Friday, October 16, 2026
Your iOS app may still be covertly tracking you, despite what Apple says
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Your iOS app may still be covertly tracking you, despite what Apple says

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Last year, Apple enacted App Tracking Transparency, a mandatory policy that forbids app makers from tracking user activity across other apps without first receiving those users’ explicit permission. Privacy advocates praised the initiative, and Facebook warned it would spell certain doom for companies that rely on targeted advertising. However, research published…

Shameful: Insteon looks dead—just like its users’ smart homes
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Shameful: Insteon looks dead—just like its users’ smart homes

Enlarge / The lighting puns write themselves. (credit: Insteon) The smart home company Insteon has vanished. The entire company seems to have abruptly shut down just before the weekend, breaking users' cloud-dependent smart-home setups without warning. Users say the service has been down for three days now despite the company status page saying, "All Services Online."…

Musk keeps falsely claiming “Funding secured” tweet was accurate, judge is told
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Musk keeps falsely claiming “Funding secured” tweet was accurate, judge is told

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto) The shareholder who sued Elon Musk and Tesla over Musk's infamous "Funding secured" tweet is seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent Musk from continuing to claim publicly that the 2018 tweet was accurate. The lead plaintiff representing a class of Tesla shareholders says a federal judge has already ruled…

How plants turned predator
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How plants turned predator

Enlarge / A blow fly trapped on a carnivorous sundew plant. (credit: Cathy Keifer | Getty) Toward the end of the 19th century, lurid tales of killer plants began popping up everywhere. Terrible, tentacle-waving trees snatched and swallowed unwary travelers in far-off lands. Mad professors raised monstrous sundews and pitcher plants on raw steak until…