Ohio Attorney General: Yost Unveils Statewide Crime and Sentencing Data Dashboard. “The Ohio Crime Statistics Dashboard, now accessible on the Attorney General’s website, compiles felony arrest and sentencing data dating back the past 10 years for all 88 counties. It is the first public-facing dashboard of its kind in Ohio.”
Kagi Blog: An update on Kagi Translate. “Some of you might have noticed that Translate no longer works when you’re signed out, or that it shows as offline. This is because we have temporarily turned off free access while we work through the cost of running Translate. If you have an active subscription, Translate still works.”
TechCrunch: TikTok launches TikTok Pro Events, an app for cultural moments like the FIFA World Cup. “TikTok announced on Wednesday that it’s launching a new stand-alone app in the U.S. dedicated to cultural milestones like the upcoming FIFA World Cup. The new app, called TikTok Pro Events, allows users to engage with other fans, explore trending videos, and access curated creator feeds.”
Engadget: Google experiments with sending Chrome searches straight to AI . “Windows Report has discovered a new hidden hidden flag in Chrome Canary, the browser’s most experimental variant meant for developers and early adopters, that will take you to AI Mode by default…. Google’s VP of Search Engineering, Rajan Patel, quickly shot this down though with a post on X.”
AROUND THE SEARCH & SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD
The Guardian: Consumer protection agency deletes thousands of pages as Trump administration seeks to dismantle it. “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau deleted at least 2,200 webpages from its website last month, a move advocates say is part of the Trump administration’s latest effort to dismantle the federal consumer finance watchdog.”
CT Insider: Rare Lincoln documents lost in New London after historian drives off with folder on car roof. “It was shortly after 4 p.m., when the library closed, that everything went wrong for [Sameer] Somal. While moving video equipment out of the building, he placed the black folder containing the rare documents on the hood of his car, along with a book on Lincoln. Then, he drove off.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
Mashable: Meta quietly added facial recognition code for smart glasses to its app, says it’s just exploring. “A Wired investigation discovered that the code has been added to Meta’s AI app over ‘multiple updates this year.’ The feature is internally called NameTag, and it can reportedly identity people captured by the camera on Meta’s smart glasses, including Ray-Bans and Oakleys, as well as alert the wearer when it recognizes someone.”
Reuters: Thai watchdog to sue Meta over Facebook scam ads targeting users. “Thailand’s consumer watchdog said it will sue Meta’s Facebook for allegedly allowing scammers to use the platform to defraud users through adverts and for failing to protect consumers, the Consumer Council said on Thursday.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
UCLA: California Bird Atlas calls for public help to map breeding birds. “This first annual California Bird Atlas Big Weekend is an intensive event in which thousands of people will log bird observations and submit them to the world’s largest ornithology database. Scientists will study the information submitted to understand how and where birds live in a dynamic world.”
PsyPost: Recommendation algorithms might be making your entertainment boring, new research suggests. “A recent study published in the Journal of Cultural Economics suggests that highly accurate content recommendation algorithms might accidentally make our entertainment feel boring over time. The theoretical model indicates that injecting a small amount of randomness into these systems tends to improve long-term user satisfaction.” Good afternoon, Internet…
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