Talk therapy apps face new questions about data collection from senators
[ad_1] At the start of the pandemic, demand for talk therapy apps skyrocketed. Prominent players, like BetterHelp and Talkspace, saw their downloads nearly double throughout the first few months of lockdown in 2020. Now, lawmakers like Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) are demanding details on how these companies protect the privacy of their users. In More...
Brave’s search engine lets you customize your results
[ad_1] Brave Search has launched a new feature that gives you a way to create or apply custom filters that change the way its results are ranked. It’s called “Goggles,” and it could potentially help uncover More...
Apple MacBook Pro 13 (2022) review: new chip, old threads
[ad_1] I don’t really care what the M2 MacBook Pro gets on benchmarks. I know that sounds like an odd statement coming from someone who runs benchmarks for a living, but this is not a device where they matter More...
Amazon’s first fully autonomous warehouse robot is called Proteus
[ad_1] Amazon has announced its “first fully autonomous mobile robot,” meant to move large carts throughout its warehouses. The robot is called Proteus, and Amazon says it can safely navigate around human More...
The Future Of: The Verge’s Netflix show about the future of everything is now streaming
[ad_1] It’s taken nearly three years of work, but The Verge’s first Netflix show — The Future Of — is finally here, with a second set of episodes coming on June 28th. The Future Of is an ambitious look More...
There has to be a better way to binge
[ad_1] I’ve been binge-watching TV shows and movies since the 90s. First, it was churning through my sister’s old VHS recordings of Doctor Who and X-Files, then there was collecting and watching whole series More...
TikTok and Oracle teamed up after all, but concerns about data privacy remain
[ad_1] On Friday, TikTok announced that it had started routing American users’ data to US-based servers owned by Oracle. But a timely report from BuzzFeed News calls into question what TikTok’s promise really More...
Telegram’s Premium subscription is here and it costs $4.99 / month
[ad_1] After announcing Telegram Premium earlier this month, the messaging app has finally rolled out the paid tier, which gives users access to extra features for $4.99 / month (via TechCrunch). All the features More...
WhatsApp now lets you mute people during group calls
[ad_1] WhatsApp has rolled out several new features this past week, including the ability to mute people during group calls (via Android Central). This sanity-saving feature seems helpful not just for muting More...
Apple retail workers vote to unionize a store in Maryland
[ad_1] Workers at Apple’s Towson Town Center store in Maryland have voted to unionize, with 65 yeses and 33 nos. Around 110 employees were eligible to vote in the election. The store is the first Apple retail More...
