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McAfee researchers found 16 clicker apps with adware in Google Play with 20M+ downloads in total; Google removed the apps after McAfee reported them — Security researchers at McAfee have discovered a set of 16 malicious clicker apps that managed to sneak into Google Play, the official app store for Android.
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Interviews with over three dozen creators about going viral on TikTok show how the app's vast reach plus tools like “duet” and “stitch” can amplify harassment — TikTok's explosive stardom has created a new kind of celebrity. But nothing goes viral like rage.
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The RNC sues Google for allegedly putting its campaign emails in Gmail spam; the RNC has been criticizing Google's pilot to keep campaign emails out of spam — The Republican National Committee (RNC) has filed a lawsuit against Google in a U.S. district court in California for allegedly putting …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple VP of Industrial Design Evans Hankey is leaving, after replacing Jony Ive in 2019; sources say Airbnb VP of Design Gary Butcher is returning to Apple — Apple Inc.'s head of hardware design, Evans Hankey, is leaving the iPhone maker three years after taking the role …
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| Rachel Metz / CNN: |
Several artists whose work was included in the dataset used to train Stable Diffusion say they are angry that they weren't informed, asked for consent, or paid — Erin Hanson has spent years developing the vibrant color palette and chunky brushstrokes that define the vivid oil paintings for which she is known.
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
A profile of Stability AI founder and CEO Emad Mostaque, a British former hedge fund manager who has quickly become a polarizing figure within the AI community — A celebration for Stability AI, the start-up behind the controversial Stable Diffusion image generator, represents the arrival of a new A.I. boom.| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple will expand ads to the App Store's main Today tab and “You Might Also Like” section of individual app listings, starting October 25 globally except China — In an email to developers this week, Apple announced that app-related ads will begin appearing in the App Store's main Today tab …
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| Charlotte Jee / MIT Technology Review: |
A look at the companies using AI to build tech that lets users talk to digital versions of deceased loved ones by video chat, text, phone, or voice assistants — Digital clones of the people we love could forever change how we grieve. — My parents don't know that I spoke to them last night.
Tweets: @heathercampbell, @havoc_six, @jamesvlahos, and @tanyabasu
| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
Brazil's elections chief gets unilateral power to order the removal of online posts ahead of October 30 election, in an aggressive move to combat misinformation — Brazilian authorities granted the country's elections chief broad power to order the takedown of online content in a bid … | Monica Chin / The Verge: |
LG Gram 17 review: weighs just under three pounds, even with a huge 17", 2560 x 1600 display but graphics are weak, the chassis is flimsy, and pricey at $1700+ — If you want a Windows laptop with as large of a screen as possible, your options are basically the Dell XPS 17 or the LG Gram 17.| Jennifer Korn / CNN: |
When researchers submitted 20 ads with “blatant” voting misinformation, TikTok approved 90%, Facebook approved a “significant number”, and YouTube approved zero — New York CNN Business — Facebook and TikTok failed to block advertisements with “blatant” …
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| Adnan Bhat / Rest of World: |
Experts: India's TikTok clones like Moj and Josh have failed to replicate TikTok's success, and Instagram and YouTube will take over India's short-video segment — Creators are instead gravitating toward Instagram and YouTube, which may eventually be the winners in the Indian short-video segment.
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