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Former Plaud exec raises $26M for AI app that listens to you in the background

One of the core promises of AI is that the more it knows about a person, the better it will be able to assist them with tasks and make appropriate suggestions, which, if you’ll believe the tech companies, requires apps and devices to listen, watch, or record users’ activity all the time and gather all possible context. There’s obviously privacy and data security concerns with…
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That viral “mom hack” for saving money on school photos? It could end up costing far more in legal fees and opening unexpected privacy risks. As a photographer, this is what I would do instead

A “mom hack” for saving money on school photos is going viral – but the AI hack could end up costing hundreds of dollars in legal fees while opening up photos of children to privacy risks. Back to school is usually followed by school photos, a longstanding tradition…
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Jaguars strike again! Conservationists spot “majestic” feline for the second time this year using 120 camera traps

The wild cat conservation group Panthera has spotted a highly elusive jaguar thanks to the use of trail cameras for the second time this year. The adult male cat was sighted in June in the Bi-National Corridor, a critical jungle passageway along the Guatemala-Honduras border connecting jaguar populations in these countries. It comes after an earlier sighting of an adult male in February this year…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

This electric motorcycle company just hit 10 million battery swaps – and it’s profitable

Brazilian electric motorcycle and battery-swapping company Vammo is hitting several major milestones as it prepares to take its model beyond its home of São Paulo, including reaching EBITDA profitability, surpassing 10 million battery swaps, and growing to more than 10,000 active riders. Vammo has operated in São Paulo since 2022, building out a network that now includes roughly 1,000…
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GamingNews

‘I’m Shocked That People Are Still Playing’ – How GTA 5 Took Over the World

There are over 230 million copies of Grand Theft Auto 5 in the world. As the second-highest selling game of all time, it has been played for billions of hours by players across the globe, making it one of the most significant pastimes in the entire world. That’s an impressive achievement for what in 2013 was simply the highly-anticipated next entry in Rockstar’s beloved (and notorious)…
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