Why Meta Is Being Sued Over AI Smart Glasses

Meta is facing a class action lawsuit in the United States over allegations that its AI-powered smart glasses collected and reviewed sensitive footage in ways users did not reasonably expect, raising new questions about privacy, transparency and the human labour behind modern AI systems. Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses The product at the centre of the…

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UK Data Centre Cuts AI Power Use By 40 Per Cent

A UK data centre has demonstrated that artificial intelligence infrastructure can reduce its electricity consumption by up to 40 per cent in response to grid signals without interrupting critical computing workloads. A UK-First Trial Of Flexible AI Infrastructure The demonstration took place at Nebius’s “AI Factory” data centre near London and was conducted in partnership…

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Burger King Deploys AI Headsets to Monitor Staff ‘Friendliness’

Burger King is piloting OpenAI-powered headsets in 500 US restaurants that analyse drive-thru conversations, coach staff in real time and track hospitality signals such as whether employees say “please” and “thank you”. What Is BK Assistant and How Does It Work? The system, known as BK Assistant, sits inside employee headsets and a connected web…

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Consumers Still Don’t Trust AI to Handle Customer Service

New research from Pegasystems and YouGov shows that most consumers in the UK and US remain wary of generative AI in customer service, preferring human interaction despite widespread corporate investment in chatbots and automated support. What the Research Found The study, published in February 2026 by Pegasystems Inc., a US-based enterprise AI software company, surveyed…

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Instagram To Alert Parents Over Repeated Self-Harm Searches

Instagram says it will begin notifying parents if their teen repeatedly searches for suicide or self-harm-related terms within a short period, adding to its existing content controls as scrutiny of teen digital wellbeing intensifies. How The Alerts Will Work The new feature applies to Teen Accounts enrolled in Instagram’s parental supervision tools. If a young…

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Samsung Adds Built-In Privacy Display to Galaxy S26 Ultra

Samsung has unveiled a new display technology on its Galaxy S26 Ultra that allows users to activate a built-in privacy mode on a per-app basis, limiting what can be seen from side angles without the need for stick-on screen filters. How the Privacy Display Works The feature, branded “Privacy Display”, was introduced at Samsung’s Galaxy S26…

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ServiceNow AI Resolves 90 Per Cent of IT Tickets

ServiceNow claims its new Autonomous Workforce AI is now resolving more than 90 per cent of targeted Level 1 IT help desk tickets inside its own organisation, marking a significant step in the shift from AI assistance to AI execution. Autonomous Workforce and EmployeeWorks The claim forms part of California-based US enterprise software company ServiceNow’s…

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Microsoft Copilot Bug Exposes Confidential Emails To AI Tool

A coding error inside Microsoft 365 Copilot briefly allowed the AI tool to read and summarise emails that businesses had explicitly marked as confidential. A Safeguard That Didn’t Hold In January, Microsoft detected an issue inside the “Work” tab of Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. The problem, tracked internally as CW1226324, meant Copilot could process emails…

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The Truth About Cyber Insurance

Cyber insurance has grown into a multi-billion-dollar global market, yet when a serious breach occurs, the real story often lies in the small print, the exclusions, and the security controls that should have been in place long before the policy was signed. Once Just An Add-On Cyber insurance was once treated as a niche add-on…

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Hard Drive Makers Sell Out 2026 Output To AI Data Centres

The world’s biggest hard drive manufacturers have already allocated all the units they will produce this year after hyperscale AI and cloud operators secured the bulk of available capacity. AI Infrastructure Buys Up The Year Western Digital and Seagate have both confirmed that their nearline hard drive production for calendar year 2026 is effectively spoken…

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