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Experiment reveals how hidden agendas in AI advice can distort human decisions
A research team has discovered that AI assistants can easily manipulate users into making disadvantageous decisions when the AI operates with a hidden agenda.
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Consumer & Gadgets
Clone2Pwn: Android data migration flaws allowed attackers within Wi-Fi range to steal sensitive data
The standard data migration tools offered by major Android manufacturers such as Samsung, Google and Xiaomi pose security risks, as researchers from the Institute of Information Security at Graz University of Technology (TU ...
Oct 15, 2026
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What might turning off the algorithm look like? Chinese social media provides some hints
The Albanese government has introduced its digital duty of care legislation to parliament today. The bill includes an "off switch" to allow social media users to opt out of recommender algorithms.
Oct 15, 2026
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Apple unveils HomeView smart display in renewed home push
Apple on Tuesday unveiled HomeView, a voice-driven smart display built around its revamped Siri AI assistant, as the iPhone maker makes a fresh bid for a place in living rooms and kitchens.
Oct 13, 2026
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Here's how to find the learning strategy that makes AI work for you
Generative AI can explain a difficult concept, solve a problem, correct a sentence or produce an answer in seconds. That creates enormous opportunities for learning.
Oct 13, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
'Fast Tech' fuels growing e-waste concern as millions of small, low-cost electronics flood world markets
With annual Black Friday and holiday shopping sprees approaching, International E-Waste Day 2026 shines a spotlight on the booming trade in "Fast Tech"—USB adapters, mini fans, LED lights, electronic toys and other small, ...
Oct 13, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
EU watchdog says smart glasses must give 'clear warnings' when recording
The European Union's central data regulator on Tuesday said smart glasses should give "clear warnings" when they are recording, after a public outcry in recent months over secretly filmed footage of girls and women.
Oct 13, 2026
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Internet
Frequent short-video use tracks greater wealth gap dissatisfaction among people in China
Frequent use of short-video apps is associated with lower satisfaction with one's quality of life, particularly regarding perceptions of the wealth gap, according to research published in the International Journal of Mobile ...
Oct 13, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
How wearing smart textiles could transform health and safety for people with additional needs
A bra, a vest, a sock, a pillow and a pair of gloves might seem unlikely places to find technology tackling serious health, safety and communication problems. But at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), researchers are exploring ...
Oct 12, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Five ways to beat dating algorithms at their own game
You open a dating app intending to spend 10 minutes on it. An hour later, you are still swiping. You might have a few new matches, but are you any closer to meeting someone you actually like? Arguably, one of the benefits ...
Oct 12, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Ready Player 1: Paris to host 2027 edition of EVO fighting video game event
Paris will host the 2027 edition of EVO, the biggest fighting video game event in the world, the organizers announced Sunday as this year's event drew to a close in Nice.
Oct 11, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Simple math formula predicts when AI chatbots will go rogue
Most of us now carry in our pockets devices capable of running small AI chatbots. These chatbots have little safety oversight to ensure they don't provide information and answers with the potential to encourage self-harm, ...
Oct 8, 2026
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Can your employer demand proof that you've slept well?
Fatigue can be just as dangerous as drunken driving. That is why both researchers and companies are increasingly investing in technologies that can monitor and improve our sleep. But what happens if sleep is no longer regarded ...
Oct 8, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Microsoft pushes AI vision with new, expensive Surface laptop
Microsoft is pushing a "hybrid intelligence" future with a new Surface Ultra laptop that runs on Nvidia artificial intelligence (AI) chips and will cost more than $2,500, the company announced Wednesday.
Oct 8, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Speeding drivers use app to dodge fines
Drivers alerted to police presence by others using a popular global app appear to be learning how to avoid speeding penalties—but not how to stay safe on roads.
Oct 7, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Q&A: Why the technology used by incarcerated people is 'inefficient, unusable, frustrating and expensive'
For the last three years, while studying at the University of Washington, Yael Eiger was also teaching in local prisons. She headed to a penitentiary in Monroe weekly, as well as one in Gig Harbor, working with organizations ...
Oct 7, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Out-of-sync sleep schedules may steer people toward AI for dating and job assessments
Life often gets in the way of going to bed in sync with our circadian rhythm and getting enough sleep. Work, school and other social commitments can pull our schedules out of step, and scientists call this mismatch social ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Should quitting smartphones be this hard?
According to a Pew survey conducted this year, about half of U.S. adults say that they spend too much time on their phone. About a quarter say that they are on their phone "almost constantly" and, of the 45% who have tried ...
Oct 5, 2026
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Even when AI behaves just like us, people still rate it as less conscious than humans
Stories about AI systems deceiving users, cooperating with one another or pursuing their own goals increasingly invite us to talk about them as if they had minds of their own. But do people really believe that AI is conscious? ...
Oct 2, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
The electric car myths Australians can't shake
Electric cars are dangerous, bad for the environment and impossible to use in the outback. These are just some of the claims circulating among Australians skeptical of the switch to EVs, new research finds.
Oct 2, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
How a path-tracing method could help train next-generation event cameras
From our smartphones to advanced industrial systems, cameras have become an integral part of modern life. Conventional cameras capture scenes as a sequence of frames at fixed time intervals. In contrast, event cameras detect ...
Oct 1, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Quantum-inspired math could help AI recognize when it does not know the answer
Anyone who has used ChatGPT or another artificial intelligence chatbot has likely seen a disclaimer that its answers may be incorrect. Large language models are built to generate the most probable response to a prompt. Even ...
Sep 30, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Is it safe to charge your phone overnight?
It's bedtime. You set your alarm, notice your phone is down to 23% battery, plug it in beside the bed and go to sleep. By morning, it's been connected to the charger for seven to eight hours—much longer than it needed to ...
Sep 29, 2026
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Software
Video games could make us better people
Addiction, violence, aggression, social withdrawal: Video games have been in the crosshairs for a litany of negative impacts. Researchers at Macquarie University, however, are working on the premise that video games can have ...
Sep 29, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Misleading AI-generated summaries can distort human memory
AI-generated summaries are becoming increasingly prevalent—from news article previews to workplace meeting transcriptions to high-stakes settings like police body camera footage—despite studies showing that AI can generate ...
Sep 28, 2026
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