404 Media reports how ICE officials added a random person to a “Mass Text” chat, where they discussed plans to find an individual “seemingly marked for deportation.” The messages exposed sensitive information about ICE’s target, including their criminal record, Social Security Number, and driver’s license number.
The country’s communications regulator claims people use the messaging apps to “deceive and extort money,” as well as involve Russians in “terrorist activities,” the Associated Press reports. In June, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed off on the creation of a state-backed messaging app as part of efforts to exercise more control over the internet.
The new tab will house AI editing tools that let you remix your pictures or transform them into videos. You’ll also find options to create GIFs from your photos, add a 3D effect, create collages, and make highlight videos.
That’s possible thanks to the Discord Social SDK, which is launching now following a closed beta.
Android Authority managed to get an early version of the new Practice feature up and running, and it looks even more AI-centric than Duolingo.
A 2019 lawsuit from the FTC claimed Match.com promised a free six-month subscription to customers who didn’t “meet someone special” without disclosing the “onerous requirements” needed to fulfill this guarantee. As part of the settlement, Match Group must make its policies more transparent, as well as make it easier to cancel subscriptions.
[Federal Trade Commission]
The head of Notion on productivity, LEGO, and what he learned from Kyoto’s craft tradition.
Today I learned about comparesffpc.com, which effortlessly lets you compare small-form-factor cases on a virtual 3D desk, in your browser, using this impressive public dataset. It isn’t the only comparo tool, but it’s the cleanest and easiest I’ve used yet. (I’m thinking about swapping my Ncase, any desk-friendly recommends?)
The new Instagram Maps request to enable location services (feeding Meta valuable ad targeting data from your Android or iPhone) has spawned incredulous reactions, along with claims it’s on by default, despite Adam Mosseri’s denials.
Still, he says, “We’ll get out a few design improvements as quickly as possible.”
