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• Dating app Badoo is now using AI to detect unsolicited dick pics

  Badoo says the "Private Detector" can spot 98% of dick pics, nudes, and other inappropriate content.

  • Thomas Macaulay

• Google is testing Smart Compose on WhatsApp and Telegram

  Users of Gboard beta have spotted Smart Compose popping up in Google Messages, Telegram, and WhatsApp.

  • Thomas Macaulay

• When two people love each other very much, they can get Spotify Premium Duo for $13

  Spotify doesn't want you fighting with your partner over who gets to play DJ — so it's rolling out a new subscription service ...

  • Mix

• YouTube TV raises price another $15, so I'm cancelling my subscription

  When YouTube TV launched in 2017, it felt like the future of television. It provided the live playback nature of cable channels, with the convenience of also being able to watch later if you wanted. You could watch on any of your devices, and the automated, unlimited Cloud DVR was ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Google Photos won't automatically back up your WhatsApp and Facebook images

  Google Photos will no longer back up images and videos from folders created by messaging apps like WhatsApp and Facebook ...

  • Mix

• Amazon Prime Video rolls out Watch Party feature for movies with friends

  Just a month after Hulu began testing an official 'watch party' feature, Amazon has decided to join the bandwagon. The company today began rolling out a beta of the feature (US-only, for now) that allows up to 100 viewers to participate in synchronized playback of a TV show or ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Reddit bans r/The_Donald and 2000 other hateful subreddits because it was about time

  Reddit's r/The_Donald has long been a thinly veiled breeding ground for racism, misogyny, homophobia, and all-around bigotry devoted to the 45th President of the United States. Today, after years of criticism, Reddit decided to take definitive action against the subreddit of 790,000 ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Apple dictating countries' contact-tracing app policies won’t help its EU anti-trust probe

  There’s a growing problem with Apple’s role in the contact-tracing apps that countries are developing to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. This has been underlined by the UK’s announcement that its long-awaited NHSx app is being parked in favor of a different model recommended ...

  • The Conversation

• YouTube is targeting TikTok with a new 15-second video recording feature

  Facebook and Instagram are both trying their hand at short-video platforms to rival TikTok, with Lasso and Reels. So why should YouTube feel left out? The video streaming company is now experimenting with a new feature that will let you record 15-second videos. Earlier this week, ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• European Ford drivers could save up to $670 as marque makes some connected features free

  In a move that's surely going to please new Ford owners, the US carmaker has made its connected car features free for European ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Slack announces Slack Connect, its attempt to replace email across businesses

  Email is slow, but when it comes to communicating across organizations, it's pretty much the best we've got. Now Slack thinks ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Snapchat removed a Juneteenth filter that made users smile to break chains

  Earlier today, Snapchat launched a filter that was supposed to honor Juneteenth. It was then promptly removed, because, ...

  • Napier Lopez