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Operation Match: How the first computerized dating service came to be
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (71+ words) Back in the 1960s, a couple of Harvard students had an idea. From Radio Diaries, this is a look back at the creation of the very first computerized dating service. Operation Match: How the first computerized dating service came to be…...
With increasing AI popularity, how can you make your emails sound more human?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (66+ words) Artificial intelligence email assistants are crafting perfect, tailor-made messages with minimal human input. With increasing AI popularity, how can you make your emails sound more human? Artificial intelligence email assistants are crafting perfect, tailor-made messages with minimal human input. But…...
Google launches a lawsuit targeting text message scammers
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (581+ words) If you have a mobile phone, you have no doubt seen some dodgy texts. More often than not, these texts are scams. The websites you are directed to are fakes, often decked out with a misappropriated Google logo to trick…...
Your ballot or other mail may not get postmarked by USPS the day it's dropped off
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (482+ words) Changes at the U.S. Postal Service are forcing people who rely on postmarks when voting, filing taxes or mailing legal documents to be extra careful when cutting it close to deadlines. Postmarks include the dates that USPS stamps on envelopes, and…...
Sora gives deepfakes 'a publicist and a distribution deal.' It could change the internet
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (940+ words) Videos made with OpenAI's Sora app are flooding TikTok, Instagram Reels and other platforms, making people increasingly familiar " and fed up " with nearly unavoidable synthetic footage being pumped out by what amounts to an artificial intelligence slop machine. "It's as…...
Oklahoma prisons one step closer to blocking contraband cell phone signals
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (545+ words) The Oklahoma Department of Corrections might soon have a long-forbidden security tool at its disposal. "The Commission will take public input on a proposal to make clear that, while jamming of authorized radio transmissions is not allowed, signals from illegal…...
Dating app data is hard to access, so researchers made their own app
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (96+ words) Dating apps collect a lot of useful data from their users that could help researchers better understand love and relationships. Dating app data is hard to access, so researchers made their own app Dating apps collect a lot of useful…...
The 'dark patterns' at the center of FTC's lawsuit against Amazon
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (73+ words) This week, the trial starts in a consequential FTC lawsuit against Amazon. The suit alleges that Amazon for years "tricked" people into buying Prime memberships that were purposefully hard to cancel. The 'dark patterns' at the center of FTC's lawsuit…...
A judge ordered Google to share its search data. What does that mean for user privacy?
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1196+ words) Earlier this month, when U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta issued penalties against Google for monopolizing the search engine market, he stopped short of the harshest ones " like forcing the breakup of the company. Instead, Mehta ordered Google to share portions of…...
Officials announce a 'framework' for keeping TikTok online in the U.S.
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (329+ words) Updated September 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM CDT U.S. officials say they have reached a "framework" for a deal with China over the fate of the hugely popular short-video platform TikTok, an apparent breakthrough in the multi-year standoff over the ban against the Chinese-owned…...