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‘We need to go places and touch things’: the people turning away from smartphones – The Guardian

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With new models such as the Boring Phone, the trend is partly being fuelled by young people’s suspicion of the… read more

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The Latest Online Culture War Is Humans vs. Algorithms – Wired

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In response to the growing sense of unease surrounding Big Tech’s mysterious recommender systems, digital refuges from the algorithm have… read more

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The Three-Legged Stool: A Manifesto for a Smaller, Denser Internet – Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure

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At the Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, we believe that a truly sustainable and resilient digital public sphere is possible… read more

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Indigenous groups in NZ, US fear colonisation as AI learns their languages – Context

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When U.S. tech firm OpenAI rolled out Whisper, a speech recognition tool offering audio transcription and translation into English for… read more

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Still trying to quit that gym membership? The FTC is proposing a rule that could help – NPR

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The Federal Trade Commission says it receives thousands of complaints every year from consumers plagued by recurring charges that they… read more

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That panicky call from a relative? It could be a thief using a voice clone, FTC warns – NPR

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The Federal Trade Commission issued a consumer alert this week urging people to be vigilant for calls using voice clones… read more

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Pixels Are the Next Digital Advertising Workhorse Facing Tougher FTC Scrutiny – AdWeek

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Cookies are usually at the center of conversations about the nefarious impacts of digital advertising on privacy. Pixels are often… read more

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Lurking Beneath the Surface: Hidden Impacts of Pixel Tracking – FTC Office of Technology

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Tracking pixels have evolved from tiny, pixel-sized images on web pages for tracking purposes to include a broad range of… read more

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Inside Fog Data Science, the Secretive Company Selling Mass Surveillance to Local Police – EFF

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A data broker has been selling raw location data about individual people to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies,… read more

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