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How Your Personal Data Is Collected and Used Online digitalinformationworld.com/…

How Your Personal Data Is Collected and Used Online

Websites, apps and AI services collect user data for advertising, personalization and other purposes, raising privacy concerns.

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Big Tech Software Alternatives for Browsing, Email, Work and Design digitalinformationworld.com/…

Big Tech Software Alternatives for Browsing, Email, Work and Design

Consumers can reduce reliance on major technology companies by switching to independent software with different privacy and pricing policies

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Age Checks, AI Regulation and Censorship Put Internet Freedom Under Pressure digitalinformationworld.com/…

Age Checks, AI Regulation and Censorship Put Internet Freedom Under Pressure

Freedom House reports global internet freedom declined for the 16th consecutive year amid censorship, surveillance and restrictions.

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AI chatbots could help mental health but also reinforce harmful thinking digitalinformationworld.com/…

AI chatbots could help mental health but also reinforce harmful thinking

Curtin University researcher warns AI chatbots may support mental health or reinforce harmful thoughts and emotional dependence.

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EFF Calls for Digital Platforms to Balance Interoperability and Security digitalinformationworld.com/…

EFF Calls for Digital Platforms to Balance Interoperability and Security

Digital rights group EFF says security concerns should not indefinitely delay interoperability requirements for major technology platforms.

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You Can’t Solve AI Risk Without Solving the AI Evidence Problem digitalinformationworld.com/…

You Can’t Solve AI Risk Without Solving the AI Evidence Problem

AI companies restrict researcher access to data, limiting independent assessments of technology’s effects on society and people.

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A critical flaw affecting 70% of all websites has the cybersecurity world panicked digitalinformationworld.com/…

A critical flaw affecting 70% of all websites has the cybersecurity world panicked

PHP security flaws discovered by Wiz prompted emergency patches after a leak, raising concerns about website security.

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Americans Distrust AI Advertising, With 43% Feeling Duped, Yet 54% Plan AI-Assisted Holiday Shopping digitalinformationworld.com/…

Americans Distrust AI Advertising, With 43% Feeling Duped, Yet 54% Plan AI-Assisted Holiday Shopping

Americans question AI-generated product ads four times weekly, with 43% reporting deception and widespread concerns about product quality.

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New paper explores how chatbot health guidance leaves no trace for clinicians or regulators, and calls for transparency safeguards digitalinformationworld.com/…

New paper explores how chatbot health guidance leaves no trace for clinicians or regulators, and...

Researchers warn that AI-generated medical misinformation can spread through chatbots, search summaries, and social media without detection.

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University of Bath Study Questions TikTok’s Response to Reports of Suspected Illegal Drug Sales digitalinformationworld.com/…

University of Bath Study Questions TikTok’s Response to Reports of Suspected Illegal Drug Sales

The researchers are calling for audits of platform responses, to test whether online-safety systems work in practice.

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Why calling for a ‘kill switch’ is the wrong way to think about reining in AI digitalinformationworld.com/…

Why calling for a ‘kill switch’ is the wrong way to think about reining in AI

AI kill switches oversimplify regulation by ignoring distributed infrastructure and human decisions behind advanced AI systems.

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Young Americans Show Greater Interest in AI Financial Advice, With Gen Z and Millennials Leading digitalinformationworld.com/…

Young Americans Show Greater Interest in AI Financial Advice, With Gen Z and Millennials Leading

Nearly half of Americans are open to AI financial advice, with younger generations showing greater interest than older adults.

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Why People Resist Change: Study Identifies 12 Reasons, Including Fear, Effort and Ethical Objections digitalinformationworld.com/…

Why People Resist Change: Study Identifies 12 Reasons, Including Fear, Effort and Ethical Objections

Resistance to change can stem from concerns about effectiveness, fairness, personal relevance, skills, freedom, and decision-making, researchers found

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Four AI engines were asked the same local question every day. They rarely agreed digitalinformationworld.com/…

Four AI engines were asked the same local question every day. They rarely agreed

NameBeam tracked four AI assistants across 46 US markets, finding inconsistent local business recommendations between platforms.

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Scientists Outrank Government Officials but Not Business Leaders, as 56% Question Their Independence, Bias or Relevance, Study Finds digitalinformationworld.com/…

Scientists Outrank Government Officials but Not Business Leaders, as 56% Question Their Independe...

Scientists were more credible than government officials, but not businesspeople or advocates, when discussing societal issues, researchers found.

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Kids and teens are going to AI chatbots for advice. How can parents make sure this is safe? digitalinformationworld.com/…

Kids and teens are going to AI chatbots for advice. How can parents make sure this is safe?

AI chatbots offer children instant advice, but excessive reliance may weaken human connections, parental trust, and social development.

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UK Age Checks Prompt Privacy Warnings Over Potentially Risky VPN Services digitalinformationworld.com/…

UK Age Checks Prompt Privacy Warnings Over Potentially Risky VPN Services

Edinburgh-led research found rising VPN interest after UK age checks began, urging awareness of privacy risks from high-risk providers.

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AI Models Reported 88% Confidence but Were Correct 79% of the Time, Study Finds digitalinformationworld.com/…

AI Models Reported 88% Confidence but Were Correct 79% of the Time, Study Finds

New research suggests AI training may encourage confident answers, even when chatbots lack sufficient knowledge to respond reliably.

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Who’s paying whom? The circular money machine behind the AI boom (or bubble) digitalinformationworld.com/…

Who’s paying whom? The circular money machine behind the AI boom (or bubble)

AI companies increasingly finance customers buying their products, raising concerns about inflated demand, concentrated risks, and potential market lo

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Your Ballot Is Secret, but Your Inbox May Not Be digitalinformationworld.com/…

Your Ballot Is Secret, but Your Inbox May Not Be

Campaign emails, petitions, and donation receipts can reveal political preferences, making stronger email security increasingly important for voters.

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