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This week in the privacy news, Germany bans cloud services in schools, Alexa integrates deeper into Windows, and Faceapp is taking over the world…but this is all nothing next to Elon Musk’s latest company! #ElonMusk #Faceapp #Windows10 In business news this week, a new startup wants to take up bike lanes with delivery robots, 737 […]

This week in Privacy News, the internet outage this week shed some light on Facebook’s AI image tagging and Alexa keeps your data foorrrrr-evvver–errrrr! Also, is your monthly cycle being sold to scientists?  Find out here! And we will also talk about Superhuman email app that does not prevent your email from sending a read […]

This week in Privacy News, Axon will not use facial recognition in police body cams, Cortana may be removed from Windows 10 core, but Google has released its plan for a smart city….good feeling gone! In business news, a former FCC commissioner gets jail time, iRobot buys a robotic education company, and a Methodist hospital […]

In privacy news this week, there is talk about building a global DNA threat database….should we all go live in the woods now? But fear not!  Amazon will find us with their new Surveillance as a Service! #Amazon #DNA #BigData In the business world this week, would you talk delivery of a pizza from a […]

The data hungry algorithms of Facebook are starving for more food private data, so the company will now take the defunct vpn/teen-spy-tool and offer it up to sheople adults now! Would you let Facebook pay you for more of your data?  Also, we look at the government contractor leak, facial recognition sunglasses, and a new […]

In privacy news this week, should we track everything our new baby does? If so, should we use apps? Also, Facebook is launching a cryptocurrency, Google can track your speed in real time, and Microsoft silently deletes a massive facial recognition database that was used to train military AI! #Microsoft #FacialRecognition #Facebook In business news, […]

This week in our Privacy News,ByteDance is getting into the cell phone market…so they can grab even more data for their hungry AI, while Silicon Valley fights GCHQ encryption law. Our featured story is that iTunes has a little loophole that will allow anyone who knows your email address to know what is in your […]

Amazon is not content with putting voice technology in houses.  There are people like me who do not buy these things, so Amazon is now planning a wearable device to listen for mood based on voice recognition! But they are also planning to scan your bodies, too, so I am not sure which is creepier.  […]

While San Francisco is busy banning face ID in government work, New York City is using clear photos of famous people as stand-ins for botched FaceID jobs….and MAKING ARRESTS BASED ON THAT DATA!!  Yet, it is time to ban FaceID! In the business sector, Apple will have to face a lawsuit about antitrust, Uber can […]

This weeks Weekly News Roundup looks at privacy and business news. Facebook is under scrutiny from the FTC as it turns out real people manually tag certain types of posts to train AI! Amazon may be storing your child’s data, and Google how has a competing product to Facebook’s Portal! But to top it all […]