Monday, October 3, 2022

Deliveroo partners with UK supermarket Morrisons to open its first physical store in London; customers can shop in-store, collect orders, or get local delivery (Adam Coghlan/Eater London)

Adam Coghlan / Eater London:
Deliveroo partners with UK supermarket Morrisons to open its first physical store in London; customers can shop in-store, collect orders, or get local delivery  —  Deliveroo is chewing up all of the data.  The London-born, one-time restaurant delivery giant — now omnipresent goods-provider …



Google Chrome: How to send ‘Do not track’ requests to websites

How a website responds to the request determines what happens to your data. For example, after sending a ‘Do not track’ request, many websites continue to gather and use your browsing information to enhance security, offer content, services, advertisements, and recommendations on their websites, as well as produce reporting statistics. https://ift.tt/ZnI7BWj

Sunday, October 2, 2022

New Pegasus attacks on Mexican activists and reporters from 2019-2021 found using 0-click exploits, after the new president called Pegasus a thing of the past (The Citizen Lab)

The Citizen Lab:
New Pegasus attacks on Mexican activists and reporters from 2019-2021 found using 0-click exploits, after the new president called Pegasus a thing of the past  —  Key Takeaways  — Mexican digital rights organization R3D (Red en los Defensa de los Derechos Digitales) …



Sources: Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky withdrew $10M from the crypto lender weeks before freezing customer accounts; one source says $8M was used to pay taxes (Kadhim Shubber/Financial Times)

Kadhim Shubber / Financial Times:
Sources: Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky withdrew $10M from the crypto lender weeks before freezing customer accounts; one source says $8M was used to pay taxes  —  Scrutiny of Alex Mashinsky grows after crypto lender was left with hole in balance sheet  —  Celsius Network founder Alex …



A look at AI chatbots that seek to improve mental health, like Wysa and Woebot, which have millions of users despite scant research to support their efficacy (Grace Browne/Wired)

Grace Browne / Wired:
A look at AI chatbots that seek to improve mental health, like Wysa and Woebot, which have millions of users despite scant research to support their efficacy  —  With human therapists in short supply, AI chatbots are trying to plug the gap—but it's not clear how well they work.  —  Bots Run the Internet



Instagram food photography is becoming more realistic, driven by generational changes, more diverse food creators, and a frustration with the curation culture (Bettina Makalintal/Eater)

Bettina Makalintal / Eater:
Instagram food photography is becoming more realistic, driven by generational changes, more diverse food creators, and a frustration with the curation culture  —  The food blogger aesthetic has given way to something more realistic and DIY: Laissez-faire Instagram food is here



Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; it was last valued at $1.2B in 2024 (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Meir Orbach / CTech : Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; ...