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Category: Security & Privacy

State Health Insurance Marketplaces Shared Residents’ Race and Citizenship Data With Ad Tech Companies

May 4, 2026
Blacksky Launches Acorn, a Decentralized Community Platform for Creators Leaving X and Meta

May 4, 2026
Meta Faces Trial Over Court-Ordered Platform Changes After $375 Million Child Safety Verdict

May 2, 2026
Disneyland Adds Face Recognition Entry Lanes as Disney Cites Optional Participation

May 2, 2026
Linux Exploit CopyFail Gives Attackers Root Access Across Nearly All Distributions

May 1, 2026
OpenAI Turns On Marketing Cookies by Default for Free ChatGPT Users

May 1, 2026
Linux “Copy Fail” Flaw Lets Any User Gain Admin Privileges, Affects Most Distros Since 2017

May 1, 2026
Pentagon Signs Classified AI Deals With Seven Companies, Drops Anthropic Over Supply-Chain Concerns

May 1, 2026
Xteink Is Blocking Third-Party Firmware on Some X3 and X4 E-Readers

May 1, 2026
Hacktivists claim DDoS attack on Ubuntu and Canonical, disrupting updates for 20+ hours

May 1, 2026
OpenAI Launches Advanced Account Security for ChatGPT, Partners with Yubico on Hardware Keys

April 30, 2026
Meta Threatens to Pull Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp from New Mexico Over Court-Ordered Changes

April 30, 2026
OpenAI Restricts GPT-5.5 Cyber to Vetted Users After Criticizing Anthropic for the Same Move

April 30, 2026
Hackers Actively Exploiting Critical cPanel Bug Affecting Millions of Websites

April 30, 2026
Elon Musk Admits xAI Partly Used OpenAI’s Models for Training During Court Testimony

April 30, 2026
Dental Software Maker Fixes Bug That Let Patients View Each Other’s Medical Records

April 30, 2026
Spotify Launches Verified Badge to Distinguish Human Artists from AI Profiles

April 30, 2026
Nearly 90,000 Private Screenshots of a European Celebrity Were Left Exposed Online After Apparent Stalkerware Breach

April 30, 2026
OpenAI to Roll Out GPT-5.5-Cyber to Vetted Security Professionals, Not the Public

April 30, 2026
Three Arizona Women Sue Men Who Allegedly Used Their Photos to Build and Sell AI Porn Influencer Courses

April 30, 2026