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Google won a bankruptcy auction to acquire Spirit Airlines’ enterprise data—about 100 million emails and 500 million Microsoft Teams chats plus related documents—for roughly $10 million. The data will be deidentified before transfer and used to train its AI models, with no passenger profiles or personal data included; federal judge approval is required. If the deal falls through, the next highest bidder was Mercor at $7.5 million.
AI chatbots can leverage more than your prompts—memories, uploaded files, and sensitive details—to tailor answers, retain context, and even target ads; company policies vary from on-device processing to broad data use, creating privacy tradeoffs and a need for clear user controls.
CDC data and WastewaterSCAN show a summer uptick in Covid-19 activity across about 43 states, with rising infections and more emergency visits, especially in coastal states like California and Florida. Experts say the virus may be returning to a seasonal pattern, though it’s more variable than flu due to evolving variants and waning immunity, while vaccines continue to reduce the risk of severe illness.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports Apple weighed a 'white-glove' plan to ship leased devices preloaded with a user’s iCloud data, removing setup friction; the data-loaded approach raised privacy concerns and was not pursued, as public sentiment shifted from privacy nihilism to a privacy backlash and Apple tunes its messaging ahead of new products like smart glasses.
Netflix’s top titles dominate the service: in the first half of 2026, the top 500 series and films accounted for 47% of series views and 51% of movie views, though they represent only about 6% of the catalog. The top 20 series alone accounted for 8.5% of series views, and the top 500 titles totaled 4.94 billion views out of 10.44 billion. The four elite titles (His & Hers, Bridgerton S4, War Machine, The Rip) accounted for about 2.1% of all views, while representing just 0.02% of available titles. Netflix is currently the only major streamer releasing this level of data, though it will move to annual reporting next year.
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has awakened from a 321-day hibernation about six billion miles from Earth, with all systems reporting green health status throughout. The probe will downlink its health data and begin transmitting science data from instruments like the Venetia Burney dust counter, Pluto Energetic Particle Spectrometer, and Solar Wind at Pluto, with the ultraviolet Alice spectrograph set to map hydrogen in the outer heliosphere in coming weeks. Launched in 2006 and famous for Pluto flybys in 2015, it is expected to continue its mission toward the Kuiper Belt through the decade.
Australian nonprofit Rouser Lab is building Earth’s Black Box, a 52-foot monolith designed to continuously log data on planetary health from space agencies, weather services, and universities and store it as Earth’s Vital Index. Planned for installation at a remote Tasmanian airfield by December, the device aims to provide an objective real-time archive of events leading to environmental collapse to spur accountability and action, though critics note the abundance of open climate data and question its practical usefulness. The project also includes the Climate S.O.S. techno-obelisk concept that would transmit a distress call into space in hopes of attracting help from alien civilizations.
Modern connected cars act as rolling data centers, collecting location histories, who’s in the car, what you listen to, and even biometrics like weight or facial expressions, often with little protection for consumers. Insurance companies and data brokers buy and sell this information, potentially raising rates or enabling targeted marketing. A Mozilla review found major car brands failing basic privacy standards, and GM faced FTC action over selling location data. With new U.S. rules pushing advanced impaired‑driving tech that could widen data collection—and uneven protections in the U.S. and Europe—consumers are advised to opt out of telematics, request and delete collected data, and adjust privacy settings, though comprehensive data ownership and consent safeguards are far from guaranteed.
Tim Teeman reviews Matthew Libby’s Data, an Off-Broadway play about a young programmer drawn into a government push to deploy AI surveillance for immigration control; a timely, somber mirror of today’s tech-policy debates, bolstered by sharp performances and design, though some twists feel predictable and personal moments carry the drama.
Physical AI blends autonomous hardware with AI to enable learning, adaptation and collaboration in varied environments, expanding robotics from assembly lines to healthcare, logistics and beyond. Success depends on high-quality data (often synthetic), advanced simulation and models, and redesigned workflows, with pilots from Amazon, Siemens, Foxconn and others signaling a broad shift toward flexible, human–robot collaboration.
The article discusses management tips for 2025 and highlights privacy concerns related to data processing and sharing with multiple vendors and ad partners.
The article discusses Oracle's internal data revealing financial challenges related to renting out Nvidia chips, highlighting issues in the tech and business sectors.
Yahoo is part of the Yahoo family of brands and uses cookies and personal data for various purposes including site functionality, security, analytics, personalized advertising, and content measurement, with options for users to manage their privacy settings.
The article explains how Google uses cookies and data for various purposes including delivering services, measuring engagement, and personalizing content and ads, with options for users to accept or reject certain data uses and manage privacy settings.
Larry Ellison is portrayed as a powerful behind-the-scenes figure in Donald Trump's America, with significant influence over data and attention, akin to historical industrial magnates.