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FTC bans 'ask me anything' app for teen use

mashable.com

Anonymous messaging app NGL tricked young users and made false claims, says FTC.

Florida has temporarily suspended support for its digital driver's license app

appleinsider.com

Florida has abruptly removed its digital driver's license application from the iOS and Android app stores, forcing digital ID holders to rely on physical cards for the time being.

Florida suddenly pulls digital drivers license support for iPhone and Android — tells everyone to delete the app

www.tomsguide.com

In an abrupt move, the state of Florida ended support for digital driver's licenses, telling people to only use physical IDs for now.

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Samsung's Live Translate feature to work with third-party apps, messaging apps

www.gsmarena.com

During Samsung's Unpacked Event that gave us the Galaxy Z Fold6 and Z Flip6, Galaxy Watch7 and Watch Ultra, Galaxy Ring and Galaxy Buds3 series, the company also brought some good news regarding Galaxy AI and its features. The Live…

FTC study finds ‘dark patterns’ used by a majority of subscription apps and websites

techcrunch.com

Dark patterns refer to a range of design techniques that can subtly encourage users to take some sort of action or put their privacy at risk.

Alzheimer’s app could be key for newly diagnosed patients: ‘Meets an important need’

nypost.com

"It gives a prediction that is really tailored to each individual person," said Pieter van der Veere, a physician-researcher at Alzheimer Centre Amsterdam.

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AWS releases new AI tools to simplify app development, improve accuracy

www.axios.com

Amazon Web Services announced updates across several of its AI products on Wednesday as it aims to outpace competitors.

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Woman ‘killed sugar daddy and sliced off his thumb to access banking app’

metro.co.uk

A 22-year-old woman allegedly killed her sugar daddy in Washington, DC, and chopped off his thumb to access his phone finance app.

Fast Food App Feeds Texans Weather Alerts as Project 2025 Aims to Gut National Weather Service

www.thedailybeast.com

Hurricane Beryl’s shockingly strong landfall on the Texas coast knocked out power for over a million Texans, who are relying on a particularly unusual source for power updates—the fast food chain Whataburger’s mobile app.

How Whataburger App Became Texas Power Outage Tracker

kkam.com

Hurricane Beryl has been pummeling Texas, and a lot of the Houston area has been without power. People are unable to get updates because the local outage tracker crashed from high demand. Locals were left with no idea which parts of the…

How Whataburger App Became Texas Power Outage Tracker

kfyo.com

Hurricane Beryl has been pummeling Texas, and a lot of the Houston area has been without power. People are unable to get updates because the local outage tracker crashed from high demand. Locals were left with no idea which parts of the…

Jeremy Clarkson Predicted Lewis Hamilton Win Because of a Weather App Projection

thesportsrush.com

Although Mercedes is finally beginning to become competitive once again, people are hesitant to label them as the favorites for any race. However, former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson does not seem to be one of them. Clarkson confidently…

Texas residents turn to Whataburger app to track power outages amid Hurricane Beryl devastation

www.foxbusiness.com

Texas residents on social media say they are using the app from the fast food restaurant Whataburger to track where power is on and off following the devastation of Hurricane Beryl.

Google Play is not showing available system app updates [U]

9to5google.com

In what could be a bug or behavior change, the Google Play Store is not showing available updates for system-level apps.

Texans using Whataburger app as power outage map after Beryl knocks out electricity for millions

www.kxan.com

Because CenterPoint Energy -- the main electric provider in the Houston area -- does not have an outage map, some residents in the areas affected by Beryl have resorted to checking the Whataburger app to see if there's power near them.

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AWS launches App Studio, which is a generative AI-powered service letting enterprise users create internal apps using text prompts, in public preview (Shubham Sharma/VentureBeat)

www.techmeme.com

AWS launches App Studio, which is a generative AI-powered service letting enterprise users create internal apps using text prompts, in public preview — Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) kicked off its annual summit in New York and announced…

UP: School Teacher Plays Candy Crush, Uses Social Media Apps During Work Hours in Sambhal; Suspended

www.latestly.com

A government school teacher in Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) Sambhal district has been suspended after the District Magistrate (DM) discovered his inappropriate mobile activity during work hours. According to an official report, the teacher played…

‘Destroying the grocery market,’ rages Kroger shopper as app change makes it even harder to get discounts

www.the-sun.com

KROGER customers have had problems with redeeming coupons through the store’s app.