Published on: 2025-05-01 11:29:52
Western Sydney University (WSU) announced two security incidents that exposed personal information belonging to members of its community. WSU is a prominent Australian institution offering various undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programs across multiple disciplines. It serves a student body of 47,000 and employs over 4,500 permanent and seasonal staff, operating with an annual budget of approximately $600 million. One of the incidents disclosed concerns the compromise of one of the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-05 15:19:58
Consumers around the world are concerned about how both companies and their governments are treating their personal data, and some of them are doing something about it. According to the results of a survey from Malwarebytes released Wednesday, 89% of people are concerned that corporations are inappropriately accessing and using their data, while 72% are worried that the government is doing the same thing. The security software company's pulse survey polled 1,500 readers of its newsletter from a
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-17 08:36:30
Senior members of the Trump administration’s National Security Council — including its top national security adviser, Michael Waltz — used Gmail to conduct government business, The Washington Post reported, citing documents and three unnamed government officials. The report follows last week’s news that several cabinet-level officials, including the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, discussed highly sensitive war plans in a Signal group chat that also inadvertently included the editor-in-chief
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-21 01:38:24
In 1974, the United State Congress passed the Privacy Act in response to public concerns over the US government’s runaway efforts to harness Americans’ personal data. Now Democrats in the US Senate are calling to amend the half-century-old law, citing ongoing attempts by billionaire Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to effectively commit the same offense—collusively collect untold quantities of personal data, drawing upon dozens if not hundreds of government system
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-23 02:54:36
Search This service keeps a license on user-generated content even after users close their accounts. Many different types of personal data are collected Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to the user The service can delete specific content without reason and may do it without prior notice Content you post may be edited by the service for any reason This service shares your personal data with third parties that are not involved in its operation The service co
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-23 01:11:00
Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET The Harvard Business Review suggests personal or professional goals are famously hard to achieve. If the effort outweighs the perceived reward, we are tempted to give up on our targets. Also: 5 ways to escape middle management and fast-track your journey to the top So, how can you turn that situation around and achieve your professional and personal goals? Five business leaders gave us their top tips. 1. Create manageable targets Bev White, CEO at recruiter Nash
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-22 17:00:34
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Listen, I’ve seen all the movies, and every fiber of my being tells me that less is more when it comes to AI. I mean, the last thing I want is for something embedded through my apartment to go HAL 9000 on me and leave my cats wondering what went wrong. And yet, when Google allowed me to let Gemini browse through my search history to better understand me as a user, I signed right up. Here’s why. Would you feel comfortable giving an AI chatbot your search hist
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-23 23:01:01
Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET The Harvard Business Review suggests personal or professional goals are famously hard to achieve. If the effort outweighs the perceived reward, we are tempted to give up on our targets. Also: 5 ways to escape middle management and fast-track your journey to the top So, how can you turn that situation around and achieve your professional and personal goals? Five business leaders gave us their top tips. 1. Create manageable targets Bev White, CEO at recruiter Nash
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-31 10:26:08
baona/Getty Image Many people are turning to AI chatbots for personal needs, whether companionship or emotional support. However, in recent months, there have been heightened concerns about the potential harms of using this technology over human interactions. According to new research from OpenAI in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, higher use of chatbots like ChatGPT may correspond with increased loneliness and less time spent socializing with other people. The analy
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-01 00:19:03
About searchmysite.net What is the search engine and why should I use it? The searchmysite.net search engine is a niche search, focussing on the "indieweb" or "small web" or "digital gardens", i.e. non-commercial content, primarily personal and independent websites. If you want to research people's personal experiences of or deep-dives into certain topics, hobbies or interests, then you may find the searchmysite.net public search useful to avoid having to wade through all the marketing websit
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-01 21:41:09
Well, that's not good. Power Bot 'Em Researchers have found that ChatGPT "power users," or those who use it the most and at the longest durations, are becoming dependent upon — or even addicted to — the chatbot. In a new joint study, researchers with OpenAI and the MIT Media Lab found that this small subset of ChatGPT users engaged in more "problematic use," defined in the paper as "indicators of addiction... including preoccupation, withdrawal symptoms, loss of control, and mood modification
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-04 18:00:12
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government of Efficiency from accessing Americans’ personal data at the Social Security Administration. On Thursday, District Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander argued that, while Musk’s minions claim they are on a mission to root out fraud and abuse at the agency, they haven’t provided any evidence of their claims, nor have they shown why it requires access to millions of Americans’ sensitive information. “The DOGE Team is essentially
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-04 21:46:31
The IndieWeb Doesn't Need to "Take Off" By Susam Pal on 22 Feb 2025 There's a corner of the Internet where people have been reclaiming their digital independence by hosting their own websites and promoting the idea of owning your own content—it's called the IndieWeb. This community has its own website, IRC channels, social media presence, etc. This movement promotes the idea that individuals should control their own digital presence through personal websites. But every time this topic comes up
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-05 07:46:31
The IndieWeb Doesn't Need to "Take Off" By Susam Pal on 22 Feb 2025 There's a corner of the Internet where people have been reclaiming their digital independence by hosting their own websites and promoting the idea of owning your own content—it's called the IndieWeb. This community has its own website, IRC channels, social media presence, etc. This movement promotes the idea that individuals should control their own digital presence through personal websites. But every time this topic comes up
