Month: February 2023
TikTok’s transparency theater
TikTok is staring down the barrel of an outright ban in the US. It has already been prohibited on federal employee devices, blocked by dozens of universities across the country, and lawmakers are calling for its removal from US app stores. It’s with that context that I and a handful…
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It sounds like Google’s getting ready to compete with ChatGPT
Google may be gearing up to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT by letting people “interact directly” with its “newest, most powerful language models as a companion to search,” according to CEO Sundar Pichai. It would be a big move for the company — as systems like ChatGPT and DALL-E have gone…
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Twitter API no longer free as platform will begin charging, angering developers
Audio player loading… It’s a sad day for our favorite gimmick Twitter accounts, as we might have to soon say goodbye to them. Late Wednesday night, the official Twitter Developer account announced the platform will stop offering free access to the platform’s API (Application Programming Interface) on February 9. Access…
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No power needed: groundbreaking color e-paper display looks like pure magic but isn’t
Audio player loading… PPDS, the brand behind Philips professional displays, has announced a new range of products at ISE 2023, including Philips Tableaux, which it claims is the most energy-efficient and eco-friendly digital signage range ever launched by a major manufacturer. What captured our attention about Tableaux is the fact…
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These fake iOS apps just want to trick you out of your crypto
Audio player loading… A known cryptocurrency fraud which leverages fake trading apps to trick people into giving away their hard-earned money made it past Apple’s strict security protocols and into its mobile app repository, researchers have warned. Apple has been alerted to the presence and quickly moved to eliminate the…
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FTC fines GoodRx $1.5 million for sending consumer health data to Google and Facebook
The Federal Trade Commission has issued a $1.5 million fine against online pharmacy and telehealth provider GoodRx for allegedly sharing the private health data of its customers with Google, Facebook, and other third parties without consent. GoodRx has additionally agreed to an unprecedented provision that will ban the company from…
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