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If you’re the parent of a student, you’re familiar with the many ways technology plays a role in your child’s education.
What you may not realize is that the free laptop your child’s school provided, or the software it runs, may be tracking your child’s every move .
The pervasive use of free laptops and educational software (happening at all grade levels in the United States) means that kids are being funneled into technological ecosystems without parental consent. This should sound (…)

Most of us use a mobile device to access the internet and handle various computing activities. For an increasing number of us, our phone is our primary device. And for many, especially in developing countries, it’s the only device.
We use our phones for online banking and shopping, interacting with government services, and a host of other personal and highly sensitive online tasks. They also store and organize our contacts, calendar events, intimate photos , messages, notes, and so much (…)

AI assistants like ChatGPT promise to make work faster and easier. But every time you enter sensitive information , describe a confidential problem, or ask a personal question, you are handing over valuable data that can be collected, processed, and shared beyond what you intended.
Big Tech AI tools collect and analyze user interactions to improve their models and monetize their platforms, raising serious concerns about intellectual property and data ownership. Public concern peaked in (…)

ChatGPT is a powerful AI assistant used by million of users daily , but is it safe to use ? It’s owned and operated by OpenAI, one of the largest tech companies in the world. And like many Big Tech platforms, OpenAI collects large amounts of user data. That data is not protected with zero-access encryption , so the company can divulge it to business partners (including advertising and analytics companies), the government , and hackers in the event of a data breach .
Behind the scenes, (…)

Media headlines often focus on the incredibly realistic results produced by AI image generation tools, but they rarely highlight how those deepfakes are actually created and at what cost.
Many deepfakes are built from ordinary photos, videos, and voice recordings — the everyday content that we willingly upload and make publicly available on social media like Instagram or Facebook , and cloud storage like Google Drive or OneDrive .
What we rarely consider is that those digital traces can (…)

The University of Chicago has severed its relationship with a program credited with aiding Black and Brown students pursuing doctoral degrees that the Trump administration alleges is racially discriminatory against white students.
According to a Thursday news release from the U.S. Department of Education, the University of Chicago is one of 31 universities nationwide ending its partnership with the PhD Project, an organization launched in 1994 to diversify the pool of students who pursue (…)

Large majorities of consumers in the UK, Germany, and France believe their countries have become dependent on US tech companies, and more than 8 out of 10 are concerned about that dependence, according to a Proton survey of 3,000 people across the three countries.
The survey builds upon previous Proton research that found that 74% of publicly listed companies in Europe used US-based services like Google and Microsoft for their email, and potentially other bundled services like cloud (…)

Your WiFi network is a critical part of your daily operations. If it isn’t properly secured, it can expose your company to serious risk. What is WiFi security ?
WiFi allows your devices to connect to the internet without cables, but sending information through the air creates a potential entry point for attackers.
WiFi security is the practice of protecting a wireless network to keep your sensitive information private. For businesses, the stakes are higher, which makes robust business (…)

Messages you send with most email providers aren’t secure, but there are ways to send sensitive information by email.
Most email services were built for convenience, not confidentiality. Yet it remains a core communication tool in business.
But if you work in a regulated industry or handle personal, financial, or legal data, sharing sensitive information — like customer bank details, Social Security numbers (SSNs), and confidential client billing information — sending them over email is (…)

The Kiel Institute (the gold standard on this) just updated its data on military aid to Kyiv from its allies. The result ? A disaster : aid plummeted by 14% last year (that’s €5 billion less), hitting its lowest level since the war began. The culprit ? The total halt of U.S. arms deliveries since Trump’s return—something the Europeans, despite a 67% increase in their contributions (compared to the 2022–2024 average), couldn’t fully offset.
Meanwhile, the Financial Times reports that the (…)