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The FTC just published results of a sweeping study of social media sites that has been going on for four years. The organization said that many social media sites and streaming services engage in "vast surveillance of consumers in order to monetize their personal information." This mass surveillance impacts adult users, but also children and teens.
This isn't exactly surprising. After all, the old saying goes "if you're not paying for the product, you are the product." Still, the study suggests a level of surveillance that could shock even the most cynical among us. According to the FTC, these entities collect and "indefinitely retain troves of data." The companies also engage in "broad data sharing" with "woefully inadequate" security measures.
The report also found that some companies didn't delete all user data in response to deletion requests. That's not a good look. Additionally, some companies were found to be using privacy-invasive technologies like tracking pixels to "facilitate advertising to users based on preferences and interests."
But wait, there's more. The report found that users (and even non-users) had little or no way to opt out of how their data was used by automated systems, like algorithms, data analytics and AI. The FTC found that these companies employed "different, inconsistent and inadequate approaches to monitoring and testing the use" of these automated systems.
Finally, the report found that "social media and video streaming services didn't adequately protect children and teens on their sites." The study goes on to suggest that social media, and digital technology as a
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 Next year's iPhone 17 series will feature processors made using TSMC's enhanced N3P 3-nanometer chip technology, but only iPhone 18 Pro models in 2026 are likely to use the Taiwanese chipmaker's next-generation 2nm processor technology because of cost concerns, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
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Wappalyzer for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge is a browser extension that uncovers the technologies used on websites. It detects content management systems, eCommerce platforms, web servers, JavaScript frameworks, analytic tools, and much more.
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 Apple is rumored to have been working on its own 5G modem for iPhones since 2018, but the first version of the chip might lack mmWave support.
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Logitech recently announced that every mouse in its G series with a Hero 2 sensor will be boosted to its maximum possible resolution — a staggering 44,000 DPI (dots per inch) — with a software update that's planned for October this year.
That's according to PC Gamer, reporting from Logitech's Logi Play conference. At the time of writing, only three mice use the Hero 2 sensor: the Pro X Superlight 2, the newly-announced Pro X Superlight 2 Dex (which is almost identical but with an 8K polling rate and a grippier shape), and the older ambidextrous Pro 2 Lightspeed. (Good grief, Logitech! You need better names for your gaming mice.)
While the Hero 2 sensors in the older Pro 2 Lightspeed and Pro X Superlight 2 are identical to the one in the Pro X Superlight 2 Dex, they're running at lower 32,000 resolutions out of the box. That gives the new Pro X Superlight 2 Dex and its previous stablemates the highest DPI of any gaming mouse on the market. For sake of comparison, Razer's flagship Viper V3 Pro mouse has "only" 3
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