In Brief: Tim Hortons gives tone deaf response to violating Canada’s privacy laws
Not a good press moment for the fast-food company which has offered its users a free coffee and donut to make up for their data being collected without consent.
Not a good press moment for the fast-food company which has offered its users a free coffee and donut to make up for their data being collected without consent.
The Colombian government, which provides journalists and other high-risk individuals bulletproof cars to ensure their safety while in the country, has been found to have installed GPS trackers on those same vehicles, so location can be reported on. Even more alarmingly, the system can also disable the cars’ engines.
Unfazed by terrestrial or historic boundaries, Amazon may be positioning to break with the 2,500+ year tradition of keeping patient data private because there may be good money to be made in doing so.
It’s one year since Google started showing ads in its now-familiar AI Overviews. They’ve now added them to AI Mode, a newer option that handles more complex queries. AI Mode will also offer a bespoke shopping experience, with agentic AI to track price and purchase when it fits your budget.