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Apple Discontinues Clips Video App

Apple has discontinued Clips, its video creation app that struggled to find its footing between the demise of Vine and the rise of TikTok. The app’s fate may reflect broader issues with Apple’s approach to social media and app development.

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Wall Street Journal Video Explores TikTok’s Troubling Algorithm

The social media service TikTok is known for how it algorithmically decides which videos you want to watch. The Wall Street Journal created dozens of automated accounts to see how it works so well, or rather, how it tends to send people down rabbit holes that may not be healthy.

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TikTok Amends Privacy Policy to Allow Collection of Biometric Identifiers and Information

It should come as no surprise that TikTok collects a vast amount of data from its users. Now the company is being more upfront about some of that biometric data. Transparent, but creepy.