House Will Try Again on Reauthorization of US Spy Program After Republican Upheaval

Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to bring forward a Plan B that would reform and extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for a shortened period of two years.
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Conservative Revolt in the House Blocks Effort to Reauthorize a Key US Spy Tool

A bill that would reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was blocked by a conservative revolt.
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Key Lawmakers Float New Rules for Personal Data Protection; Bill Would Make Privacy a Consumer Right

The American Privacy Rights Act would preempt most state privacy laws — though it wouldn’t impact certain states’ laws already on the books that protect financial, health or employee data.
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Browsing in Incognito Mode Doesn’t Protect You as Much as You Might Think

Incognito modes generally do not prevent the websites you visit from seeing your location, via your IP address, or stop your internet service provider from logging your activities.
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Tech Companies Want to Build Artificial General Intelligence. But Who Decides When AGI is Attained?

With so much money riding on the promise of AI advances, it’s no surprise that AGI is also becoming a corporate buzzword that sometimes attracts a quasi-religious fervor.
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Scathing Federal Report Rips Microsoft for Shoddy Security, Insincerity in Response to Chinese Hack

Cyber Safety Review Board, said “a cascade of errors” by Microsoft let state-backed Chinese cyber operators break into email accounts of senior U.S. officials.
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Google to Purge Billions of Files Containing Personal Data in Settlement of Chrome Privacy Case

Google agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people using its Chrome web browser as part of settlement in a lawsuit accusing it of illegal surveillance.
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VP Harris Says US Agencies Must Show Their AI Tools Aren’t Harming People’s Safety or Rights

U.S. federal agencies must show that their artificial intelligence tools aren’t harming the public, or stop using them, under new rules unveiled by the White House on Thursday. “When government agencies use AI tools, we will now require them to verify … Continue reading VP Harris Says US Agencies Must Show Their AI Tools Aren’t Harming People’s Safety or Rights

UK Court Says Assange Can’t be Extradited on Espionage Charges Until US Rules Out Death Penalty

UK Judges said the U.S. must guarantee that Assange, who is Australian, “is afforded the same First Amendment protections as a United States citizen, and that the death penalty is not imposed.”
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