One Tech Tip: Californians have a new privacy tool for deleting their data

Californians can now use a new tool to request the removal of their personal information from over 500 data brokers.

Your phone is sharing data without your knowledge - how to stop it ASAP

Even when it's idle, your smartphone is transmitting certain information to the device manufacturer, says NordVPN. Here's why you might want to limit some of this data.
CNET

A Beginner's Guide to ChatGPT: How to Get Started With the AI Chatbot

You can use ChatGPT as a search engine, much like Google's home page. Go to chatgpt.com or download the ChatGPT app on ...

A new California website blocks data brokers. Here’s how to use it

The new tool delivers privacy instructions to every registered data broker at once. Launched on Jan. 1, it is open to all California residents.
Votebeat

Pennsylvania disputes claim that it’s in talks to share voter rolls with Ohio

Ohio said in December that Pennsylvania was “finalizing an agreement.” Pennsylvania says talks had fizzled out in September.
The New York Times

Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort

The Transportation Security Administration is flagging passengers for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to identify and detain travelers subject to deportation orders. The Transportation Security ...
ZDNet

OpenAI user data was breached, but changing your password won't help - here's why

Some OpenAI customer data was exfiltrated in a supply chain attack. The attack only affected visitors to OpenAI's API documentation. The damage was minimal yet noteworthy. A supply chain attack occurs ...
InfoWorld

Spring AI tutorial: Get started with Spring AI

Artificial intelligence and related technologies are evolving rapidly, but until recently, Java developers had few options for integrating AI capabilities directly into Spring-based applications.
InfoWorld

Spring Boot tutorial: Get started with Spring Boot

Spring Boot is one of the most popular and accessible web development frameworks in the world. Find out what it’s about, with this quick guide to web development with Spring Boot. Spring’s most ...
OPB

Should Washington’s data centers generate their own clean energy to get tax breaks?

In one of his first acts as Washington’s governor, Bob Ferguson created a workgroup of environmentalists, tech leaders, and government officials to find common ground in the great AI data center ...
CNET

You'll Be Able to See on X's User Profiles if Someone Is Using a VPN

The social network X is expected to begin displaying in user profiles whether someone may be using a VPN to obscure their location. Based on a post in October about transparency on the platform ...
TechRepublic

DoorDash Hit by Cybersecurity Breach, Millions of Users Potentially Exposed

DoorDash Hit by Cybersecurity Breach, Millions of Users Potentially Exposed Your email has been sent DoorDash has disclosed a social engineering-driven data breach exposing user contact details in ...