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

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Pinterest is the latest tech company to position itself to swallow user data for AI training, following suit with Meta , which owns Facebook and Instagram, Reddit , and Google , among others. It should've been the user's choice to check that, not theirs."

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GameStop stock halts trading after Reddit drama

The Verge

Photo by Johnny Louis/Getty Images. 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 is the most-shorted stock in the market.

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Adobe accidentally deleted people’s photos in latest Lightroom update

The Verge

Photo Illustration by Mateusz Slodkowski / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images. For the past two days, photographers have been posting in a panic across Twitter, Reddit, and the Photoshop feedback forums. They’d downloaded Adobe’s latest update for Lightroom’s iOS app, and suddenly, their photos and presets were gone.

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TikTok, Reddit, and Facebook are struggling with ivermectin misinformation

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Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images. TikTok, Reddit, and Facebook are dealing with waves of content about ivermectin, an anti-parasite drug that has picked up traction among anti-vaxxers as a COVID-19 treatment. According to a spokesperson, Reddit is currently reviewing r/ivermectin and related communities on the site.

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Reddit reports 18 percent reduction in hateful content after banning nearly 7,000 subreddits

The Verge

In June this year, Reddit began a huge campaign to remove hateful content from its site, blocking communities that engaged in hate speech and harassment. While I would love that number to be 100 percent, I’m encouraged by the progress,” writes Reddit user u/worstnerd , a member of the company’s Safety team. Image: Reddit.

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An Instagram bug showed a ‘camera on’ indicator for iOS 14 devices even when users weren’t taking photos

The Verge

In the latest instance of iOS 14’s beta mode tattling on unexpected app behavior, some users reported that they were seeing the green “camera on” indicator while using Instagram when they were just scrolling through their feeds, not taking a photo or video. Then control panel ratted out the app behind it. This is going to change things.

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The leaning rail is the new bench. Not every butt is happy about it

Fast Company Tech

Thanks, I hate it, one Reddit user wrote. Reacting to a photo of the newly installed leaning rail, some called it hostile architecture that is intended to deter the homeless while disregarding the needs of people with mobility challenges. baffled, another Reddit user wrote. Some subway users were unenthusiastic about the idea.