Smart TV apps are quietly scraping web data for AI training

Bright Data operates a global proxy network designed to collect publicly available web content, and customers are voluntarily joining the network so that they can spare ...

Google Chrome ships WebMCP in early preview, turning every website into a structured tool for AI agents

Google and Microsoft's new WebMCP standard lets websites expose callable tools to AI agents through the browser — replacing ...
9to5Mac

How to use macOS ‘High Performance screen sharing’ for lower latency and better color [Video]

With the release of macOS Sonoma back in 2023, Apple introduced a new High Performance screen sharing feature for the Mac’s native Screen Sharing application. This mode dramatically increases the ...
The Verge

This iPhone case with a second screen lets you snap selfies with its rear cameras

The Selfix case has a 1.6-inch screen on the back and a microSD card slot to expand your phone’s storage. The Selfix case has a 1.6-inch screen on the back and a microSD card slot to expand your ...
Android Authority

Samsung will let you use the Galaxy Z TriFold as a secondary monitor for your PC

Samsung’s Galaxy Z TriFold supports the “Second Screen” feature, letting it act as a wireless external monitor for your Windows PC. This feature uses the Miracast standard to extend your desktop to ...
Reuters

More sleep, less screen time as China aims to reduce student stress

HONG KONG, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have announced measures to improve the mental health of primary and secondary school students by reducing academic pressure, cutting screen time and ...
TechCrunch

Wikipedia urges AI companies to use its paid API, and stop scraping

Wikipedia on Monday laid out a simple plan to ensure its website continues to be supported in the AI era, despite its declining traffic. In a blog post, the Wikimedia Foundation, the organization that ...
InvestmentNews

Schwab joins Fidelity in credential-sharing crackdown; Pontera escalates Fidelity blame

Schwab has asked clients to reset their login credentials, a request coming shortly after Fidelity took similar action to limit third-party vendor access to 401(k) and other customer accounts. Like ...
New York Post

Breakthrough breathalyzer test can quickly screen for lung cancer — here’s how it works

Talk about a breath of fresh air. Researchers have developed a groundbreaking device that may one day make detecting lung cancer as easy as exhaling. “We built a screening tool that could allow ...
American Banker

Wells Fargo, PNC tell Trustly to stop screen scraping customer data

Wells Fargo has asked Trustly, a Stockholm-based data aggregator, to stop screen scraping the bank's customer data and to not use the bank's logo to do so. Wells Fargo and PNC have asked Trustly to ...
SiliconANGLE

Reddit is suing Perplexity and AI data scraping firms for using its data without permission

Reddit Inc. has launched lawsuits against startup Perplexity AI Inc. and three data-scraping service providers for trawling the company’s copyrighted content to be used to train AI models. Reddit ...