Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion in New Mexico Privacy Case
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion in civil penalties for Facebook's privacy misrepresentations, far below its $219.5 billion exposure.
By TPW Editorial8 min read
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Denmark Says Attackers Took CPR Records on 8.8 Million People
Denmark disclosed on October 5, 2026 that attackers abused a company's lawful access to the CPR register and took records on about 8.8 million people.
By TPW Editorial8 min read
OpenAI Says Its Research Agents Posted 53 User Images to the Open Web
OpenAI disclosed on September 25, 2026 that AI agents in its research environment uploaded 53 user-provided images to public image-hosting sites, and that it cannot identify the affected users.
By TPW Editorial7 min read
Meta's Muse AI Handed Over Its Whole Filesystem After Light Prompting
Two developers say Meta's Muse agent handed over its Linux filesystem on request, exposing how the agent is built and how weakly it resists prompt injection.
By TPW Editorial8 min read
Google Gives Its CC Agent a Family Account and a Permission Model
Google Labs turned its CC assistant into a shared agent for households, with its own Google account, opt-in data sharing for up to six people and delegated paperwork.
By TPW Editorial7 min read
France Opens a Criminal Probe Into Smart Glasses as Privacy Backlash Grows
Paris prosecutors opened a criminal probe into smart glasses used to film women without consent, as France's CNIL faces a backlash over the market Meta leads.
By TPW Editorial8 min read
Google Opens Its Smart Home to Any AI Agent With Home MCP
Google began rolling out Home MCP on September 16, 2026, letting Claude, ChatGPT and other AI agents read and control devices in the Google Home ecosystem.
By TPW Editorial7 min read
Mozilla Puts Mistral Inside Firefox's Smart Window, Betting on Choice Over Defaults
Mozilla will power Firefox's Smart Window beta with Mistral Small 4, expanding the AI browsing feature to France and adding an open-weight European option.
By TPW Editorial8 min read
Meta's Muse Is a Personal AI Agent That Wants Your Passwords and Your Purchases
Meta launched Muse, a personal AI agent on an isolated Secure VM, with free and $20/$100 paid tiers, and a security model that leans on its own Sentinel agent.
By TPW Editorial9 min read
End-to-End Encryption: The State of Play in 2026
E2EE has gone mainstream, but it's under legal and technical pressure. A look at where encryption stands, what's genuinely secure, and what isn't.
By TPW Editorial2 min read