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  • Slashdot: OpenAI Expands ChatGPT Memory To Draw on Full Conversation History

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/10/1727255/openai-expands-chatgpt-memory-to-draw-on-full-conversation-history?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Expands ChatGPT Memory To Draw on Full Conversation History Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI has enhanced ChatGPT’s memory functionality, allowing it to recall past conversations for more relevant interactions. This feature raises important considerations regarding user privacy and compliance with data protection regulations. Detailed…

  • Slashdot: UK Effort To Keep Apple Encryption Fight Secret Is Blocked

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    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/04/07/1444256/uk-effort-to-keep-apple-encryption-fight-secret-is-blocked?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: UK Effort To Keep Apple Encryption Fight Secret Is Blocked Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A UK court has ruled against the government’s attempt to keep secret its demand for Apple user data, highlighting a significant clash over encryption and user privacy rights. This ruling emphasizes…

  • The Register: Chrome to patch decades-old flaw that let sites peek at your history

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/07/chrome_135_history_sniffing/ Source: The Register Title: Chrome to patch decades-old flaw that let sites peek at your history Feedly Summary: After 23 years, the privacy plumber has finally arrived to clean up this mess A 23-year-old side-channel attack for spying on people’s web browsing histories will get shut down in the forthcoming Chrome 136,…

  • Hacker News: France fines Apple €150M for "excessive" pop-ups that let users reject tracking

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    Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/france-fines-apple-e150m-for-excessive-pop-ups-that-let-users-reject-tracking/ Source: Hacker News Title: France fines Apple €150M for "excessive" pop-ups that let users reject tracking Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The French competition regulator has fined Apple €150 million due to its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework being overly complicated for users, which adversely affects small publishers…

  • The Register: Privacy died last century, the only way to go is off-grid

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/31/privacy_dead_opinion/ Source: The Register Title: Privacy died last century, the only way to go is off-grid Feedly Summary: From smartphones to surveillance cameras to security snafus, there’s no escape Opinion I was going to write a story about how Amazon is no longer even pretending to respect your privacy. But, really, why bother?……

  • Slashdot: OpenAI Says ‘Our GPUs Are Melting’ As It Limits ChatGPT Image Generation Requests

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/03/28/003227/openai-says-our-gpus-are-melting-as-it-limits-chatgpt-image-generation-requests?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Says ‘Our GPUs Are Melting’ As It Limits ChatGPT Image Generation Requests Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The provided text discusses OpenAI’s temporary limitations on image generation in ChatGPT due to excessive demand affecting GPU infrastructure. It highlights the company’s response to user demand and…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Claude can now search the web

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/20/claude-can-now-search-the-web/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Claude can now search the web Feedly Summary: Claude can now search the web Claude 3.7 Sonnet on the paid plan now has a web search tool that can be turned on as a global setting. This was sorely needed. ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok all had this…