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  FTC bans 'ask me anything' app for teen use

  Mashable - Rebecca Ruiz

  NGL: ask me anything app tricked young users and made false claims, says FTC. Anonymous messaging apps like NGL: ask me anything are attractive to curious teens eager to share unfiltered opinions or hear candid confessions from their peers. But a new order from the Federal Trade Commission highlights …

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  Cities might hold the key to sustainable woodworking

  Mashable - Teodosia Dobriyanova

  When a tree falls in a city, it is heard — and (re)used. A few years ago, Ben Christensen, who had been working at the intersection between forestry and climate science, had just completed a visit to a wood waste property in his native Albuquerque. What he saw there was expected: seemingly infinite …

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  The consequences of making a nonconsensual deepfake

  Mashable - Rebecca Ruiz

  Making a nonconsensual deepfake could lead to legal and financial repercussions. Lawyer Sean Smith has seen up close how nonconsensual deepfakes, a form of image-based sexual abuse, can ruin lives. Smith, a family law attorney with the Roseland, New Jersey, firm Brach Eichler, recently represented …

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  SXSW officially drops U.S. Army sponsors following protests for Palestine

  Mashable - Chase DiBenedetto

  The festival is also axing companies involved in weapons manufacturing. Annual innovation and entertainment festival SXSW is changing up its funding streams for next year's events, with the organization announcing it would stop taking sponsorship money from military affiliates. The organization's …

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  On social media, the conversation about pinkwashing and Palestine is amplified

  Mashable - Meera Navlakha

  This Pride Month, people are drawing attention to an ongoing and reductive rhetoric. In November 2023, a month after Hamas launched an attack on Israel and war was subsequently unleashed on the people of Palestine, the state of Israel took to Instagram with a widely-shared post. The first picture …

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  Yelp's latest update adds new ways to find accessible businesses and AI-powered alt text

  Mashable - Chase DiBenedetto

  Search for braille menus, ADA compliant buildings, and even closed captioning on bar TVs. Yelp is launching a new array of searchable accessibility tags this week, part of the platform's recognition of July's Disability Pride Month. Users can now sort their results by business features that …