Meta Can’t Use Sexual Orientation to Target Ads in the EU, Court Rules

Meta Can’t Use Sexual Orientation to Target Ads in the EU, Court Rules

Europe’s most famous privacy activist, Max Schrems, landed another blow against Meta today after the EU’s top court ruled the tech giant cannot exploit users’ public statements about their sexual orientation for online advertising. Since 2014, Schrems has complained of seeing advertising on Meta platforms targeting his sexual orientation. Schrems claims, based on data he … Read more

Meta can’t use LGBTQ identity to target ads, EU court rules

Meta can’t use LGBTQ identity to target ads, EU court rules

Meta cannot target a user’s sexual orientation in its personalized ads — even if they are openly queer and make public statements about the subject, the European Union’s highest court ruled Friday. The case was brought from longtime Meta antagonist Max Schrems, as Wired reports. The Austrian activist, whose separate privacy case recently led to … Read more

The 5 best Garmin watches for training and everyday life

The 5 best Garmin watches for training and everyday life

Editor’s note: Amazon’s fall Prime Day sale kicks off on October 8th; however, if you want to peruse a selection of deals ahead of time, we’ve already cobbled together a guide to the best early Prime Day deals. Few brands are as synonymous with outdoor sports as Garmin. You’ll find these fitness trackers and smartwatches on dozens of … Read more

Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M

Every fusion startup that has raised over 0M

Over the last several years, fusion power has gone from the butt of jokes — always a decade away! — to an increasingly tangible and tantalizing technology that has drawn investors off the sidelines. The technology may be challenging to master and expensive to build today, but fusion promises to harness the nuclear reaction that … Read more

Google has got the Pixel 9’s baseband wrapped in steel and concrete

Google has got the Pixel 9’s baseband wrapped in steel and concrete

What you need to know The Pixel 9 ups the ante with serious advancements in baseband security, building on years of solid protection. Exploiting baseband firmware flaws could let attackers break in, gain control, and even install hidden backdoors, putting user data in danger. Google’s tech updates, like the upgraded Bound Sanitizer and integer overflow … Read more

Google Home outage breaks these parts of the automation app

Google Home outage breaks these parts of the automation app

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Home had a problem accessing its Activity feed and the app’s Settings. Device controls and routines worked as normal during this peculiar outage. Google has issued a statement on the matter, and most people are reporting usual functions by now. Update, October 4, 2024 (07:00 PM ET): Although … Read more

Samsung’s ‘One UI’ Is Expanding To All of Its Consumer Devices

Samsung’s ‘One UI’ Is Expanding To All of Its Consumer Devices

First announced in 2018, Samsung’s “One UI” software is expanding to all the company’s major tech products in 2025. 9to5Google reports: At its annual developer conference, Samsung announced that “One UI” is the new name for the company’s software experiences across “major product lines.” This specifically includes TVs and home appliances. Samsung says: “In addition, … Read more