Is Your Driving Being Secretly Scored? The insurance industry, hungry for insights into how people drive, has turned to automakers and smartphone apps like Life360. ( www.nytimes.com )
Neuralink's first in-human brain implant has experienced a problem, company says ( www.cnbc.com )
Pioneering internet messenger ICQ shuts after 28 years - CNA ( www.channelnewsasia.com )
Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win ( arstechnica.com )
Microsoft is testing Game Pass ads on the Windows 11 Settings homepage ( www.ghacks.net )
Microsoft's announcement: "We are introducing a new Game Pass recommendation card on the Settings homepage. The Game Pass recommendation card on Settings Homepage will be shown to you if you actively play games on your PC. As a reminder – the Settings homepage will be shown only on the Home and Pro editions of Windows 11 and...
Rabbit R1 is Just an Android App ( www.androidauthority.com )
See, it turns out that the Rabbit R1 seems to run Android under the hood and the entire interface users interact with is powered by a single Android app. A tipster shared the Rabbit R1’s launcher APK with us, and with a bit of tinkering, we managed to install it on an Android phone, specifically a Pixel 6a....
Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free ( www.nbcnews.com )
Julian Assange is free....
Tesla must face fraud suit for claiming its cars could fully drive themselves ( arstechnica.com )
Streaming is cable now | Seventeen years after Netflix and Hulu kicked off a streaming revolution, it’s looking more like cable than ever. ( www.theverge.com )
Rabbit was once an NFT company that it wants you to forget about ( www.xda-developers.com )
What is Cara, the Instagram alternative that gained 600k users in a week? ( www.creativebloq.com )
Key points:...
This new dating app will use facial recognition technology to exclude trans women ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
Two students find security bug that could let millions do laundry for free ( www.theverge.com )
‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services ( www.theguardian.com )
Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue ( www.404media.co )
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Apple is bringing RCS to the iPhone in iOS 18 | The new standard will replace SMS as the default communication protocol between Android and iOS devices ( www.theverge.com )
The long-awaited day is here: Apple has announced that its Messages app will support RCS in iOS 18. The move comes after years of taunting, cajoling, and finally, some regulatory scrutiny from the EU....
Google employees question execs over 'decline in morale' after blowout earnings ( www.cnbc.com )
At an all-hands meeting last week, Google executives responded to employee questions about declining morale even with financial performance improving.
A supermarket trip may soon look different, thanks to electronic shelf labels ( www.npr.org )
DeviantArt’s Downfall Is Devastating, Depressing, and Dumb ( slate.com )
30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok ( www.honest-broker.com )
X is the worst social media app for LGBTQ+ people, says new report ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
Amazon plans to give Alexa an AI overhaul — and a monthly subscription price ( www.cnbc.com )
Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking, and color-coding of employees ( arstechnica.com )
After reversing its position on remote work, Dell is reportedly implementing new tracking techniques on May 13 to ensure its workers are following the company's return-to-office (RTO) policy, The Register reported today, citing anonymous sources....
Here’s How That Disney 360° Treadmill Works ( hackaday.com )
China starts smartphone inspections to boost 'anti-espionage efforts', raising fears among expatriates and foreign business people about arbitrary enforcement ( english.kyodonews.net )
- China implemented new regulations on Monday under its toughened counterespionage law, which enables authorities to inspect smartphones, personal computers and other electronic devices, raising fears among expatriates and foreign businesspeople about possible arbitrary enforcement....
