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Monzo outage impacts payments; Meta Glasses raise privacy concerns

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Monzo, a digital bank, experienced an outage that prevented some users from making card payments and transfers. The bank stated it was actively working on a fix to restore services. Separately, concerns are rising about Meta Glasses potentially filming individuals without their knowledge in various public and private settings, leading to discussions about privacy implications. AI

IMPACT Concerns over Meta Glasses' potential for surreptitious filming highlight ongoing debates about privacy in the age of wearable AI-powered devices.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains two distinct news items: a service outage for a digital bank and privacy concerns related to a consumer tech product, neither of which rise to the level of significant industry-wide events.

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Monzo outage impacts payments; Meta Glasses raise privacy concerns

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 Monzo down as some users unable to make card payments or transfers The digital bank said it was "rolling out a fix and moving quickly" to get the service work

    📰 Monzo down as some users unable to make card payments or transfers The digital bank said it was "rolling out a fix and moving quickly" to get the service working again 📰 Source: BBC News 🔗 Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyrvxvl1eeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss # AI…

    LINKS bbc.co.uk/…/cwyrvxvl1eeo
  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🤖 Did someone wearing Meta Glasses film you today? Are you sure? People say they’ve been secretly filmed in their own home, at concerts and at work. Are the wil

    🤖 Did someone wearing Meta Glasses film you today? Are you sure? People say they’ve been secretly filmed in their own home, at concerts and at work. Are the wildly popular smartglasses the final nail in the coffin of personal privacy?“I’ve had one person who tol... 📰 Source: AI (…

    LINKS web.archive.org/…/meta-glasses-privacy-su… web.archive.org

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