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Google fined over $450 million for location data failures.

Features like Web & App Activity, Location History, and Location Accuracy were found to violate GDPR privacy rules in Europe from 2018 to 2020. “As a result of Google’s failures, individuals ‌could ⁠have been unaware that their location was being used to, for example, influence them with ads or to infer their interests, and could lose control over their personal data,” DPC Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle said in a statement. “The retention of users’ location data for longer than necessary aggravated ⁠this loss of control.” [Link: Irish privacy regulator fines Google €403 million over location data processing | https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/irish-regulator-fines-google-403-million-over-location-data-processing-2026-09-21/ | Reuters]

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EPA launches drinking water study looking for traces of abortion pills

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a drinking water quality study that will for the first time look for traces of abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol — something anti-abortion activists, attorneys general and lawmakers have been lobbying the agency to do for years. The agency stopped short of making mifepristone an official water contaminant…

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Gmail has a quicker way to copy 2FA codes.

A new “Copy code” button is rolling out to Gmail inboxes on Android and iOS that previews authentication codes below the subject line, letting you copy them with a single tap without opening the email. It isn’t available on web, but it should make mobile logins less tedious. [Image: Here’s a preview of the pill-shaped Copy code button. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/Gmail-2fa-copy-code.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]

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ICE agent shoots and injures man in Austin, officials say

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and wounded a man in Austin on Sunday, according to local officials. “ICE shot a man in Austin today. I’m demanding transparency, accountability, and safety. Release the footage and records. Hold any officer who broke the law responsible. And get ICE out of our city,” Rep. Greg…

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Khanna calls for a government agency to oversee AI ‘like the FDA’

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Sunday said that the federal government should create a regulatory agency to oversee the development of artificial intelligence, similar to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “Well, we need to set up an AI agency like the FDA,” Khanna told host Margaret Brennan on CBS News’s “Face the Nation.” “I…

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Trump wants to put drones and snipers in his planned DC arch.

It’s unclear what military advantage there would be to storing “large quantities of sniper ammunition” and “large numbers of drones” in the DC arch. The area already has a significant military presence. But this is the same tactic Trump used to argue for his ballroom, which suddenly became a national security issue when it faced legal challenges. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/Screenshot-2026-09-20-at-11.56.17-AM.png?quality=90&strip=all]

Sunday, October 11, 2026

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