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Privacy

Aug 10, 2026

Meetily Transcribes Meetings Locally — No Sub Required

Meetily is a free, open-source AI meeting assistant that transcribes and summarizes calls locally — no cloud upload, no monthly fee required. It works across Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, and any other platform, making it a credible privacy-first alternative to subscription-heavy tools like Otter.ai and Fireflies. For founders, legal teams, or anyone handling confidential discussions, the case for switching is straightforward.

Open Source

Privacy

Jul 28, 2026

Private Claude Chats Were Indexed by Google, Bing

Shared Anthropic Claude conversations — including sensitive personal and erotic role-play chats — were discoverable via Google and Bing search results. The exposure stems from a gap between robots.txt instructions and the 'noindex' tags that search engines actually require to suppress individual pages.

Privacy

Security

Jul 27, 2026

Meta's Smart Glasses Have a Growing Privacy Problem

Activist groups are plastering satirical anti-surveillance posters over Meta's smart glasses ads in major cities. The backlash highlights a genuine privacy gap — and Meta's half-measures aren't helping.

Wearables

Privacy

Jul 25, 2026

Meta Bans Glasses-Filmed Harassment, But Gaps Remain

Meta is moving to ban certain content filmed with its Ray-Ban smart glasses after a wave of prank and harassment videos went viral. The policy response highlights a fundamental tension between wearable AI hardware and consent — and raises hard questions about what moderation can actually fix.

Hardware

Privacy

Jul 18, 2026

The Zoom Hack That Tells the Room: 'Don't Record Me'

A growing counter-movement to AI meeting recorders is emerging, with users finding creative ways to signal they don't want to be transcribed. It raises a sharper question: if every conversation is captured and summarized, is anyone actually reading it?

Productivity

Startups

Jul 16, 2026

Meta's NameTag: What Meta Says vs. What the Code Says

Meta insists its NameTag face-recognition feature for Ray-Ban smart glasses 'doesn't exist' — but WIRED found functional code for it deployed to tens of millions of phones, and Meta's own CTO described it in detail on a podcast. Here's what's actually going on.

Privacy

How to Opt Out of Meta's AI Image Generator

Meta's AI image generator is trained on public Instagram photos by default — and you have to manually opt out. Here's what you need to know and exactly how to stop it.

Google Trains Its AI on Your Data — Here's the Opt-Out

A quiet update to Google's privacy settings now allows the company to use more of your personal data to train its AI models. If you haven't reviewed your settings recently, you're likely opted in by default. Here's what changed and how to take back control.

Google

Privacy

AI Training

Jul 1, 2026

Google Warns EU Search Data Rules Could Enable Hacks

Google's senior security staff are sounding alarms over European Commission proposals that would force it to share search data and open Android to competitors. They argue the plans contain anonymization flaws that could expose millions of users' queries — and invite cybercriminals within weeks of implementation.

Android

Big Tech

Cybersecurity

Jul 1, 2026

Meta Uses Your Instagram Photos to Ad Smart Glasses

Instagram has begun pulling users' personal photos into ads for Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses, marking a significant — and controversial — step toward hyper-personalized advertising. The move signals Meta's deepening integration of user-generated content into its AI-driven ad machine.