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Privacy on the Map (Part 2): Progress, Pitfalls, and the Fight for Enforceable Location Data Protections

Regulating commercial location tracking has reached a turning point. Last year, we published our rubric for what comprehensive and protective location privacy laws should look like, outlining the baseline standards states should meet to shield individuals from pervasive location surveillance. Since then, state lawmakers across the country have begun responding to calls like these, with Connecticut , Maryland , New Jersey , Oregon , and Virginia enacting new consumer privacy restraints on an industry that profits off our physical movements. Yet, even as these states move the ball forward to res

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OpenClaw is yesterday’s hype and today’s AI blueprint

Remember OpenClaw? A humble AI tool that lived on your computer and did your bidding while you slept, OpenClaw went from zero to hero in the early weeks of 2026, blowing people’s minds with its impressive — and scary — agentic AI abilities while inspiring “claw” clones left and right. Roughly eight months after its astonishing debut, the OpenClaw hype has largely faded, and not even the release of OpenClaw 2.0 , complete with bolstered security and easier user onboarding, is likely to vault OpenClaw back into the limelight. But while OpenClaw isn’t on everyone’s lips anymore, the arrival of it

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Meta’s $18 billion payout isn’t enough to save our kids

I’m not a parent, but I’m looking at the Meta settlement wondering if our kids are any safer. If you haven’t heard already, Meta agreed last Wednesday to settle a lawsuit over Facebook and Instagram’s affect on children. Brought by 47 states, Washington D.C., and several U.S. territories, the suit alleged that Meta purposely made its platforms addictive to kids, ultimately causing negative mental health outcomes like anxiety, depression, and even suicide. Four states (California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey) also alleged that Meta violated state consumer protection laws. Welcome to Safe

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Today only: Get GPT, Claude, Gemini, and more for life for $80

TL;DR : 1min.AI puts writing, image, audio, video, and PDF AI tools in one app, and a lifetime Advanced Business Plan is only $79.99 today. Running separate subscriptions for all your different AI models could cost you hundreds every year. Instead of paying individually for GPT, Gemini, Claude, and all the rest, get them for life through 1min.AI . This new AI platform gives you access to dozens of the most popular AI models, and for today only, it’s just $79.99 (reg. $540). One login gets you a wide range of top AI models, including GPT-5.5 Pro, Claude 4.6 Sonnet, and Gemini 3.1 Pro, so you’re

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For 2 days, a Microsoft Office lifetime license is just $50

TL;DR: Get Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and the rest of Office 2024 Pro Plus for life for $49.97 (reg. $249.99) through September 1. Paying monthly for software you’ll use indefinitely doesn’t make sense. That’s why more people are cancelling Microsoft 365 in favor of lifetime licenses like this one for Microsoft Office 2024 , and it’s even on sale for $49.97 (reg. $249.99). Your one-time payment gets you Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and Access. There’s no subscription, so you can keep working without worrying about how much you’re paying just to be productive. This version sticks to

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Doxxing Safety Part II: Incident Response

Doxxing, also known as the deliberate sharing of personal information to harass or endanger someone, is a tricky thing to protect against. It often happens by some ill-intentioned person accessing publicly available information, then sharing that information more widely in the hopes it will intimidate their target or worse. This guide is a followup from a previous post that describes a methodology for you to clean up your digital footprint and get a firm entry into the art of open source intelligence. There's a slight bit of repetition here, but with a slant towards using those now-familiar to

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Everything to know about SteamOS

Secure your business with ThreatLocker today using our link: https://www.threatlocker.com/ltt and learn more about how ThreatLocker can help your business safely integrate AI agenic tools here: https://www.threatlocker.com/blog/applying-threatlocker-to-agentic-ai-tools For years, SteamOS only came on a handheld Valve blessed, while your gaming PC stayed stuck with Windows. Then Valve launched the Steam Machine - and quietly unlocked SteamOS 3.8 for any PC, completely free. We break down what actually makes SteamOS tick, walk through the gloriously janky install process (yes, you'll be editing

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Did you spot a scam? Here’s what to do next

Many people experience fraud but never report it, and scammers count on you staying silent. Your story — especially when you share it with friends, family, and the FTC — is a powerful tool in the fight against fraud. Here’s why your report matters.

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