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Korea’s Coupang Says Data Breach Exposed Nearly 34 Million Customers’ Personal Information

Today at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: South Korean e-commerce platform Coupang over the weekend said nearly 34 million Korean customers’ personal information had been leaked in a data breach that had been ongoing for more than five months. The company said it first detected the unauthorized exposure of 4,500 user accounts on November 18, but a subsequent investigation revealed...

New York Now Requires Retailers To Tell You When AI Sets Your Price

Yesterday at 23:20 PM, via Slashdot

New York has become the first state in the nation to enact a law requiring retailers to disclose when AI and personal data are being used to set individualized prices [non-paywalled source] — a measure that lawyers say will make algorithmic pricing “the next big battleground in A.I. regulation.” The law, enacted through the state budget, requires online retailers using personalized pricing to...

Singapore Extends Secondary School Smartphone Ban To Cover Entire School Day

Yesterday at 22:41 PM, via Slashdot

Singapore’s Ministry of Education has announced that secondary school students will be banned from using smartphones and smartwatches throughout the entire school day starting January 2026, extending current restrictions beyond regular lesson time to cover recess, co-curricular activities, and supplementary lessons. Under the new guidelines, students must store their phones in designated areas...

A Windows Update Broke Login Button, and Microsoft’s Advice is To Click Where It Used To Be

Yesterday at 22:02 PM, via Slashdot

Microsoft has acknowledged that a recent Windows preview update, KB5064081, contains a bug that renders the password icon invisible on the lock screen, leaving users to click on what appears to be empty space to enter their credentials. The issue affects Windows Insider channel users who installed the non-security preview update. The company’s suggested workaround is straightforward if somewhat...

Waymo Has A Charging Problem

Yesterday at 21:23 PM, via Slashdot

The Santa Monica City Council has unanimously voted to order Waymo to halt overnight charging operations at two outdoor depots near Broadway and 14th Street after months of resident complaints about constant beeping from reverse sensors, noise from charging equipment, traffic congestion and flashing lights between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. As many as 56 autonomous vehicles charge at the two sites....

Netflix Kills Casting From Phones

Yesterday at 20:41 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader writes: Netflix has removed the ability to cast shows and movies from phones to TVs, unless subscribers are using older casting devices. An updated help page on Netflix’s website, first reported by Android Authority, says that the streaming service “no longer supports casting shows from a mobile device to most TVs and TV-streaming devices,” and instead directs users to...

Colleges Are Preparing To Self-Lobotomize

Yesterday at 20:01 PM, via Slashdot

The skills that future graduates will most need in an age of automation — creative thinking, critical analysis, the capacity to learn new things — are precisely those that a growing body of research suggests may be eroded by inserting AI into the educational process, yet universities across the United States are now racing to embed the technology into every dimension of their curricula. Ohio...

Top Consultancies Freeze Starting Salaries as AI Threatens ‘Pyramid’ Model

Yesterday at 19:20 PM, via Slashdot

Major consulting firms including McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group and Bain have frozen starting salaries for the third consecutive year as AI reshapes how these companies think about their traditional reliance on large cohorts of junior analysts. Job offers for 2026 show undergraduate packages holding steady at $135,000-$140,000 and MBA packages at $270,000-$285,000, according to Management...

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