'Search Party' uses nearby Ring cameras to scan for missing pets in your yard. However it's on by default, prompting some Big Brother comparisons. Here's how to shut it down.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/creeped-out-by-ring-lost-dog-search-party-heres-how-to-turn-it-off?test_uuid=04IpBmWGZleS0I0J3epvMrC&test_variant=A
A data-harvesting technique in today’s smart TVs has sparked Texas to sue the top display makers, accusing them of spying on consumers by routinely capturing screenshots. “This conduct is invasive, deceptive, and unlawful,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says. “The fundamental right to privacy will be protected in Texas because owning a television does not mean surrendering your personal information to Big Tech or foreign adversaries.”
https://www.pcmag.com/news/texas-sues-top-tv-makers-for-secretly-recording-what-you-watch
ChatGPT can now run third-party apps, including Spotify, for an experience that OpenAI says is closer to an operating system than an app store. “The magic of this new generation of apps in ChatGPT is how they blend familiar interactive elements–like maps, playlists, and presentations–with new ways of interacting through conversation,” OpenAI wrote in a blog post.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/you-can-now-add-spotify-zillow-to-chatgpt-but-dont-call-it-an-app-store
According to TikTok, "many of the major components of Project Texas are already operational, and we will continue bringing more parts of the initiative online in the coming weeks and months." This comes amid continued scrutiny of the service by the US government, and an impending ban of the service in Montana (TikTok has sued to stop the latter).
https://www.pcmag.com/news/tiktoks-answer-to-security-concerns-grant-oracle-full-source-code-access
"A Unity exec just shared that they rent a secondary [apartment] in [San Francisco] to make it easier to be in the office- maybe we should all just do this to make it easier to RTO [return to office]" Due tweeted on May 8. "This company has lost it. Completely out of touch."
https://www.pcgamer.com/unity-manager-publicly-states-company-is-out-of-touch-is-fired-within-three-hours/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR04bhohcRsEHoQEPAq6UI7I6Do797urhj_9kPnBA-dNb0MHimgUYb0LfA0
The magical(ly crappy) thing about webPs is that they seem to be simultaneously ubiquitous and also barely supported. Countless times I've tried to upload a webP to Twitter or PC Gamer's content management system only to have it rejected. Photoshop didn't officially support webP until February 2022.
https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-why-you-have-to-deal-with-so-many-annoying-webps-now/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3mrq9pR3WQ8DG6WETVXuHkxhrq0u0LEeoGKuj1I-PrK7HtQZicgT0XvFU#lh4a7t6pr58zynm7m3i