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-06 22:19:20
On Wednesday, Spotify launched a new personalized playlist designed to help listeners discover upcoming concerts in their area. The playlist, titled “Concerts Near You,” is updated every Wednesday with 30 songs from artists performing nearby, along with full event details and ticket links. Spotify partners with ticketing platforms like AXS, DICE, Eventbrite, and Ticketmaster. Like other personalized playlists on Spotify, such as “Daylist” and various “Mixes,” “Concerts Near You” is tailored to
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-08 14:32:18
Plex is a bit hard to explain these days. Even if you don't know its roots as an outgrowth of a Mac port of the Xbox Media Center project, Plex is not your typical "streaming" service, given how most people use it. So as Plex announces its first price increase to its Plex Pass subscription in more than 10 years, it has its work cut out explaining why, what's included, and what is changing. Starting April 29, the cost of a Plex Pass rises from $5 to $7 monthly, from $40 to $70 annually, and a li
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-07 09:46:14
My name is Linda. I write a bi-weekly newsletter about computer science, childhood, and culture. Loved this painted window decoration (Wellspring of Life, 1944) by Tove Jansson from Moomin Characters HQ. It is warm enough to forget a coat to a birthday party. Mimosa season changing to daffodil season. I’m writing this from Brussels, which is mere 1.5 hours by train from Paris - I’ve had commutes longer than this. Life still in boxes and make-do furniture instead of real one, but I’m finally r
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-13 02:03:21
Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR Fitbit is testing a “Personalized Sleep Schedule” feature. After you answer surveys throughout the day, the feature will suggest bedtimes and wake times for optimal sleep. Users will take a survey in the morning, three during the day, and a final one at night. Last year, we discovered a Fitbit feature that would provide a personalized sleep summary meant to help users get better sleep. At the time, this feature was still in the early days of developme
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-16 21:00:00
In the AI chatbot wars, Google thinks the key to retaining users is serving up content they can’t get elsewhere, like answers shaped by their internet habits. On Thursday, the company announced Gemini with personalization, a new “experimental capability” for its Gemini chatbot apps that lets Gemini draw on other Google apps and services to deliver customized responses. Gemini with personalization can tap a user’s activities and preferences across Google’s product ecosystem to deliver tailored a
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-20 14:02:12
For years, Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions focused on email, endpoints, and network traffic, where security teams could enforce clear policies with predictable outcomes. But work has changed. Employees aren’t just moving data through controlled corporate channels anymore—they’re copying, pasting, uploading, and transferring sensitive information through the browser every day. Inline DLP was never built to control how employees handle data inside SaaS applications. Personal and corporate a
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-27 00:43:02
Apple has confirmed that it will take “longer than we thought” to deliver some of its promised Apple Intelligence updates to Siri. In a statement to Daring Fireball today, the company said it anticipates rolling out “a more personalized Siri” to users “in the coming year.” The full statement from Apple spokeswoman Jacqueline Roy: “Siri helps our users find what they need and get things done quickly, and in just the past six months, we’ve made Siri more conversational, introduced new features
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-08 02:02:04
The UK’s privacy watchdog has announced a “major investigation” into the child protection measures of three popular apps: TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said that it has previously succeeded in bringing about child protection changes on X, Sendit, BeReal, Daily Motion, and Viber … The ICO is looking at both age verification processes, and whether the apps break the law in the way they use the personal data of children. We are today announcing three inve
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-07 21:21:00
In brief: As the dominant gateway to online information, Google's search engine has shaped how people access and discover content. However, search results sometimes expose personal data, raising privacy concerns. A recent update introduces a tool that gives users more control over what appears in search results. Google updated a search engine tool called "Results About You" that it initially rolled out in 2022. Developers have made it more user-friendly and directly integrated its most helpful
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-12 21:29:20
The free market just got a little more so today, thanks to the benevolent decree of one of the richest men who's ever lived. Seriously though, an email from Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos to the newspaper's staff is now saying the quiet part out loud: the newspaper will no longer tolerate opinions its billionaire backer disproves of. "I'm writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages," the email begins. "We are going to be writing every day in support of defense of two p
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-14 02:35:00
If you find your personal information online, like your phone number, address, or email, Google is making it easier to make sure it doesn't show up again. Also: Google Lens adds a cool search trick to iPhones - how to try it Several years ago, Google introduced a "Results about you" tool that lets you track your personal information online and remove it from search results. It wasn't exactly easy to find this tool, though, because you had to dig deep into the settings menu to see it. Also: Th
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-14 03:02:42
As Google's 2024 antitrust loss proved, the company has worked very, very hard to ensure its search engine is the primary roadmap for the Internet. Google scours the Internet for data about everything—even you. And if you don't want your personal info to wind up in Google search results, you can use the just-redesigned "Results About You" tool. The tool, which began its rollout in 2022, is easier to use now, and some of the most useful features are now better integrated with search results. The
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-14 07:35:00
If you find your personal information online, like your phone number, address, or email, Google is making it easier to make sure it doesn't show up again. Also: Google Lens adds a cool search trick to iPhones - how to try it Several years ago, Google introduced a "Results about you" tool that lets you track your personal information online and remove it from search results. It wasn't exactly easy to find this tool, though, because you had to dig deep into the settings menu to see it. Also: Th
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-14 07:17:39
Amazon founder, Washington Post owner, and lizard devourer Jeff Bezos told the Post’s employees Wednesday morning that the internet was a better opinion section than their newspaper. Then he laid out his agenda for the future: He wants his op-ed writers to gas up the “free market” and “personal liberties,” two things very much under attack by the Trump White House. Bezos sent his directive to Post employees this morning. Then he posted the text of that email on X so everyone could see it. I sh
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