Telegram now shares users’ IP and phone number on legal requests

September 23, 2024 at 03:41PM Telegram’s updated privacy policy grants law enforcement access to users’ phone numbers and IP addresses upon valid court orders for criminal activity violating the platform’s Terms of Service. CEO Pavel Durov announced this change, also revealing enhancements to search features to combat illicit content. However, Telegram’s transparency submissions bot is … Read more

Frustration grows over Google’s AI Overviews feature, how to disable

May 19, 2024 at 01:50PM Google’s new AI Overviews feature generates search result summaries using LLM models, yet many users find it often incorrect and misleading. While currently unable to disable it directly, a new “Web” search mode without AI Overviews has been introduced. Users can set it as the default search engine in Chrome … Read more