Apple has postponed the reveal of its first smart glasses to WWDC in June 2027, with sales anticipated later that year, according to Bloomberg analyst Mark Gurman. The device, codenamed N50, was initially scheduled for late 2026 with an early 2027 launch, but the new timeline delays this by about six months. Gurman notes that…
Google has informed advertisers that starting on or shortly after August 3, 2026, it will begin using IP addresses for ad measurement and personalization in the European Economic Area, the UK, and Switzerland. This change assigns a new purpose to data that Google already collects, transitioning from network routing to device identification for advertising purposes….
Mark Zuckerberg. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez won a historic sum of $375 million in a landmark child safety case against Meta earlier this year. But the next stage of the fight could be even more consequential for Meta and the social media industry at…
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 18: Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats in the Hart Senate Office Building on March 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. A closed session immediately followed the hearing. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) | Getty Images FBI director Kash Patel admitted…
Grammarly’s “expert review” feature offers to give users writing advice “inspired by” subject matter experts, including recently-deceased professors, as Wired reported on Wednesday. When I tried the feature out myself, I found some experts that came as a surprise for a different reason – one of them was my boss. The AI-generated feedback included comments…
While WhatsApp dominates the global messaging market with over 3 billion users, security experts like Johns Hopkins University’s Matthew Green suggest that the platform’s ubiquity comes with significant privacy trade-offs. Recent legal challenges have accused Meta of maintaining “backdoors” to read messages, but Green argues that the real reasons to switch apps are far more…
Apple has removed the “Waze but for ICE sightings” app ICEBlock from its App Store, as reported previously by Business Insider. A post from its developer relayed Apple’s App Review message about the ban, saying, “We just received a message from Apple’s App Review that #ICEBlock has been removed from the App Store due to…
A federal jury in California has ordered Google to pay $425 million for violating user privacy by collecting the data of millions of people even after they disabled tracking, as reported earlier by Reuters. The decision stems from a class action lawsuit filed in July 2020, which accused Google of unlawfully accessing app activity data…
