Apple Says Its New Siri Listening Features Can’t Hear You — Here’s the Hardware Behind the Promise
Apple details how Siri Audio Intelligence on the Apple Watch uses the Secure Exclave hardware to process sound without recording or storing raw audio.
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Apple Watch’s New AI Features Are Normalizing the Idea That Tech Is Always Listening
Apple's new Watch AI features transcribe live audio, raising consent and privacy questions. Live Rewind and Siri Recap walk a fine line between utility and discomfort.
Apple Reportedly Wants AirPods That Can See — Here’s Why That’s a Terrible Idea
Rumored AirPods Pro with cameras are delayed to 2027. One writer explains why that's a relief, citing privacy fears and practical limits.
Manvel Council Votes to Pull the Plug on Flock Surveillance Cameras
Manvel's council votes, in solemn unison, to banish the Flock cameras whose eye had spread to 535 outside agencies.
Meta Launches Muse, Its New AI Agent Built Around Stripe’s Link Payment System
Meta releases Muse, a personal agent that acts within a guarded vault, asking users to lend it trust with their secrets and coin.
DHS Predictive Policing Unit Scrutinizes Americans’ Spending Habits and Flags Them to Local Cops
A secret band peers into the private records of the people, and the traveler upon the road is stopped though innocent of any crime.
LG Smart TVs Caught Recording Audio With Screen Off and Scanning Home Networks
A strange discovery: LG's smart screens listen in silence and peer upon neighboring devices within the home network.
Autistici/Inventati Collective Shuts Down After 25 Years, Citing Danger to Its Users
A collective long devoted to secret service for the wretched of the earth announces its own dissolution, bidding its people: Stay human.