Tile’s lack of encryption could make tracker owners vulnerable to stalking
Emma Roth / theverge - Security researchers are shining the spotlight on a serious security vulnerability that could enable stalkers to track victims using their own Tile tags, as well as other unwanted violations of security and privacy. Research outlined by Wired shows that T…
Back to Top / Monday, September 29, 2025, 6:21 pm / permalink 14904 / 3 stories in 5 months
OpenAI’s teen safeguards arrive—adult users feel the dragnet
Robert Brown / implicator - OpenAI launched parental controls for teen ChatGPT users Monday—but also quietly routes emotional prompts from paying adults to more restrictive models without notice. The humanized design that drove adoption now creates safety risks the company is retrof…
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Back to Top / Monday, September 29, 2025, 8:21 am / permalink 14887 / 15 stories in 5 months
‘The Social Network’ sequel will focus on Haugen leaks, with Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg
Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - Fifteen years after "The Social Network," director Aaron Sorkin is making a sequel film about Facebook called "The Social Reckoning."
Back to Top / Friday, September 26, 2025, 4:21 pm / permalink 14882 / 3 stories in 5 months
Ad-free versions of Facebook and Instagram are coming to the UK – for a price
Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - Meta has announced that it is launching a subscription service in the UK that will let users of Facebook and Instagram pay to avoid ads. The plan has already been rejected by the European Union, but this does not affect post-Brexit UK. Separate subscripti…
Back to Top / Friday, September 26, 2025, 8:21 am / permalink 14874 / 9 stories in 5 months
Proton Mail launches new mobile apps for Android and iOS
Ian Barker / betanews - Popular encrypted email service Proton Mail is rolling out brand new iOS and Android apps, offering users a faster, more modern and smoother experience. Email started on desktop computers and was designed accordingly. As a result early mail apps could fee…
Back to Top / Thursday, September 25, 2025, 7:20 am / permalink 14850 / 8 stories in 5 months
WhatsApp Finally Lets You Translate Messages Instantly: Here’s How
Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - Meta’s WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature that lets you translate messages right inside the app. If someone texts you in a language you don’t understand, just long-press the message and tap “Translate.” You can pick the languages you want, and once dow…
Back to Top / Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 14818 / 7 stories in 5 months
iOS 26: Create Polls in the Messages App
Tim Hardwick / macrumors - In iOS 26, Apple has introduced several new features for its Messages app, and this one in particular is long overdue. The ability to create polls in conversations has been a mainstay of rival messaging platforms. And now, Messages finally has it too.You …
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Back to Top / Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 6:21 am / permalink 14809 / 17 stories in 5 months
The Trump Admin Is Suing Amazon for Tricking People Into Prime Subscriptions. Here’s How That Might Affect You
Ece Yildirim / gizmodo - The FTC is claiming that Amazon made cancelling a subscription tough on purpose.
Back to Top / Monday, September 22, 2025, 3:21 pm / permalink 14801 / 3 stories in 5 months
Americans would dominate board of new TikTok US entity: W.House
techxplore - A deal for the Chinese parent company of popular video-sharing app TikTok to sell its US operations would see the creation of a board dominated by Americans, the White House said Saturday.
Back to Top / Saturday, September 20, 2025, 4:20 pm / permalink 14767 / 3 stories in 5 months
Google partners with UK nonprofit to detect and remove nonconsensual intimate images from Search
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - Google has been slow to adopt StopNCII's system, as its partnership with the nonprofit comes a year after Microsoft integrated the tool into Bing.
Back to Top / Thursday, September 18, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 14704 / 2 stories in 5 months
OpenAI Details New ChatGPT Experience for Teens
Laurent Giret / thurrott - OpenAI is developing a new ChatGPT experience for teenagers under 18 that prioritizes safety.The post OpenAI Details New ChatGPT Experience for Teens appeared first on Thurrott.com.
Back to Top / Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 2:23 pm / permalink 14591 / 11 stories in 5 months
New York details its plans for online age verification rules
Anna Washenko / engadget - Last year, New York joined the wave of states passing legislation aimed at protecting minors using the Internet, particularly social media. Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act and the New York Child Data …
Back to Top / Monday, September 15, 2025, 3:21 pm / permalink 14563 / 2 stories in 5 months
Mastodon rolls out quote posts with protections to prevent ‘dunking’
Sarah Perez / techcrunch - Decentralized X alternative Mastodon adds support for quote posts, but with additional controls.
Back to Top / Friday, September 12, 2025, 11:32 am / permalink 14478 / 5 stories in 5 months
HBO Max is going to get more expensive, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO says
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - Zaslav also said that the streaming service's crackdown on passwords will be coming in the future.
Back to Top / Thursday, September 11, 2025, 10:20 am / permalink 14359 / 5 stories in 5 months
Live Translation with AirPods won't come to EU-based Apple users
Steve Dent / engadget - Europe, the bloc with 24 official languages and 287 spoken in total, won't get Apple's Live Translation with AirPods feature for now. "Live Translation with AirPods is not available if you are in the EU and your Apple Account Country or Region is also in …
Back to Top / Thursday, September 11, 2025, 8:20 am / permalink 14348 / 5 stories in 5 months
Sony is rolling out a PlayStation parental controls mobile app
Will Shanklin / engadget - Sony is finally catching up to something Nintendo and Microsoft have had for years. The new PlayStation Family app mainly serves as a mobile extension of on-console parental controls. However, parents also get a few extra perks in the mobile version.The a…
Back to Top / Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 3:21 pm / permalink 14306 / 2 stories in 5 months
Sony rolls out new ‘PlayStation Family’ parental controls app
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - While Sony has long offered parental controls, the new app brings all of these tools into one dedicated place for easier access.
Back to Top / Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 1:21 pm / permalink 14287 / 6 stories in 5 months
Bluesky brings age verification to South Dakota and Wyoming
Emma Roth / theverge - Bluesky will now check the ages of users located in South Dakota and Wyoming to comply with local online safety laws. The platform announced on Wednesday that users in both states will be able to prove their age using an ID, payment card, face scan, or ot…
Back to Top / Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 1:21 pm / permalink 14286 / 3 stories in 5 months
Plex suffers data breach, warns customers to change passwords
Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - History appears to be repeating. Plex has announced that it has suffered a security breach, exposing user data. The last time this happened was in 2022, and users are being advised to change passwords as soon as possible. The company is referring to it as…
Back to Top / Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 4:20 am / permalink 14116 / 9 stories in 5 months
Bluesky finally has a private bookmarking feature
engadget - Bluesky has added a built-in bookmarking feature so users finally have a way to privately save posts on the platform. The update is out now on Bluesky's website and app.Bookmarks on Bluesky work pretty much like they do on any other service. Save a post a…
Back to Top / Monday, September 8, 2025, 6:20 pm / permalink 14091 / 2 stories in 5 months