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January 19, 2025 UPDATE: Trump says he will issue an executive order Monday to get TikTok back after ban The company’s app was removed Saturday evening from prominent app stores, including the ones operated by Apple and Google, while its website told users that the short-form video platform was no longer available. BY Associated Press President-elect … Continue reading TikTok ban in effect. The app goes dark for millions in the U.S. and removed from app stores
The prevalence of AI-powered beauty filters on social media, for instance, can foster unrealistic ideals and trigger depression. BY The Conversation Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the way companies market their products, enabling them to target consumers in personalized and interactive ways that not long ago seemed like the realm of science fiction. Marketers use AI-powered algorithms … Continue reading What you need to know about the dark side of AI marketing
July 09, 2024 Google is giving everyone free dark web monitoring. Here’s how to use it Soon you’ll be able to set up alerts from Google to get notified when your personal information gets shared on the dark web. BY Chris Morris As the number of high-profile data breaches continues to grow, it’s getting harder and … Continue reading Google is giving everyone free dark web monitoring. Here’s how to use it
Hackers are finding ways to steal biometric identifiers, like facial recognition and fingerprints. Here’s how to avoid data breaches. Alicia Arnold on May 8, 2024 The increasing use of biometric data, such as facial recognition and fingerprints, for authentication raises new privacy risks, especially in a world where virtual try-on is an increasingly widely … Continue reading The dark side of virtual try-on tools: Safeguarding biometric data
May 23, 2024 This is the dark side of having too many habits If you want to be happy in the long term, you may need to think more critically about your daily habits. BY Stephanie Vozza Habits are the building blocks of productivity. They help you move through your day effortlessly, accomplishing what you want … Continue reading This is the dark side of having too many habits
It’s been one step forward, two steps back for Google’s Privacy Sandbox as the IAB Tech Lab and other adtech players weigh in. Kim Davis on March 7, 2024 Can it be that it was all so simple then? Mozilla deprecated third-party cookies in its Firefox browser in 2018; Apple did the same for Safari … Continue reading Goodbye to cookies: Digital advertising’s leap in the dark
By Linda Rosencrance April 11, 2023 Over half of the data that companies collect is for single-use purposes. We give companies Social Security and credit card numbers, addresses and phone numbers, emails, and health data. That information, called “dark data” in internet circles, generally sits stored away, long forgotten by users. Dark data comes … Continue reading 4 steps to protect your dark data from theft and misuse
Apple buys Dark Sky weather app Kris Holt @krisholt Apple has bought weather app Dark Sky, which is highly regarded for its radar maps and accuracy of its hyperlocal, by-the-minute weather predictions. It’ll still be available on the iOS App Store, as you might expect, but the Android and Wear OS versions will shut down … Continue reading Today is the last day to use Dark Sky on iOS before it shuts down
By Connie Lin August 03, 2022 Narcissism: excessive admiration of oneself. Psychopathy: a mental disorder marked by egocentric and antisocial behavior. Machiavellianism: rooted in the political theory of 16th century Italian philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli, who pioneered the idea that achieving a desired end result is justified by any means necessary—no matter how unscrupulous the … Continue reading The dark side of the sales industry: It’s filled with Machiavellians, narcissists, and psychopaths
NASA’s CAPSTONE satellite breaks from Earth’s orbit and heads toward the Moon The cubesat is critical to the first Artemis mission. K. Holt @krisholt Daniel Rutter/NASA NASA’s grand plan to take humans back to the Moon for the first time in over half a century has taken another step forward. The 55-pound CAPSTONE (Cislunar … Continue reading NASA’s CAPSTONE satellite has gone dark
