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Oops: Google says it might have deleted your Maps Timeline data

Ars Technica

Google recently changed the way it stored timeline data to improve privacy , but the company now confirms that a "technical issue" resulted in many users losing their timeline history altogether, and there might not be any way to recover it. Read full article Comments Google has been investigating the problem, and the news isn't good.

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Pinterest Changes User Terms So It Can Train AI on User Data and Photos, Regardless of When They Were Posted

Futurism

In other words, it seems that any piece of content, published at any point in the social media site's long history it's been around since 2010 is subject to being fed into an AI model. And here I was hoping someday there'd be something done to slow the waves of AI slop on the site," reads one comment. It's so underhanded.

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GameStop stock halts trading after Reddit drama

The Verge

Trading in stock of video game retailer GameStop (GME) was halted briefly Friday, as it soared more than 70 percent, due partly to the enthusiastic support of a group of Reddit day traders. GameStop’s Reddit-related surge triggered a circuit breaker stoppage when it rose 69 percent (nice) on Friday around 12:45PM ET.

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The latest Windows 10 update could cause your printer to crash your PC

The Verge

Windows users are complaining across Reddit as well. This issue was confirmed across four computers,” said one Reddit user. “We We just got 3 calls from clients all experiencing this same issue,” another commenter said. Some Reddit users confirmed that this fixed their problem. Getty Images.

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Reddit is bringing back r/Place, its April Fools’ Day art experiment

The Verge

Reddit has brought back its April Fools’ Day project. Reddit said Monday that it’s bringing back its r/Place April Fools’ Day experience for four days beginning April 1st. If you visit the page but you’re not logged in to Reddit, you can still see the image evolve in real time, but won’t be able to place tiles of your own. “We

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Chrome is blocking popular extension The Great Suspender, but there’s a way to recover your tabs

The Verge

Some are worried about losing their tabs, but Reddit users have found a way to recover them (via XDA-Developers’ Mishaal Rahman ). Reddit user avatar_ENG also discovered you can still get those tabs back by searching your Chrome history. At the end will be the address for the page you were on.

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Today I learned you can turn off Reddit’s obnoxious app install pop-up with a simple checkbox

The Verge

My preferred way to surf Reddit is via the mobile website. Since I’m not usually logged in, it helps me manage my screen time, too; you can only scroll down so far in comment threads until Reddit prompts you to enter your username and password. I take that as a sign that I’ve scrolled far enough and move on.

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