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Twitter will let users report misinformation for first time. Not all flagged tweets will be reviewed by fact checkers Test will run in the U.S., Australia and South Korea Twitter Inc. is adding an option for users to report misinformation to the company, but says the expanded ability to flag tweets won't… (Kurt Wagner via Bloomberg)
Afghans are being evacuated via WhatsApp, Google Forms-by any means possible. Afghans and their allies had been organizing for weeks, but as major cities fell to the Taliban within the span of a week, often without resistance, these efforts took on a new urgency. (Eileen Guo via MIT Technology Review)
Samsung confirms it's removing ads from its stock apps later this year. Samsung has confirmed that it will stop showing ads in default apps including Samsung Weather, Samsung Pay, and Samsung Theme. It follows comments made by its mobile chief TM Roh in an internal town hall meeting reported by Yonhap. (Jon Porter via The Verge)
Apple says researchers can vet its child safety features. It's suing a startup that does just that. In 2019, Apple filed a lawsuit against Corellium, which lets security researchers cheaply and easily test mobile devices by emulating their software, rather than requiring them to access the physical devices. (Patrick Howell O'Neill via MIT Technology Review)
U.S. Halted Dollar Shipments To Afghanistan To Keep Cash Out Of Taliban's Hands. The Biden administration last week canceled bulk shipments of dollars headed for Afghanistan as Taliban fighters were poised to take control of the capital city of Kabul, part of a continuing scramble to keep hundreds of millions of dollars out of the hands of the terrorist group, according to people familiar with the matter. (Kate Davidson via Wall Street Journal)
Vaccinate Kids to Protect Us All. It's easy to argue for vaccinating adults and teenagers against COVID-19. Some think it's harder to make the case for kids under 12 years of age, and for understandable reasons. (Aaron E. Carroll via The Atlantic)
Soaring Cost of Food Is Forcing Families to Scrimp at the Dinner Table. Whether at supermarkets, corner stores, or open-air markets, prices for food have been surging in much of the world, forcing families to make tough decisions about their diets. Meat is often the first to go, ceding space to less expensive proteins… (Tope Alake via Bloomberg)
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