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Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, July 12, 2025 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly …
Reuters – no paywall: “OpenAI is close to releasing an AI-powered web browser that will challenge Alphabet’s, market-dominating Google Chrome, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The browser is slated to launch in the coming weeks, three of the people said, and aims to use artificial intelligence to fundamentally change how consumers browse …
WSJ: “Publishers are stepping up efforts to protect their websites from tech companies that hoover up content for new AI tools. The media companies have sued, forged licensing deals to be compensated for the use of their material, or both. Many asked nicely for artificial-intelligence bots to stop scraping. Now, they are working to block …
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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, July 5, 2025 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex …
The Atlantic no paywall: “…Over the days ahead, and then weeks, and then more weeks, I got pulled into a corner of modern existence that you are, of course, familiar with. You know it from dealing with your own car company, or insurance company, or health-care network, or internet provider, or utility provider, or streaming …
The New Republic: “Yes, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. But the far bigger menace is the monstrous growth in wealth concentration over five decades that made a Trump presidency possible—and maybe inevitable. Here’s how we let it happen. Donald Trump is America’s first billionaire president. He entered the White House in 2017 with …
Via LLRX – We caught 4 more states sharing personal health data with Big Tech – State-run health care websites around the country, meant to provide a simple way to shop for insurance, have been quietly sending visitors’ sensitive health information to Google and social media companies, Colin Lecher and Tomas Apodaca of The Markup and CalMatters …
This Gizmodo article over promises and has other issues, but it is worth the read. The referenced actions also work with ProtonVPN. I do not have YouTubePrime but am otherwise unable to access any videos while using an AdBlocker, with no subscription access. “Without YouTube Premium, you’re doomed to watch ads every few minutes, sometimes …
Mashable: “Whether you’re trying to cut back on subscription fees, avoid auto-renewal after a free 30-day trial, or align your spending more closely with your values, there are tons of reasons you may want to cancel Amazon Prime. Of course, you may want to wait until after Prime Day — which officially takes place on …
Ars Technica: “Google wasn’t around for the advent of the World Wide Web, but it successfully remade the web on its own terms. Today, any website that wants to be findable has to play by Google’s rules, and after years of search dominance, the company has lost a major antitrust case that could reshape both …
Likehacker: “We’re living in a post-privacy world. Every time you leave the house you’re probably on camera. Every time you turn on your television, your viewing habits are being logged. And using the internet in any way is basically just spraying a firehose of your personal information at data brokers—companies that compile your personal information …
