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#data-privacy

What is the most intense episode of a TV show you have ever seen? The Guardian's Television team has selected theirs now we would like to hear yours. Tell us about the episode that you found the most stress-inducing, and why. Share your experience You can tell us about your most intense TV episode ever using this form.

Is the UK truly becoming an AI hub as US tech giants pour in billions? A multibillion-dollar deal is being hailed as proof that Britain is becoming a global hub for artificial intelligence, with major United States tech companies investing heavily. But the reality is a little less straightforward. On today's show, we ask: how much power, and how much of your personal data, are you willing to hand over to tech companies?

Those AI tools are being trained on our trade secrets. We'll lose all of our customers if they find out our teams use AI. Our employees will no longer be able to think critically because of the brain rot caused by overreliance on AI. These are not irrational fears. As AI continues to dominate the headlines, questions about data privacy and security, intellectual property, and work quality are legitimate and important.

"We are exploring the possibility of introducing Copilot for Exchange Server (on-premises)," Microsoft says, linking to a ten-question form that asks: "Would your organization be comfortable enabling Copilot for Exchange Server if it requires sending some Exchange Server data to the cloud?" Er, probably not. After all, many administrators run an on-premises version of Exchange precisely because they don't want any Exchange Server data being sent to Microsoft's cloud.

With advanced processing in the car, we can handle interference on board so that it works in low-data-connection areas,

Kohler just launched the Dekoda, a $599 device that clips onto your toilet bowl rim, and before you dismiss it entirely, hear me out. This isn't just a gimmick, it's a health tracker that monitors gut health, hydration levels, and can detect the presence of blood in your toilet. Think of it as a wellness wearable, except you never have to remember to put it on and it's there as you go about your toilet business.

As part of a new initiative focused on "turning the bathroom into a connected, data-informed health and wellness hub," Kohler has announced a health tracker called the Dekoda you attach to your toilet. It's designed to peer into the bowl using sensors and analyze what it sees using algorithms to provide insights into your hydration and gut health, and it will discreetly notify you when blood is detected which can be indicative of more serious medical issues.

As the world is now acutely aware - with self-driving cars, job-stealing AI, around-the-clock Orwellian surveillance and a plethora of other nightmares that sci-fi novels warned us about - the fruits of tech's progress have not been 100% positive. We know that legitimately terrifying developments are already in full swing, even though our brains - and our lawmakers - can scarcely keep up with the speed of it all.

The Guardian has asked TV writers for their favourite television romcoms of all time and now we'd like to hear yours. You can tell us about your favourite series and why below. Share your favourite You can tell us your favourite TV romcom using this form. Your responses, which can be anonymous, are secure as the form is encrypted and only the Guardian has access to your contributions.

California Governor Newsom has signed S.B. 524, a bill that begins the long process of regulating and imposing transparency on the growing problem of AI-written police reports. EFF supported this bill and has spent the last year vocally criticizing the companies pushing AI-generated police reports as a service. requires police to disclose, on the report, if it was used to fully or in part author a police report. Further, it bans vendors from selling or sharing the information a police agency provided to the AI.

In its paper, Don't Look Up: There Are Sensitive Internal Links in the Clear on GEO Satellites [PDF], the team describes how it performed a broad scan of IP traffic on 39 GEO satellites across 25 distinct longitudes and found that half of the signals they picked up contained cleartext IP traffic. This included unencrypted cellular backhaul data sent from the core networks of several US operators, destined for cell towers in remote areas.

Wabi will enable users to create their own mini-apps without any coding. "It's a platform to discover, remix, and share, create mini apps for daily life," Kuyda said. "We'll tell a little bit more when we launch publicly. Right now, it's a very close private beta." Wabi is a 10-person team, Kuyda said, and plans to launch its product "soon." The idea for Wabi, a "personal software platform," led Kuyda to step away from Replika, she said.

