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Consumer Tech

Meta Disabled Cameras on Thousands of Smart Glasses With Tampered Lights

Covering the capture light temporarily locks the camera and reverses when the tape comes off. New hardware detection of a drilled-out light does not reverse at all.

3 Sep 2026 · 7 min read
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Consumer Tech

JioPC Streams a Desktop to India's Old Laptops for ₹4,000 a Year

Reliance Jio has opened its cloud desktop to any Indian internet user. India has more than 65 million installed PCs and lengthening replacement cycles.

3 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
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Consumer Tech

Nobody Broke Into X. The Reset Emails Were the Point.

X says it has found no evidence of a breach, and the described method needs nothing but public usernames. The value to the attacker is the anxiety it manufactures.

2 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
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Consumer Tech

Android 17 Hides the Domain Name. The IP Address Is Still in Plain Sight.

Three things identify a destination: the DNS lookup, the SNI field and the IP address. Encrypted Client Hello addresses one of them.

1 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
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Consumer Tech

Instagram's AI Profile Rule Has No Date and No Detection Method

The rule binds creators who were going to be honest. The operator running a synthetic persona for fraud has every reason to skip a label, and no detection method has been described.

1 Sep 2026 · 7 min read
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Consumer Tech

He Beat an Energy Firm With £175 of AI. The Facts Won It.

The AI researched the case law and he checked every citation existed. What it actually bought was not legal advantage but the ability to afford defending a £1,091 claim.

31 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
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Consumer Tech

Toyota's Hands-Off 2028 System Is Still Level 2, and the Driver Is Liable

Level 2++ is not a level. It is an industry coinage for the capable end of Level 2, and what defines Level 2 is not how much the car does but who is legally driving.

31 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
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Consumer Tech

Waymo's Software Injured 16 Test Drivers. The Record Says Transdev.

Every public argument about robotaxi safety concerns passengers and pedestrians. The only injuries anyone has counted happened to the people in the driver's seat, and they are logged against a staffing company.

31 Aug 2026 · 8 min read
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Consumer Tech

New Jersey's Robotaxi Bill Would Exclude Tesla Without Naming It

S1677 mentions no manufacturer and mandates no technology. It requires a camera system plus two further sensing modalities, and exactly one major operator has none of the second kind.

30 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
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Consumer Tech

ChatGPT's Temporary Chats Can Now Read Your Memory and Be Saved

A personalised temporary chat uses your memories, custom instructions and plugins while still creating none of its own. Reading and writing have come apart, and the mode is fixed the moment you start the chat.

30 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
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