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US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology(cnet.com)

700 points by giuliomagnifico 6 months ago | 399 comments

CNET article examining why US cities are canceling Flock Safety surveillance camera contracts, covering the technology, laws, and privacy concerns.

Apple’s Persona technology uses Gaussian splatting to create 3D facial scans(cnet.com)

202 points by dmarcos 1 year ago | 91 comments

First Ultrasonic Chef's Knife Vibrates 40,000X/Second for Easy Cutting(cnet.com)

26 points by randfish 1 year ago | 13 comments

New bill aims to block both online adult content and VPNs(cnet.com)

20 points by heavyset_go 1 year ago | 5 comments

Tea App Users' Faces and IDs Reportedly Posted to 4chan in Security Breach(cnet.com)

32 points by arkadiyt 1 year ago | 19 comments

Next month, saved passwords will no longer be in Microsoft’s Authenticator app(cnet.com)

147 points by ColinWright 1 year ago | 267 comments

WhatsApp, Signal Sign letter against UK privacy bill, say they will not comply (2023)(cnet.com)

15 points by toss1 1 year ago | 4 comments

A Billion Pixels a Second: Inside Apple's iPhone 16 Camera Labs(cnet.com)

96 points by marban 1 year ago | 83 comments

Smartphone buyers meh on AI, care more about battery life(cnet.com)

252 points by retskrad 2 years ago | 235 comments

NSA tracks Google ads to find Tor users(cnet.com)

90 points by fury999io 2 years ago | 45 comments

The Future of AR Beyond the Vision Pro Is Already Brewing(cnet.com)

6 points by mellosouls 2 years ago | 7 comments

The Color of Your Sunglasses' Lenses Matters More Than You Think(cnet.com)

7 points by amichail 2 years ago | 0 comments

Samsung extends Android and security updates to 7 years(cnet.com)

164 points by ksec 2 years ago | 99 comments

Deja News joins antispam war (1997)(cnet.com)

5 points by rkta 3 years ago | 2 comments

The father of modern spam speaks (2002)(cnet.com)

46 points by mattbee 3 years ago | 37 comments

McNealy's bittersweet memo bids good-bye to Sun (2010)(cnet.com)

42 points by ecliptik 3 years ago | 26 comments

The Cables That Run the Internet(cnet.com)

81 points by redbell 3 years ago | 26 comments

FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping tool (2006)(cnet.com)

39 points by mmastrac 3 years ago | 34 comments

Scientists found a 'leak' in photosynthesis that could be tapped into energy(cnet.com)

60 points by vinni2 3 years ago | 28 comments