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Flock Safety cuts data retention to seven days after dozens of police abuse cases

Garrett Langley, the company’s chief executive, set out the package in a post on Flock’s own blog on 13 August. It covers six areas. Privacy, accountability, data ownership, data security, data accuracy and transparency. Most of the Flock Safety privacy changes become mandatory for law enforcement customers on 1 January, the Associated Press reported. What […]

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Private US companies can now run cyber operations abroad. State-backed hackers are excluded

Donald Trump signed the memorandum on 12 August and the White House published it that night. It runs to five sections. A National Coordination Center creates and manages the programme. Two Program Executive Directors oversee it. The Attorney General designates one, and the Secretary of Homeland Security designates the other. What the White House says […]

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Meta removed 756,000 Australian accounts. Its real ask is that Apple does the checking

Representatives of Meta, TikTok, Google and Snap give evidence to an Australian parliamentary inquiry on Friday, Reuters reported. Regulators and government officials appear too. Meta went first, and it went alone. On Wednesday it published its enforcement figures on its own newsroom, covering 1 December 2025 to 30 June 2026. No other platform has released […]

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An AI-written article needs no label. Your proofread email gets one

Start with what the mark actually is, because it is not a stamp on the page. When a model writes, it picks each word from a set of reasonable options. A watermark quietly splits those options into two groups using a secret key, then nudges the model towards one group. One word proves nothing. Across […]

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Europe’s drought is shutting down nuclear reactors

Nuclear reactors need water. They sit beside rivers and coastlines for a reason. The water carries heat away from the core. When it runs low or runs warm, the reactor has to power down. That is happening across Europe right now. On Thursday, Romania’s state-owned Nuclearelectrica began disconnecting the country’s sole operating reactor, CNBC reported. […]

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A Pentagon memo tells staff to spend $244m with Palantir. Its subject line is ‘Funding Palantir’

Government software is usually bought by asking several companies to bid. A department writes down what it needs, suppliers compete, and the file records why the winner won. A memo drafted inside the US Defense Department on 4 August did something different. It named the supplier first. US Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Feinberg directed […]

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President Donald Trump signs memo letting US agencies hack transnational crime groups abroad

President Donald Trump has signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum authorising US federal law enforcement to conduct offensive cyber operations against transnational criminal organisations operating abroad. Washington, in short, is giving itself formal permission to hack the hackers, and it is roughly as consequential as that sounds. The memorandum takes aim at foreign criminal groups […]

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Tesla recalls 20,349 cars after NHTSA rejects its headlight defence

Tesla is recalling 20,349 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles whose low beams exceed the federal photometric limit, after NHTSA rejected its argument that the defect was inconsequential. Tesla says a remedy is still under development, and owners are due to be notified by September 15. Tesla is recalling 20,349 cars because their headlights are […]

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China would not let Meta keep Manus. Users have until 24 August to save their work

Manus is leaving Meta. The Chinese agent startup told users this week that it will “soon return to operating as an independent company”. That is not a change of heart. Beijing refused to let the acquisition stand, and Meta chose not to fight it. The unwinding has a cost, and customers are paying part of […]

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French media ask the competition watchdog to make Google pay for its AI answers

French media have asked the country’s competition authority to rein in Google’s use of artificial intelligence, filing a complaint that seeks to put a price on the AI-generated summaries quietly siphoning readers away from the outlets that produced the underlying journalism. The grievance, lodged by a trade association representing publishers, lands as the fight over […]

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