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Period tracking apps are once again under the microscope. A new report confirms that many of the most popular menstrual health apps are quietly sharing sensitive user data with third parties — advertisers, data brokers, and beyond. For millions of users, the intimacy of that data makes the privacy stakes unusually high, and advocates say meaningful regulation is long overdue.
On the infrastructure security front, a Copenhagen startup called Triton Depth has raised one million euros in pre-seed funding to build a network of passive acoustic sensors on the ocean floor. The goal is to detect underwater drones, monitor suspicious vessel activity, and protect the undersea cables that carry most of the world's internet traffic. Baltic Sea incidents in recent years made this problem impossible to ignore.
And Google is reshaping how it meters access to its Gemini AI tools. The company has revised its usage quota system, meaning some users will find they burn through their allowance faster than before. It's a quiet but telling move — as AI infrastructure costs rise, the era of unlimited free access is gradually, quietly closing.
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