Phia, an AI shopping agent co-founded by Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe Gates, has been collecting more than just users’ fashion preferences through its desktop browser extension. Four cybersecurity researchers told Fortune that the company’s browser extension, which is aimed at simplifying price comparisons for users, has been capturing a concerning amount of users’ information. In…
Apple on Thursday introduced a new set of App Review Guidelines for developers, which now specifically state that apps must disclose and obtain users’ permission before sharing personal data with third-party AI. The change comes ahead of the iPhone maker’s plan to introduce its own AI-upgraded version of Siri in 2026. That update will see…
When Keir Starmer was in India last month, an assertion from him got all of the UK worked up. Britain could learn from Aadhaar, he said. For a country that has spent decades sneering at India’s bureaucratic mess, here was the British Prime Minister suggesting that India’s digital identity system might be a model worth…
When people sign up for a dating site like Tinder, they don’t expect their profiles and personal information to be searchable — especially by a scorned lover, or worse. But that’s what popular apps like Cheaterbuster or CheatEye seem to be doing under the guise of being able to “catch cheaters.” Last week, 404 Media…
The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show returns for the second year in a row following its six-year hiatus. We’ve put together everything you need to know about where to watch the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in 2025, including free streaming options. The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show brings together a variety of big names from the modeling…
Apple long fought allowing ‘side loading’ of iPhone apps from online shops others than the App Store, but made a concession in Europe due to landmark digital law there – Copyright AFP Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD Most of the top finance apps collect highly sensitive information on users, through permission settings. This has been revealed to Digital…
Citing officer safety concerns, the tech giant’s decision to pull ICEBlock and similar apps from its App Store ignites a fierce debate over free speech, privacy, and corporate responsibility. WASHINGTON – In a move that has drawn both praise from law enforcement and sharp criticism from civil liberties advocates, Apple has removed several applications from…
The U.K. government is still trying to gain access to encrypted iCloud data, according to the Financial Times, after British officials allegedly filed a new secret order demanding Apple build a backdoor. On Wednesday, the British newspaper reported that the U.K. Home Office sent an order to Apple earlier in September requesting that the tech…
A new app offering to record your phone calls and pay you for the audio so it can sell the data to AI companies is, unbelievably, the No. 2 app in Apple’s U.S. App Store’s Social Networking section. The app, Neon Mobile, pitches itself as a moneymaking tool offering “hundreds or even thousands of dollars…
Social media giant Meta posted a net profit of $18.3 billion in the second quarter, exceeding Wall Street expectations – Copyright AFP Fabrice COFFRINI A new study reveals that Instagram and Facebook are the apps that collect the most user data. This is based on an assessment conducted by the website QR Code Generator, which analysed the…