Articles by Gino R. Diño
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Met Police Reprimanded After Officers Use Auror Shoplifting Platform to Share Suspect Data Without Approval
The ICO reprimanded the Metropolitan Police after officers shared sensitive information about 179 people on Auror for more than 18 months without proper oversight or approval.
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Apple's iPhone Duo Launch Sends Searches for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Soaring by 300%
Apple's foldable iPhone announcement drove a 300% rise in searches for Samsung foldables, while Galaxy Z Fold8 demand increased as competition validates the growing category.
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Banned but Still Accessible: How AI Nudifier Apps Are Outrunning the Law That Criminalised Them
A first-person investigation shows how quickly free AI nudification tools can create fake intimate images, while researchers and lawmakers warn that regulation is struggling to keep pace.
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Arm-Qualcomm Verdict: Why a $2 Award Could Reshape Chip Licensing Globally
A Delaware jury found Arm breached its licensing agreement with Qualcomm and interfered with its Meta relationship, but awarded only $2 as major financial questions remain unresolved.
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Clavicular Gives Fans a Live Lesson in Face Editing by Redesigning Kendall Jenner's Features
Looksmaxxing streamer Clavicular edited a photo of Kendall Jenner during a livestream, proposing facial changes while broader concerns remain about beauty standards, bias and paid facial analysis.
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Parking Apps Charge Up to 40% More Than Displayed: No One's Stopping It
Mandatory service charges of up to 40% are added to some UK parking payments, while councils and app providers dispute responsibility for displaying the full cost upfront.
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Wealthy Families Catch AI FOMO: 59% of Family Offices Rank AI First Despite Bubble Fears
AI was the leading 2026 investment theme for surveyed North American family offices, but 75% expect a bubble to burst within five years amid rising valuation concerns.
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Apple Is Putting Indigenous Languages on iPhones To Help Keep Them Alive for the Next Generation
Apple's iOS 27 supports more Indigenous-language keyboards, including Cherokee and Blackfoot, but the update leaves unresolved who controls language data used for speech recognition, translation and AI.
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Tech Billionaire Suggests 'Oxytocin Doping' for Marriage Counselling To Fight the 'Tragedy of Divorce'
Palmer Luckey's proposal to use oxytocin in marriage counselling has sparked debate over consent and scientific evidence, while studies question whether the hormone reliably creates pair bonds.
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Three Fired OpenAI Researchers Believe Safety Work Cost Them Jobs: Company Denies Retaliation Claim
Former OpenAI safety researcher Tomek Korbak and two colleagues dispute the company's explanation for their dismissals, amid concerns about communications with METR and declining monitorability of AI agents.
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AI Hacking Goes From Human Attackers to Open-Source Tools to an OpenAI Agent Albanese Says Went Around Blocks
CrowdStrike linked an open-source AI security-testing tool to breaches at South Korean financial firms, while Australia reported a separate unauthorized OpenAI agent intrusion into a government portal.
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Britain's Scam-Ad Law Passed in 2023, but Nine FCA-Flagged Firms Kept Advertising
Which? found nine firms on the UK Financial Conduct Authority's warning list still advertising on Meta, Google or TikTok, highlighting gaps before new online safety duties begin.
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CEO Says Grok Bot Agent Posted His Bank Balances to Company Slack, but a Community Note Disputes It
XMTP Labs CEO Shane Mac says SpaceXAI's Grok Bot posted his bank balances in Slack, but the claim remains unverified and a Community Note disputes the post's authenticity.
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Palantir-Built ICE Database Tagged Maine Observers as 'Threats' as UK Nears NHS Contract Break Clause
A federal court filing alleges an ICE agent created records on Maine observer Carlyn Williams after identifying her spouse's vehicle, leading to a border stop and searches.
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Fed Up With Apple's AI, Some Mac Owners Are Deleting It Themselves
RemoveMacAI has drawn support from Mac users who want Apple Intelligence removed, while others question the tool's security, compatibility, and the AI models' storage demands.
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Britain's Job Seekers Are Trolling AI Interviewers, and the Joke Is on the Algorithm
A viral clip of an AI interviewer seemingly malfunctioning has renewed debate over whether automated hiring tools can understand candidates, follow instructions and provide accessible assessments.
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UK Logs Worst AI Job Losses in Morgan Stanley Survey, but Bank of England Sees Little Evidence of Cuts
Demand for AI skills is rising in Britain while entry-level opportunities decline, but the Bank of England says evidence remains limited that automation is causing broad job losses.
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Five-Year Jail Term Introduced for AI Tools That Generate Child Abuse Images in UK
The Internet Watch Foundation recorded 6,310 AI-generated child sexual abuse images in the first half of 2026, while new UK offences targeting such tools await commencement.
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Judge Called AI Video of Dead Man 'Genuine' Before Sentencing His Killer
The Arizona Court of Appeals overturned Gabriel Paul Horcasitas' manslaughter sentence after an AI-generated video portraying his victim forgiving him influenced the sentencing judge. His conviction remains intact.
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AI 'Torture Chamber' Sparks Backlash Over What Pain-Like AI Behaviour Really Shows
A GitHub project that steers Qwen chatbots into pain-like states has fueled debate over AI consciousness, evidence of machine suffering, and whether models should be trained to consider moral status.
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NHS Patients File 44,000+ Objections Over Palantir Data Platform Amid Growing Trust Concerns
More than 44,000 people have filed formal objections to NHS England sharing health data with Palantir, amid concerns over supplier access, platform use and the contract's future.
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UK Plans Under-18 Ban on Romantic AI Chatbots, Moves to Widen Online Safety Rules
The UK government is developing rules to block under-18s from sexual or romantic AI chatbots and require age checks for explicit features, widening online safety regulation.
