Today’s pick
Clearview AI, Used by Police to Find Criminals, Now in Public Defenders' Hands. It was the scariest night of Andrew Grantt Conlyn's life. He sat in the passenger seat of a two-door 1997 Ford Mustang, clutching his seatbelt, as his friend drove approximately 100 miles per hour down a palm tree-lined avenue in Fort Myers, Fla. (Kashmir Hill / The New York Times)
The $300bn Google-Meta advertising duopoly is under attack. For the past decade there were two more or less universally acknowledged truths about digital advertising. First, the rapidly growing industry was largely impervious to the business cycle. Second, it was dominated by the duopoly of Google… ( The Economist)
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GTA 6 gameplay leaks online in 90 videos. Footage of Grand Theft Auto VI, Rockstar’s next entry in its open-world franchise, has leaked online. PC Gamer reports that a user on the GTA Forums has posted a 3GB file full of 90 videos of GTA VI footage. (Tom Warren / The Verge)
Apple Flexes Muscle as Quiet Power Behind App Developer Group. Company funds more than half of group's budget, shapes goals Association chief says it backs the interests of developers The App Association brands itself as the leading voice for thousands of app developers around the world. In reality, the vast… (Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg)
How to Use DuckDuckGo's Privacy-First Email. Having offered a privacy-focused search engine since 2008, DuckDuckGo is now turning its attention to email: Its new Email Protection service gives you an @duck.com email address, which you can use as a buffer between your actual email inbox and… (David Nield / WIRED)
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