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Everything announced at Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event, including S26 smartphones, privacy screen and more
Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event in San Francisco on Wednesday saw the Korean tech giant unveil its new Galaxy S26 smartphone series and a pair of new…
Samsung introduces new display technology that adds a privacy screen to apps and notifications
At Samsung’s Galaxy S26 live event on Wednesday, the company unveiled a new screen technology that lets users turn on privacy mode and prevent so-called “shoulder…
Brian Merchant, who writes for Blood on the machinereports that people across the United States are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras amid growing public outrage…
Cellebrite cut off Serbia citing misuse of its phone unlocking tools. Why not others?
Last year, phone-hacking tools maker Cellebrite announced it had suspended Serbian police as a customer after human rights investigators alleged local police and intelligence services used…
Intellexa’s Predator spyware used to hack journalist’s iPhone in Angola, investigation finds
A government client of spyware maker Intellexa hacked the phone of a prominent journalist in Angola, according to Amnesty International, the latest case of someone in…
TikTok is launching a Local streaming option in the US leveraging users’ exact location
TikTok on Wednesday announced the launch of a new “Local Feed” on the US version of the app, which displays content related to travel, news, events,…
India makes Aadhaar more ubiquitous, but critics say security and privacy concerns remain
India is pushing Aadhaar, the world’s largest digital identity system, deeper into everyday privacy through a new app and offline verification support, a move that raises…
India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an unusually strong rebuke to Meta, warning it would not allow the social media giant to “play with the right…
French police and Europol searched X’s local office, the Paris prosecutor’s office announced on Tuesday. The raid is part of an ongoing investigation that began in…
Apple’s new iPhone and iPad security feature restricts mobile networks from collecting accurate location data
A new security feature rolling out to select models of the latest iPhones and iPads this week will make it harder for law enforcement, spies and…