Topic: data storage
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Open-Source Platform for Self-Improving AI Agents
Future AGI is a fully open-source, self-hostable platform under Apache 2.0 for tracing, evaluating, simulating, and guardrailing LLM agents, with a one-time telemetry ping on first boot that can be disabled via the FUTURE_AGI_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1 environment variable before initial startup. The p...
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How Your Period Tracker Exposes Private Data
Many period tracking apps quietly share sensitive health data, such as fertility information and sexual activity, with third-party analytics firms, ad networks, and data brokers. This data is highly revealing and could be weaponized against users, especially in a post-Roe America where law enforc...
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Progress Software Warns of External Security Threat to ShareFile
Progress Software has issued an urgent security advisory for its ShareFile platform, directing all customers to immediately shut down the server running the Storage Zone Controller due to a critical vulnerability. The flaw could allow unauthorized access to sensitive data, potentially leading to ...
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Apple Intelligence Home Features Need 2TB iCloud+ in iOS 27
Apple Intelligence-powered Home features in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 require a minimum 2TB iCloud+ subscription, costing $9.99 per month. These features include written summaries for motion alerts, grouped footage from multiple cameras, and natural language search for video clips. The 2TB ...
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Google saves Lens photos, Search recordings, and Translate audio for AI training
Google has introduced a new "Search Services History" setting that now saves images, files, audio, and video used for searches via tools like Google Lens and voice search, expanding beyond text queries. Users can opt out by disabling the Search Services History setting entirely or turning off the...
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Meta AI Chat Gets Fully Encrypted, Private Mode
Meta has launched Incognito Chat, an AI feature with end-to-end encryption that prevents Meta or anyone else from viewing conversation logs, unlike other platforms that retain data for hours or days. This privacy-focused feature marks a notable shift for Meta, which recently removed similar encry...
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Google Chrome Silently Downloads 4GB AI Model, Researcher Says
Google Chrome has been quietly downloading approximately 4GB of AI model files for Gemini Nano onto users' computers without explicit consent, storing them in a folder called OptGuideOnDeviceModel. The AI model automatically redownloads after manual deletion, but Google has begun rolling out a se...
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AI Is Changing the Rules of Modern Marketing
Data has transformed from a costly liability to a core strategic asset, driven by cheaper storage and advanced analytics that enable predictive and prescriptive business insights. The current shift is powered by large language models (LLMs), which use compressed, static knowledge and must be comb...
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Ultrahuman's Smart Ring Lasts 15 Days on a Charge
Ultrahuman's new Ring Pro smart ring features a 15-day battery life, a new AI platform called Jade, and improved sensors for continuous health monitoring. The device is priced at $479, available globally in four finishes, but will not be sold in the U.S. due to patent disputes, with shipments sta...
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Discord's Age Verification Sparks Privacy Outcry in UK
Discord is implementing stricter age verification, defaulting users to a restricted "teen experience" until age is confirmed, which has sparked significant privacy concerns and backlash, especially in the UK. The platform plans to collect government IDs for verification, alarming users due to a r...
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Microsoft's Glass Data Storage: Project Silica Explained
Microsoft's Project Silica uses femtosecond lasers to inscribe data into glass, creating an extremely durable archival medium capable of preserving information for potentially over 10,000 years. The technology encodes data as microscopic 3D voxels, achieving high storage density where a single sm...
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The Most Underrated Laptop Accessory: My SSD Enclosure Hack
The HyperDrive Next USB4 M.2 PCIe enclosure is a high-performance, portable accessory that transforms an NVMe SSD into an external drive, delivering internal-like speeds over Thunderbolt for professionals like creators and developers. In real-world testing with a high-end SSD, it achieved excepti...
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Marketing's Data Dilemma: Owning Customer Info and Its Risks
Modern marketing success requires a foundational understanding of data technology and governance, as using customer data legally and ethically is mandatory, not optional. Marketing departments, not just IT or legal, own and are accountable for the customer data they acquire, requiring them to und...
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Moxie Marlinspike Aims to Revolutionize AI Like He Did Messaging
Moxie Marlinspike, creator of Signal, is leading a new open-source AI project called Confer, designed to prioritize user privacy in chatbot interactions through a secure, verifiable architecture. Confer uses a trusted execution environment (TEE) and local decryption keys to ensure conversations a...
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Plaud Note Pro: The AI Recorder I Never Leave Home Without
The Plaud Note Pro is an ultra-thin, credit card-sized AI recorder designed for professional use, with over a million units shipped and strong adoption of its premium services. It operates independently with 64GB of onboard storage and long battery life, featuring four microphones for clear audio...
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16 Must-Have Tech Gifts Under $100 for Hobbyists & PC Builders
The article highlights that a budget under $100 offers many clever and practical gadgets for tech enthusiasts, from essential tools to nostalgic items. It recommends specific products like the Hoto PixelDrive screwdriver for building tasks, the Ugreen Nexode power bank for mobile charging, and th...
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5 Ways to Feed Your AI Quality Data for Better Results
High-quality data is essential for successful AI outcomes, as poor data leads to poor results, making the right data assets critical as companies adopt AI technologies. Experts recommend focusing on key data that delivers the most impact, adopting deliberate data governance, and creating flexible...
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Maximize Your Search Console Results
A multi-property setup in Google Search Console is essential for large websites to overcome data limitations like API caps and row restrictions, enabling detailed insights into indexation and performance without extra cost. Third-party tools such as SEO Stack, SEO Gets, and Indexing Insight offer...
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Expert: DHS uses "disturbing excuses" to collect kids' biometric data
The Department of Homeland Security is proposing to collect extensive biometric data from immigrants of all ages, including facial images, fingerprints, and DNA, raising concerns from civil liberties advocates about privacy and overreach. The expansion is projected to cost the government $288.7 m...
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VAST Data Aims to Capture Global Data
VAST Data aims to build a global AI infrastructure system that captures, contextualizes, and activates all data, transforming it into actionable outcomes through AI agents. The company is partnering with Sharon AI to deploy its AI OS and Insight Engine in Australia, showcasing practical AI applic...
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