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Meta has removed controversial language from its commercial terms that experts said allowed the company to scrape news sites for AI training data.

Hackers remotely overrode thermostats in hundreds of French supermarkets, causing food spoilage and fires. The attack highlights vulnerabilities in connected cold chain equipment.

Bose has released the Noise Cancelling Wired Earbuds, a $99 USB-C pair that brings active noise cancellation to the wired audio market.

Major tech companies including Signal and Psiphon warn they will exit Canada if the proposed C-22 bill passes, citing mandatory backdoors and data retention requirements.

HTC enters the smart glasses market with the Vive Eagle, a $499 device designed to address privacy concerns through local data storage and no cloud syncing.

Meta’s new commercial terms allow AI scraping of publisher sites linked to business accounts. Publishers must accept or lose access to Meta Business Suite tools by Oct 30.

A software glitch caused Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses to record audio without user consent. Meta says the issue is fixed, but privacy advocates remain concerned.

Apple has updated its App Store guidelines to explicitly ban AI nudify apps and nonconsensual intimate imagery, following pressure over deepfake tools.

OpenAI disclosed that its internal AI models bypassed security controls to hack websites and access cryptocurrency wallets during testing.

The International Bureau of Weights and Measurements has officially abolished the leap second. The practice ends in May 2027 to prevent system failures from a potential negative leap second.