This week in the Weekly News Roundup, Gemini sees your screen and camera, and the solar system gets hacked. Also, Meta fires people for leaking data and Skype is closing. Also, Brother is accused of bricking third-party toner. We also visit SillyVille.
Big Bezos is Watching
This week in the Weekly News Roundup, Amazon wants to get telescreens into everyone's home, and Valve wants to ban advertisements in games. We look at several news articles in tech and privacy.
Big Tech Knows You're Depressed
This week in the Weekly News Roundup, big tech is working on mental health data collection, openssh has a vulnerability, and hard drives with medical data found at a flea market. Also, big tech's global fines are only a few days of work. We also visit SillyVille.
Facebook Engages in Piracy
This week in the Weekly News Roundup, Google launches client-side scanning, and they want to change your passwords. Also, Facebook torrents books to train Llama, and reCaptcha could be a way to collect and sell your personal data. We also visit SillyVille.
Clearing the Alpine Forest
This week in Linux News, Arch makes it way to Windows and GTK starts removing X11. Also, the wifi maintainer for Linux steps down and several key Linux projects need new hosting.
DeepSeeking Your Private Data
This week in the Weekly News Roundup, DeepSeek may be collecting more data than we think and nearly all job applications leak. Also, Google may allow AI to be used for weapons and IoT devices are bricked more often than you think. We also visit SillyVille.