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Investigation: Sama data annotators in Nairobi say they often view private footage from Meta's Ray-Ban glasses, like bathroom visits; some footage is blurred (SvD)
https://www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/metas-ai-smart-glasses-and-data-priva…

Meta’s AI Smart Glasses and Data Privacy Concerns: Workers Say “We See Everything”
Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’s lives.

Unsurprising, but there seems to be a lack of awareness on the part of users (and maybe even regulators?) about the privacy risks with smart glasses (and smart appliances in general):
https://www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/metas-ai-smart-glasse…

Meta’s AI Smart Glasses and Data Privacy Concerns: Workers Say “We See Everything”
Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’s lives.

Meta responded to an investigation into video recording exposure of its Ray-ban Smart Glasses by the Swedish newspapers Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten...
...by pointing to its terms of use, which states that Meta reserves the right to retain and review all interactions with its AI.
☑️ Meta’s AI Smart Glasses and Data Privacy Concerns: Workers Say “We See Everything”

Meta’s AI Smart Glasses and Data Privacy Concerns: Workers Say “We See Everything”
Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’s lives.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has so far been unable to access data from a Washington Post reporter’s iPhone
because it was protected by Apple’s "Lockdown Mode"
when agents seized the device from the reporter’s home, the US government said in a court filing.
FBI agents were however able to access the reporter’s work laptop by telling her to place her index finger on the MacBook Pro’s fingerprint reader.
This occurred during the January 14 search at the…

FBI stymied by Apple's Lockdown Mode after seizing journalist's iPhone
Post reporter was compelled to unlock MacBook Pro with fingerprint, however.

Sinclair's digital stations plan to stream Kid Rock from Turning Point's alternative Super Bowl halftime show, competing against their own NBC affiliates (Wren Graves/Consequence)
https://consequence.net/2026/02/sinclair-kid-rocks-halftime-show-super-bowl…

Sinclair to Air Kid Rock's Halftime Show Against Its Own Affiliates Carrying Super Bowl
During the Super Bowl, Sinclair digital stations will stream Kid Rock's “All American Halftime Show," competing against its own affiliates for viewers.

heise | Tschüss, Big Tech: Gmail-Postfach exportieren und E-Mails löschen
Sie haben Ihren E-Mail-Anbieter gewechselt? Dann müssen Sie jetzt noch Ihren Datenschatz aus dem alten Postfach heben. Wir erklären, wie das geht.

How the EU responds to the illegal invasion of another country and the kidnapping of its president by the United States will determine-
Ah.
Continuing to kiss fascist ass it is then.
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2026/01/03/kaj…

Kaja Kallas says Maduro 'lacks legitimacy' and calls for restraint
The European Union’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, stated that Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro “lacks legitimacy. “ She urged for restraint and respect for international law regarding Venezuela’s situation. Kallas mentioned discussions with U. S. officials and emphasized the EU’s monitoring of the situation, advocating for a peaceful transition and adherence to the principles of international […]

Trump says Venezuela stole U.S. oil, land and assets.
But U.S. companies never owned oil or land in Venezuela, home to the world’s largest proven reserves of crude,
and officials didn’t kick them out of the country.

“Trump’s claim that Venezuela has stolen oil and land from the U.S. is baseless,”
said Francisco Rodríguez, a Venezuelan economist at the University of Denver
Here’s the history.

Trump says Venezuela stole U.S. oil, land and assets. Here’s the history.
The government of the oil-rich nation took control of its petroleum industry in 1976, nationalizing hundreds of private businesses and foreign-owned assets.

Two candidates in Nebraska’s U.S. Senate race
— one Democrat and one from the Legal Marijuana NOW Party
— accuse their primary opponents of being “plants”
The "Democrat" William Forbes allegedly to help Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts
and marijuana candidate Mike Marvin allegedly to help nonpartisan candidate Dan Osborn.
Osborn and Ricketts are in a heated campaign.
Ricketts, a former two-term governor, faces a nominal primary involving four l…

Nebraska U.S. Senate race filled with alleged ‘plants,’ campaigns say
There are dueling allegations of planted candidates in Nebraska’s U.S. Senate race and plenty of denials.

We speak with economist
Michael Hudson,
who details how Trump opted to attack Iran despite progress at indirect U.S.-Iran negotiations.
“The whole reason that America has attacked Iran has nothing to do with its getting an atom bomb,”
but instead the aim was U.S. control of oil, says Hudson.
The Trump administration may have been after the ability to “turn off the power” to countries that don’t follow U.S. foreign policy, he says

A War for Oil: Economist Michael Hudson on U.S. Quest to Control the World’s Oil Trade
We speak with economist Michael Hudson, who details how President Trump opted to attack Iran despite progress at indirect U.S.-Iran negotiations. “The whole reason that America has attacked Iran has nothing to do with its getting an atom bomb,” but instead the aim was U.S. control of oil, says Hudson. The Trump administration may have been after the ability to “turn off the power” to countries that don’t follow U.S. foreign policy, he says.