling a Wave of Power Grid Attacks
People in a quiet neighborhood in Carthage, a town in Moore County, North Carolina, heard a series of six loud pops a few minutes before…
Man flies to Florida to attack another player over an online gaming dispute
An online gaming dispute made its way to the real world when a New Jersey man flew to Florida to attack another player with a…
The satellites using radar to peer at Earth in minute detail
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) allows satellites to bounce radar signals off the ground and interpret the echo – and it can even peer through clouds.…
1 in 9 American Kids Diagnosed With ADHD, New Study Finds
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that calls attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder an "expanding public health concern." Researchers found that in 2022,…
Deep Fake Scams Growing in Global Frequency and Sophistication, Victim Warns
In an elaborate scam in January, "a finance worker, was duped into attending a video call with people he believed were the chief financial officer…