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Honey: all the news about PayPal’s alleged scam coupon app

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Some YouTubers say Honey’s practices are stealing money from them. PayPal’s Honey browser extension has been lauded for years as an easy way to find coupons online. But some are calling it a “scam” after a deep dive from Yo...

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Instagram alternative Pixelfed now has apps

Image: Pixelfed Pixelfed, a decentralized and ad-free Instagram alternative, now has apps on iOS and Android, as reported by TechCrunch. The iOS app launched today, while the Android app launched on January 10th. The platform is seeing a surge in popularit...

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Why CEO Matt Garman is willing to bet AWS on AI

Photo illustration by The Verge / Photo: Amazon AWS chief Matt Garman says Amazon is already seeing the benefits of its massive AI investments. Read the full story at The Verge....

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Amazon Prime will shut down its clothing try-on program

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon will be winding down its Prime Try Before You Buy program, which let Prime members try on clothes before paying for them, reports The Information. It will shutter on January 31st, according to a banner at the ...

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Automattic cuts WordPress contribution hours, blames WP Engine

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Automattic, the company that runs WordPress.com, is scaling back its contributions to the WordPress open-source project, according to an announcement on Thursday. The company says it’s decreasing contributions to “match” th...

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Spotify showed porn videos in search results for some popular artists

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge A Reddit user posted a screenshot overnight of a Spotify search that brought a surprise: a pornographic video tucked into suggested results for the rapper M.I.A. Here’s a NSFW link to the thread. The video shown in ...

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Hackers hijacked legitimate Chrome extensions to try to steal data

Illustration by Carlo Cadenas / The Verge A cyberattack campaign inserted malicious code into multiple Chrome browser extensions as far back as mid-December, Reuters reported yesterday. The code appeared designed to steal browser cookies and authentication...

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Honey’s deal-hunting browser extension is accused of ripping off customers and YouTubers

The PayPal Honey browser extension is, in theory, a handy way to find better deals on products while you’re shopping online. But in a video published this weekend, YouTuber MegaLag claims the extension is a “scam” and that Honey has been “stealing money from influ...

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Flipboard’s Surf app is a big new idea about the future of social

Surf’s homepage is just feeds. It’s feeds all the way down. | Image: David Pierce / Flipboard Mike McCue, the CEO of Flipboard and an internet entrepreneur since the Netscape days, is a true believer in the fediverse. He doesn’t love the word: he’d much ra...

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Social networks in 2024: bless this mess

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images We didn’t all flock to a new platform or build on a thrilling new protocol. We went everywhere, and did everything, all at once. Read the full story at The Verge....

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