A handful of European public bodies are actively migrating away from US cloud infrastructure, driven by an irreconcilable legal clash between the US CLOUD Act and EU GDPR. Their efforts reveal a blueprint for sovereignty and the steep challenges of cutting the digital umbilical cord.
Major tech companies are scrambling as new U.S. visa screening rules cause appointment delays of up to a year. Internal memos warn H-1B holders that traveling could strand them outside the country for months.
A new analysis argues that using cloud-based AI assistants like ChatGPT or Gemini means surrendering control of your personal data. Every prompt becomes fuel for training, and security flaws are inevitable. The solution? Run your own AI model at home.
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has severed ties with the immigration advocacy group FWD.us, which Mark Zuckerberg co-founded in 2013. This follows a meeting between Zuckerberg and Trump adviser Stephen Miller and a series of policy shifts at Meta aligning with the new administration’s stance.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving forward with a contract renewal that significantly expands its ability to collect and analyze digital logs from employee devices. The data, gathered under the guise of cybersecurity, is designed to be quickly shared with internal investigative units. Thi
Security researchers have uncovered a frighteningly simple attack on WhatsApp. Dubbed “GhostPairing,” it tricks users into giving attackers full, real-time access to their private messages without needing a password.
Google is pushing a second, unannounced security update to Pixel phones this December, just two weeks after a major patch. The company hasn’t said what it fixes, but it’s likely a critical hotfix. The move highlights a growing security gap across the Android ecosystem.
A new phenomenon called “semantic leakage” is causing AI to produce subtly corrupted mental health guidance. It happens when a word from earlier in a chat improperly influences later advice, and users often have no idea it’s happening.
Google is pulling the plug on its Dark Web Report, a free tool that scanned for your personal info on shady parts of the internet. Monitoring stops in January 2026, and the service goes completely offline the following month. The company says it’s shifting focus to more actionable security solutions
A UK parliamentary debate on repealing the Online Safety Act has turned into an attack on VPNs. Politicians from multiple parties called for age verification on VPNs and for providers to log user traffic, directly contradicting core privacy principles.
