@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-10-22 13:10:55
YouTube now lets mobile users set a customizable daily limit to restrict how long they can scroll Shorts feeds; the limit notifications are dismissible (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/804113/youtube-shorts-time-limit-pause-feeds…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-10-22 13:10:51
YouTube now lets mobile users set a customizable daily limit to restrict how long they can scroll Shorts feeds; the limit notifications are dismissible (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/804113/youtube-shorts-time-limit-pause-feeds…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-12-23 18:35:52
A federal judge grants a temporary injunction blocking a Texas law requiring mobile app stores to verify users' ages from taking effect on January 1 (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/849752/texas-app-store-accounta…
@metacurity@infosec.exchange2025-10-20 14:44:23
Cybersecurity is never not insanely busy so check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--China says the US attacked mobile devices of timekeeping agency,
--F5 hackers lurked in company's systems for years,
--Cyberattack on supplier is disrupting Japanese retailers,
--Russian hackers stole sensitive UK military documents,
--Envoy Air hacked by Clop,
--Pro-Palestine hackers…
@mlncn@social.coop2025-12-19 01:30:28
https://defend612.com has been blocked at the domain name level for me and at least two other people over T-Mobile networks (which includes GoogleFi, MetroPCS, and… wait for it… Trump Mobile). For at least all day today.
Seems unlikely to be a technical problem but instead to be Actual Censorship (unless its not …
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-10-23 18:16:05
Microdrama platforms borrow aggressive, user-hostile monetization and retention tactics from free-to-play mobile gaming to fuel in-app purchases and ad revenue (Janko Roettgers/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/column/805250/hollywood-…
@rene_mobile@infosec.exchange2025-10-23 09:18:08
So #Vanguard tries really hard to _disable_ any form of using a password manager to log into their site. Do they really believe that it is more secure for people to choose passwords that they can type?
I hate gut-feeling based security methods. Show me the data that this usability blocker has a measurable effect on security and that there aren't other options that don't have thes…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-11-21 05:36:11
Samsung names mobile chief TM Roh as co-CEO and DX division head; Roh was serving as consumer business acting head since April after co-CEO Han Jong-Hee's death (Heekyong Yang/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/samsung-el…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-10-21 20:31:06
DraftKings acquires predictions platform Railbird as it prepares to launch its mobile platform DraftKings Predictions in the coming months (Contessa Brewer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/draftkings-railbird-predictions-platform-acquisition.htm…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-11-21 05:45:48
Meta rolls out link sharing to let users invite up to eight people into their Hyperscape virtual rooms via a Quest 3 or 3S headset, or the Horizon mobile app (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/825705/meta-hyperscape-social-links-capt…
