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Addicted to love: how dating apps ‘exploit’ their users
Online services that promise to find people romantic matches have been likened to gambling products designed to keep customers hooked. “Designed to be deleted” is the tagline of one of the UK’s ...World - The Guardian - November 3 -
Meta's Threads micro-blogging app now has 275 million monthly users, Zuckerberg says
Threads, Meta's rival to Elon Musk's X app, now has nearly 275 million monthly users, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday.Business - CNBC - October 31 -
Flaw in Right-Wing ‘Election Integrity’ App Exposes Voter-Suppression Plan and User Data
A bug that WIRED discovered in True the Vote’s VoteAlert app revealed user information—and an election worker who wrote about carrying out an illegal voter-suppression scheme.Tech - Wired - November 5 -
'Exploitative' children's home profits to be curbed
The new measures aim to stop private care home providers benefiting excessively from a stretched system.Top stories - BBC News - 6 days ago -
Jon Stewart to Democrats: ‘Exploit the loopholes’
Late-night hosts urge Democrats to take a page from the GOP and discuss Trump’s controversial cabinet picks, from Matt Gaetz to RFK Jr. Late-night hosts talk Donald Trump ’s “White House Tinder” ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
Fantasy Football: Week 10 matchups to exploit
Optimize your fantasy football lineups with these favorable matchups in Week 10!Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 7 -
Apple TV app - Top Movies
Apple TV app (Movies) charts for week ending Oct. 28Entertainment - ABC News - October 29 -
Apple TV app - Top Movies
Apple TV app (Movies) charts for week ending Nov. 4Entertainment - ABC News - November 5 -
Apple TV app - Top Movies
Apple TV app (Movies) charts for week ending Nov. 8Entertainment - ABC News - November 12 -
Apple TV app - Top Movies
Apple TV app (Movies) charts for week ending Nov. 15Entertainment - ABC News - 4 days ago -
How Trump Exploits Divisions Among Black and Latino Voters
Donald J. Trump’s anti-immigrant message is exposing longstanding tensions and challenging Democrats’ hopes for solidarity.Top stories - The New York Times - October 29 -
Eagle feathers play a sacred role in powwows. Poachers are exploiting the high demand
BILLINGS, Mont. — America’s golden eagles face a rising threat from a black market for their feathers used in Native American powwows and other ceremonies, according to wildlife officials, ...Top stories - NBC News - October 30 -
Fantasy Football Matchups To Exploit: Count on a DJ Moore bounceback in Week 9
Fantasy football analyst Sal Vetri identifies some of the best matchups in Week 9 to target in your lineups.Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 31 -
Profiteers Are Exploiting US Election Conspiracies and Hate to Make Millions
Unscrupulous online operators are spreading toxic lies to push bitcoin scams and sell MAGA shirts to Facebook users in the run-up to the US presidential election.Tech - Wired - November 1 -
One-stop fantasy shop: Rankings, sleepers & matchups to exploit
The road to winning this week begins Sunday morning. Tap in for all of the analysis, trends and player news to help managers dominate the competition.Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 7 -
Fantasy Football Week 12 matchups to exploit: Fire up Ladd McConkey!
Sal Vetri offers some of his favorite Week 12 fantasy football starts to survive the bye-pocalypse!Sports - Yahoo Sports - 3 days ago -
Are international thieves exploiting tourist visas to target pro-athletes' homes?
North America’s top professional sports leagues have issued warnings to their players about a growing threat from high-tech, organized burglary rings, whose tools of choice are passports, ...Top stories - NBC News - 19 hours ago -
Meta misses on user growth, warns of 2025 jump in AI spending
Meta reported weaker-than-expected user numbers and warned of a significant acceleration in its infrastructure expenses in 2025 in its third-quarter earnings.Business - CNBC - October 30 -
AirTag users will soon be able to share location with airlines
Ever use an AirTag to locate lost luggage? Soon airlines will be able to see your bag's AirTag location, too.Top stories - CBS News - November 12 -
X users jump to Bluesky - but what is it and who owns it?
