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Postman, the widely used API development tool, appears to be routing user requests through its own servers without clearly telling anyone. Developers noticed the change after a recent update — meaning sensitive data you thought was traveling only to your own server may be passing through Postman's infrastructure first. That's a serious trust issue for anyone handling private or proprietary information.
On a related note about the devices we trust in our homes, a recent investigation raises pointed questions about whether your smart television is quietly collecting more than you've bargained for. Modern sets routinely track viewing habits and app usage, but the concern here goes deeper — suggesting some manufacturers may be capturing data well beyond what users have consented to or even been told about.
And in a story about global manufacturing and the cost of artificial intelligence, HP and Asus are moving some PC production back to China after shifting operations to Southeast Asia in recent years. Rising component costs driven by AI hardware demand are making Chinese assemblers more attractive again. Analysts at TrendForce expect the share of notebooks built outside China to fall from twenty-four to twenty-one percent this year — and cheaper laptops, they say, are not coming anytime soon.
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