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• China’s social credit system isn’t about scoring citizens — it’s a massive API

  China’s emerging social credit system (SCS): rarely has a topic been more hotly discussed, and more poorly understood. When most people think about the SCS, they imagine it primarily as a scoring mechanism, a way for the central government to rank China’s citizens and companies ...

  • Trivium UB

• Zen is an elegant browser-based text editor for minimalists

  Zen is a minimalist browser-based text editor. And it means business — there's no clutter, it only stores data locally, ...

  • Mix

• Yandex says its new TikTok-style app can identify what you're wearing

  Russian tech giant Yandex just launched a TikTok rival called Sloy, which means 'layer' in Russian. The app lets you create 90-second videos with augmented reality effects and background music. Currently, the app is only available for iOS users in Russia. The company says it plans ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Should 'digital dopers' get banned from sports in the real world too?

  This year cycling got its first British National Zwift e-racing champion, but it also got its first cheater. Here's what ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• WhatsApp for Android has mysteriously disappeared from Google Play [Update: It's back]

  WhatsApp, one of the world's most popular privacy-oriented messengers, has suddenly disappeared from Google Play — and ...

  • Mix

• Google is rolling out dark mode for Gmail and Maps

  Google has confirmed it's releasing dark mode for Gmail and Maps for Android 10 and iOS 11+, which leaves everyone else with ...

  • Mix

• Apple bans app that warns Hong Kong citizens about police activity, again (Updated)

  Apple removes HKmap.live, a crowdsourced live maps app that protestors in Hong Kong used to track police movements, days ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Instagram may finally add DMs to desktop with Messenger-like interface

  People don't really use Instagram on their PCs. The platform is clearly aimed at mobile users, with a relatively sparse desktop ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Instagram turns 'Throwback Thursday' into a Stories feature

  Instagram stories are incredibly popular with more than 500 million people using the feature every day. So there's no surprise ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• YouPorn now lets you create an account without an email

  YouPorn now lets you open an account without entering an email, just like Reddit. It's also introducing a light theme that ...

  • Mix

• Instagram's new feature can help spot phishing scams — here's how

  Instagram is rolling out a new security feature that makes it easy to spot phishing mails that make it seem like they come ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Hulu finally lets you download shows to watch offline (iOS first)

  Well, better late than never. Today Hulu announced it was finally adding the ability to download shows to view offline, following ...

  • Napier Lopez