Google told employees who want health benefits that they must allow a third-party AI healthcare tool to access their data, a move that has rankled some staff members. If they decline it, they will not receive health coverage. The company announced this month that US-based employees who wish to sign up for health benefits through its parent company Alphabet in the coming enrollment period must grant access to AI-powered tools provided by Nayya, which offers personalized benefits recommendations, according to internal documents reviewed by Business Insider.

Social event planning app Partiful, which calls itself "Facebook events for hot people," has firmly replaced Facebook as the go-to platform for sending party invitations. But what Partiful also has in common with Facebook is that it's collecting a tsunami of user data, and Partiful could have done better at keeping that data secure. On Partiful, hosts can create online invitations with a retro, maximalist vibe, allowing guests to RSVP to events with the ease of ordering a salad on a touch-screen.

Whether it's talking about your ex too much or your date not looking anything like their profile picture, we'd like to hear about your bad first date experiences. What happened and did you leave early or stay until the end of the date? Did it prompt any changes in how you date or did you just chalk it up to bad luck? Share your experience You can tell us about your bad first date experiences by filling in the form below.

* Federal judiciary can stay open until October 17 amid shutdown. After that? Have you guys ever seen The Purge? [ Reuters] * Lawyer giving out roadside legal advice. Did you know lawyers could provide pro bono work without a corrupt quid pro quo? [ Axios] * E-Verify goes down after government shutdown in perfect encapsulation of how the administration doesn't care about immigration beyond authorizing masked vigilantism. [ Law360]

Data brokers are part of a worldwide multibillion-dollar industry of companies that profit from hoarding and selling access to huge amounts of Americans' personal, financial, and granular location information, often collected from phones and other devices connected to the internet. This data gets sold, including to governments, who don't need a warrant for commercially obtainable data. The collection of huge banks of data also comes with its own risks, including security lapses and data breaches.

Are you going to allow OEMs to control the vehicles? said Farley on The Verge's Decoder podcast. How far do you want the Apple brand to go? Do you want the Apple brand to start the car? Do you want the Apple brand to limit the speed? Do you want the Apple brand to limit access? In this respect, Ford has already rolled out several features to its Pro customers, such as limiting access to the vehicle on the weekend.

"All public AAA companies have overemphasized 'returning value to shareholders' over taking care of all stakeholder groups, including labor," he said. "Now, that will be shifted to keeping the company afloat amidst enormous debt payments and servicing [private equity] owners."

Want a crystal ball into the future of Wall Street? You might try starting with Goldman Sachs' annual intern survey. Goldman polled around 2,100 summer analysts and associates for its 10th annual intern survey, asking about everything from AI use to morning commutes to their homebuying ambitions. Technology dominated the topics covered in this year's survey, with close to 100% of respondents saying they use AI in their personal lives, up from 86% in 2023.

Neon's premise is simple: You allow the app to record yourself during phone calls. The company said it pays 30 cents per minute for calls with other Neon users, or half of that if the other caller isn't on Neon. In turn, the app says the data is "anonymized and sold to trusted tech companies." "Phone companies profit off your data. Now, you can too," Neon's website reads.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday declaring that his plan to sell Chinese-owned TikTok's U.S. operations to U.S. and global investors will address the national security requirements in a 2024 law. The new U.S. company will be valued at around $14 billion, Vice President JD Vance said, putting a price tag on the popular short video app far below some analyst estimates.

Only calls made or received through the Neon app are recorded. Any conversations you have through the regular phone app on your iPhone or Android phone are excluded. Neon will pay you 30 cents per minute when you speak with another Neon user. In that case, both sides of the conversation are recorded. You'll get 15 cents per minute when you speak with a non-Neon user.

Apple says it's having to delay bringing some product features to Europe because it's struggling to make them compliant with the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA). In a statement published on Wednesday, Apple said that DMA rules have created "more complexity and more risks for our EU users," blaming the obligation to open Apple features to third-party devices for the delays.

"It's a rip off 'Find my Friends.' I was able to reverse engineer the SF parking ticket system so I could see close to real time where parking tickets were issued in the city. And I was making a map of where the actual parking cops were as they traverse the city and issue tickets. In theory, you could use that to avoid them and avoid a ticket," said Walz.