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Mental health apps have terrible privacy protections, report finds
As a category, mental health apps have worse privacy protections for users than most other types of apps, according to a new analysis from researchers at Mozilla. Prayer apps also had poor privacy standards, the team found. “The vast majority of mental health and prayer apps are exceptionally creepy,” Jen Caltrider, the Mozilla *Privacy Not …
Terrible ‘Cats,’ Aging Technology, and More News
The Cats reception is cold and you’re getting old, but first: a cartoon about Bluetooth Secret Santa. Here’s the news you need to know, in two minutes or less. Want to receive this two-minute roundup as an email every weekday? Sign up here! Today’s News Cats is as terrible as the internet guessed it might …
Former smokers are picking up some terrible habits that pose major health risks
Former smokers are prone to replacing one habit with another. Between 2005 and 2016, major depression among former smokers rose to 6% from nearly 5%. They also said their use of marijuana had increased to 10.1% from 5.3% in the year prior to being interviewed, and binge drinking rose to 22.3% from 17.2% in the …
An “AI Race” Between U.S. and China Is a Terrible Idea
Illustration: Soohee Cho/The Intercept Perhaps because it lies at the perfect nexus of genuinely-very-complicated and impossibly-confounded-by-marketing-buzzword-speak, the term “AI” has become a catchall for anything algorithmic and sufficiently technologically impressive. AI, which is supposed to stand for “artificial intelligence,” now spans applications from cameras to the military to medicine. The race is on, and if …
Why Facebook Boost Posts Are Terrible For Promoting Your Music
A lot of musicians are literally throwing their money down the drain. I’m not talking about that awesome new guitar pedal you just bought… instead I’m talking about Facebook boost posts. I know that Facebook boost posts are popular and a lot of musicians are using them but they’re actually not the best way for …