Bluesky is picking up one million new users every day at its current rate.Top stories - BBC News - November 15 -
Instagram will let users reset recommendations that powers their feeds
Instagram users will soon be able to manually reset the recommendation algorithm that determines what they see in their feeds.Top stories - NBC News - 5 days ago -
Google AI chatbot asks user to ‘please die’
Google’s AI chatbot Gemini gave a threatening response to a Michigan college student, telling him to “please die.” The artificial intelligence program and the student, Vidhay Reddy, were engaging ...Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago -
Reddit Back After Tens of Thousands of Users Report a Second Outage
Reddit users reported having problems with the site two days in a row.Business - The New York Times - 2 days ago -
The Xbox App On PC Is Becoming Quicker And Easier To Use
Microsoft has released a new update for the Xbox app on PC, though the update is currently only available for Xbox Insiders. Among other things, it lets users easily visit a recently played game's ...Tech - GameSpot - October 29 -
Snapchat most-used app for grooming, says NSPCC
The children's charity says the police data shows people are "still waiting" for social media to be made safe,Top stories - BBC News - November 1 -
Buddy raises $1.1M for social utility app
Buddy, a social utility app designed to get you off your phone, announced a $1.1 million pre-seed funding round.Tech - VentureBeat - November 4 -
6 Tested Safety Apps for Personal Protection (2024)
Your smartphone or wearable could be a lifeline in emergencies. These apps could make all the difference.Tech - Wired - November 7 -
Starbucks app goes down, customers complain
The app crashed the same day Starbucks introduced its holiday menu, preventing customers from placing mobile orders.Top stories - CBS News - November 8 -
Consumer watchdog to oversee digital wallets, payment apps
Large companies that offer digital wallets and payment apps will now be overseen by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB finalized a rule Thursday to bring companies handling ...Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago -
How choosing a secondary school might be about to get easier
Local projects are under way to create school report cards that could inform Ofsted's national changes.Top stories - BBC News - 2 days ago -
‘You can’t shoot climate change’: Richard Seymour on how far right exploits environmental crisis
In his latest book, Disaster Nationalism, the Marxist thinker explores how extremist movements around the world seek to blame fictional enemies for real disasters. Like a lot of people, Richard ...World - The Guardian - October 30 -
No, Robert Jenrick, former colonies do not owe a ‘debt of gratitude’ for Britain’s legacy of brutality and exploitation | Kenneth Mohammed
As a historian, the UK conservative party leadership candidate should know that the only debt owed is one of accountability and reparation. . Conservative leadership hopefuls Robert Jenrick and ...World - The Guardian - October 30 -
Ravens exploit bad Bengals defense in TNF & biggest QB surprises this season | Inside Coverage
Jason Fitz, Charles Robinson & Frank Schwab break down the Baltimore Ravens 35-34 victory against the Cincinnati Bengals, share which quarterbacks won and lost at the trade deadline earlier this ...Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 8 -
Fantasy Football Week 11 WR matchups to exploit: It's Tank Dell's time to shine
Dominate Week 11 fantasy football matchups with these players with favorable situations in Week 11.Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 14 -
Franz Wagner hits a clutch 3, and the Magic exploit Davis' mistakes for a 119-118 win over Lakers
Franz Wagner hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2.5 seconds to play, and the Orlando Magic roared back to snap the Los Angeles Lakers’ six-game winning streak with a 119-118 victorySports - ABC News - 2 days ago -
Meta AI to Use Reuters Content to Answer User Questions in Real Time
Meta AI didn’t share whether it would use Reuters content to train its large-language model.Business - Inc. - October 27 -
X Algorithm Feeds Users Political Content---Whether They Want It or Not
A WSJ experiment found that accounts supporting Trump and Harris dominate feeds of new X users who wanted cooking and crafts.Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 29