Google Ads is relentlessly showing me men's thongs, and I can't tell it to stop unless I activate Personalized Ads. Why does this feel like Google is pressuring me to let them monitor my web activity?

Japan eyes stricter social media age checks to protect young people

I built an AI assistant that runs fully offline on a USB stick. No cloud, no account, nothing leaves your machine

I can't believe how normalized it is that email providers can just read your emails in full

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Where are you getting music for offline listening? Squid, Spotiflac... Soul Seeker?

Quote of the day by Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on" — a dire warning on the erosion of privacy