Beyond writing a check, Google is committing to clearer language in its Play Store terms about what data gets collected passively — even when you're not actively using your phone. It will also fully cut off data collection when users switch off background data usage, something that wasn't guaranteed before. Follow Tom's Guide on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our up-to-date news, analysis, and reviews in your feeds. Subscribe to Tom's Guide on YouTube and follow us on TikTok.
Google settles Android class action lawsuit for $135 million with payouts to 100 million users — here's how to claim your share…on publicly available information and context that the user chooses to put into the platform," Wood said. "Google deeply cares about protecting user information. We're looking carefully at how we integrate…
…When OpenAI withdrew its GPT-4o model, there was significant backlash from users who related to the model’s “personality.” GPT-4o affirmed users’ choices frequently and that made them feel a…
It’s the numbers, too, according to a new Wall Street Journal report, which echoes The Information’s claim earlier this month that CFO Sarah Friar has expressed concern about its IPO…
…This functionality only applies to systems attempting to use DMA cheat devices, and players who are not using DMA-based cheat setups are not affected.” X users were already talking about a…
Signups, silence, and a suspicious text: users joined GTFOICE.org to protest ICE and woke up to messages claiming their data was sent to federal agencies. Just four days ago, Project Salt Box’s Michael Wriston and Defian…
Dirty Frag is the recent Linux local privilege escalation PoC around page-cache write primitives. The upstream project describes two paths: xfrm/ESP and RxRPC. The Kubernetes question I wanted to answer was narrower than…
Update: Dashlane has just comfirmed on X that no data has been compromised. Atleast thats what people mention under my posts. I can’t find this post on X whatsoever. People also claim to have recieved an email about this…
Interesting new research you may have heard of on attacking large audio language models. The attack is called AudioHijack and the part worth paying attention to is that adversarial clips built against open models transfe…
I co-founded a successful security company close to the Mythos ecosystem and have spoken with participants in the know and I am deeply concerned. We, collectively, have answers for some but not all of the problems ahead …
…The lawsuit claimed Apple violated consumer law by misleading consumers about the actual utility and performance of Apple Intelligence, and causing them to purchase a device "with features that did not exist…
…PC users have a week to claim them, as of this writing. Similar to Lost in the Hole, Devil's Island is another game currently being given away for free on EGS…
…completely wrong ” about the tech. But now, a new problem has arisen: their own announcement video has been taken down. NVIDIA’s DLSS 5 Announcement Video Hit by Copyright Claim by News…
…TopClassActions added that at the time, Amazon did not offer refunds or compensation to users. Instead, it encouraged users to spend more on new models. It's not entirely clear how the…
…In a blog post , Eclipse claims this action was vindictive, stating once again that Microsoft refused communication attempts and that they "got zero pennies from doing so", a likely allusion to unpaid…
…Free Games On Epic Games Store Aren't Turning Us Into Loyal Users, It's Claimed The following is reported in the LA Times, alongside claims that Epic plans to make a…
