Spotify exposed: Private listening habits of politicians, journalists and tech bros leaked in a privacy meltdown
Christian Zibreg / idownloadblog - Spotify just leaked private playlists of famous people, and your personal music could be exposed too because of broken privacy settings.
Back to Top / Thursday, July 31, 2025, 10:21 am / permalink 11344 / 2 stories in 7 months
Dropbox Passwords Is Shutting Down in Phases Starting Next Month
Tim Hardwick / macrumors - Dropbox has announced it will discontinue Dropbox Passwords on October 28, ending the five-year run of its credential management service.The shutdown is going to follow a phased approach, according to the company. The password manager will become view-onl…
Back to Top / Thursday, July 31, 2025, 6:20 am / permalink 11324 / 4 stories in 7 months
Proton Releases New Two-Factor Authentication App
Tim Hardwick / macrumors - Proton today launched Proton Authenticator, a free two-factor authentication app available across all major platforms including iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux.The open-source app generates time-based one-time passwords as an additional security l…
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Substack Sends Push Alert for Nazi Newsletter
Lucas Ropek / gizmodo - The site says it was an accident.
Back to Top / Wednesday, July 30, 2025, 3:21 pm / permalink 11273 / 4 stories in 7 months
Dropbox is pulling the plug on its password manager
Lawrence Bonk / engadget - Dropbox is saying goodbye to its password manager after five years of service. This leaves current customers in a lurch, as the company has also announced that users only have a few months to extract all of their data.This discontinuation will happen in p…
Back to Top / Wednesday, July 30, 2025, 2:22 pm / permalink 11267 / 3 stories in 7 months
Footnotes, TikTok’s crowdsourced fact-checks, launches in the US
Sarah Perez / techcrunch - All U.S. TikTok users are able to view the notes that have been rated as helpful and submit their own ratings in return.
Back to Top / Wednesday, July 30, 2025, 7:21 am / permalink 11219 / 10 stories in 7 months
Google adds Video Overviews to NotebookLM
Lawrence Bonk / engadget - NotebookLM, the Google research tool that gained notoriety for its AI-generated podcasts, is introducing a feature called Video Overviews. As the name suggests, this tool automatically creates videos on requested topics and pulls data from a user's upload…
Back to Top / Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 2:21 pm / permalink 11166 / 7 stories in 7 months
Tea app’s second data breach exposed over a million private messages
Lauren Forristal / techcrunch - Dating safety app Tea experienced a second data breach in as many weeks, exposing over a million sensitive messages between users.
Back to Top / Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 12:22 pm / permalink 11149 / 5 stories in 7 months
Mario Paint comes to Nintendo Switch Online, with mouse controls on Switch 2
Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - Mario Paint has finally landed on Nintendo Switch Online. The 1992 SNES classic is available through in the Switch Online catalogue on both Switch and Switch 2. For the former console, you’ll need a compatible USB mouse, but on the latter, you can simply …
Back to Top / Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 11:22 am / permalink 11141 / 3 stories in 7 months
Photoshop picks up new AI capabilities, including long-requested Generative Upscale
Christian Zibreg / idownloadblog - Adobe has updated Photoshop with new AI capabilities across desktop, web, and mobile platforms, like Generative Upscale, Harmonize and other.
Back to Top / Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 11:22 am / permalink 11140 / 11 stories in 7 months
Cash App opens up to Apple Pay and Google Pay with a group payment option
Kris Holt / engadget - Cash App has debuted a new group payment feature that allows folks who don't even use the app to contribute to a kitty. Pools enables Cash App users to invite folks to chip in for a large purchase (such as a group vacation) via Apple Pay and Google Pay. A…
Back to Top / Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 11:21 am / permalink 11137 / 6 stories in 7 months
Tea Dating App Suffers Data Breach Leaking 72000 Images, Despite Safety Promise
Chaitanya Kohli / medianama - The data breach that occurred after some male 4Chan users called for a “hack and leak” campaign against the Tea dating app users raised data privacy concerns of such platforms. The post Tea Dating App Suffers Data Breach Leaking 72000 Images, Despite Safe…
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Dating safety app Tea breached, exposing 72,000 user images
Anthony Ha / techcrunch - Tea, an app that allows women to post anonymous comments about men they’ve supposedly dated, announced Friday that it has suffered a data breach, with hackers gaining access to 72,000 images.
Back to Top / Saturday, July 26, 2025, 12:20 pm / permalink 10982 / 2 stories in 7 months
Tea App Breach Exposes 72,000 Selfies, ID Photos and Other User Images
Katie Collins / cnet - The images had been in a "legacy data system" that contained information from more than two years ago, the company says.
Back to Top / Friday, July 25, 2025, 2:21 pm / permalink 10939 / 7 stories in 7 months
Apple Overhauls App Store Age Ratings
Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple has announced an overhaul of the App Store's age rating system across all of its platforms.The company has added three new age rating tiers — 13+, 16+, and 18+ — to the existing 4+ and 9+ classifications. At the same time, the 12+ and 17+ categories…
Back to Top / Friday, July 25, 2025, 11:21 am / permalink 10919 / 7 stories in 7 months
Google Enters ‘Vibe-Coding’ Fray with Opal, an Experimental No-Code AI App Builder
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google launches Opal, an experimental AI tool for building web apps with text prompts, challenging rivals like Amazon, Microsoft, and Cursor in the no-code space.The post Google Enters ‘Vibe-Coding’ Fray with Opal, an Experimental No-Code AI App Builder a…
Back to Top / Friday, July 25, 2025, 8:20 am / permalink 10904 / 8 stories in 7 months
AdGuard and Brave Join Signal in Blocking Microsoft’s Windows Recall Over Privacy Fears
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Privacy-focused apps AdGuard and Brave are now blocking Microsoft's controversial Windows Recall AI, citing major privacy concerns and following Signal's lead.The post AdGuard and Brave Join Signal in Blocking Microsoft’s Windows Recall Over Privacy Fears…
Back to Top / Friday, July 25, 2025, 8:20 am / permalink 10903 / 7 stories in 7 months
X Expands Community Notes Beyond Fact-Checking to Highlight Popular Posts Across Viewpoints
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - X is piloting a new use for its Community Notes system, leveraging its 'bridging algorithm' to identify and surface content that is well-liked across different ideological groups.The post X Expands Community Notes Beyond Fact-Checking to Highlight Popular…
Back to Top / Thursday, July 24, 2025, 6:21 pm / permalink 10882 / 3 stories in 7 months
WhatsApp message reminders will ensure you don’t forget about follow-ups
Christian Zibreg / idownloadblog - WhatsApp will enable you to schedule reminders for specific messages to receive notifications so you don't forget about follow-up replies.
Back to Top / Thursday, July 24, 2025, 9:21 am / permalink 10829 / 2 stories in 7 months
Google's AI-Powered Virtual Try-On for Online Shopping Is Now Live
Imad Khan / cnet - The feature was previously limited to Labs users, but it's now widely available.
Back to Top / Thursday, July 24, 2025, 9:21 am / permalink 10826 / 6 stories in 7 months