Oura Heath’s C.E.O. Knows the Secret to Better Sleep

Oura Health makes a pricey smart ring that busy executives, celebrities and others use to track health measures like their sleep patterns. It expects $1 billion in sales this year.

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Digital IDs Are Being Introduced in the UK. Here’s How They’re Expected to Work.

The government said the new system would help to curb illegal migration, but opponents said it would infringe on citizens’ privacy.

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Immigration Agents Collected U.S. Citizens’ DNA at Border Checkpoints

A report said DNA collected at checkpoints from about 2,000 Americans, mostly during the Biden administration, was sent to an F.B.I. database. Hundreds were not charged.

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Whistle-Blower Sues Meta Over Claims of WhatsApp Security Flaws

In a lawsuit filed Monday, the former head of security for the messaging app accused the social media company of putting billions of users at risk. Meta pushed back on his claim.

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DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says

DOGE team members uploaded a database with the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to a vulnerable cloud server, according to the agency’s chief data officer.

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Appeals Court Allows DOGE Access to Sensitive Data at Several Agencies

The decision cited a Supreme Court order in June granting DOGE analysts sweeping access to other data stored at the Social Security Administration.

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A.I. Is Fueling a ‘Poverty of Imagination.’ Here’s How We Can Fix It.

What bots are really doing in the classroom.

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U.K. Forces Porn Sites to Get Serious on ‘Age-Gating’

The new measures have been widely embraced, but new age-verification methods have drawn some criticism because of privacy concerns.

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How Does Bilt Know What Credit Cards Are in Your Wallet?

Some people who have signed up with a company called Bilt have been unnerved to see a list of all their credit cards displayed. How did Bilt get this information?

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Trump Announces Health Care Records System for Consumers

The administration is working with tech companies to make sharing information with various providers easier. Experts raised concerns about privacy and security.

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