The KidKraft toy kitchen looks normal like children’s toy kitchens. There are all the accessories you would find in an adult-sized kitchen: a refrigerator, an oven, a stove and a sink. Plastic and wooden utensils and food are stored in drawers or in the small pantry. What sets the kitchen apart is not obvious. Many …
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“Privacy. It’s Apple. The Cupertino company’s famous slogan could be in trouble. Two Mysk software researchers claim that Apple collects personal information from iPhone usage data even when the company explicitly promises not to do so. According to Mysk’s findings, the company knows and can identify specific user behavior in Apple’s own applications. EL PAÍS …
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Apple announced yesterday that end-to-end encryption applies to even more sensitive types of iCloud data, including device backups, contacts, messages, photos, and more, responding to long-standing user demand and privacy groups that have rallied around the company. to take an important step in protecting user privacy. iCloud end-to-end encryption, or what Apple calls “advanced data …
The latest social media trend sweeping people’s feeds is to share virtual avatars generated through the Lensa AI app. Lensa, which has been around since 2018, allows users to upload 10-20 photos of their selfies or portraits, then it creates dozens, if not hundreds, of digital images called “Magic Avatars”. Avatar generated by the Lensa …
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Earlier this year, management consultants McKinsey produced a report stating that the metaverse has the potential to generate up to $5 trillion in value by 2030 and is simply too big for businesses to ignore it. More recently, Bloomberg Intelligence said the Metaverse is the next big tech platform, enticing online game makers, social networks …
As the FIFA World Cup 2022 kicks into high gear, privacy experts have raised the alarm about the two apps required to attend the World Cup festivities – the official Hayya World Cup app and the Ehteraz Covid tracking application. Ehteraz is a Covid-19 tracking app, while Hayya is the official World Cup app used …
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Catfishing crimes have ensnared people for years. This week, a grieving family implored parents to monitor their children’s online activity after a former Virginia state trooper fished a 15-year-old girl online. He then traveled to Southern California, where he allegedly killed the girl’s mother and grandparents. “Parents, please know your child’s online activity. Ask about …
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