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    Ongoing phishing attack abuses Google Calendar to bypass spam filters

    An ongoing phishing scam is abusing Google Calendar invites and Google Drawings pages to steal credentials while bypassing spam filters. According to Check Point, which has been monitoring the phishing attack, the threat actors have targeted 300 brands with over 4,000 emails sent in four weeks. Check Point told BleepingComputer that the attacks targeted a broad range of companies, including educational institutions,…

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    Yelp’s new AI-powered review filters will show what you want to know

    Yelp is introducing some new AI features that aim to help users discover new establishments and narrow down customer reviews. The AI-powered “Review Insights,” announced today as part of Yelp’s end-of-year product release, quickly summarize how customers feel about certain aspects of a business, such as food quality, service, ambiance, and wait times. Review insights are aggregated sentiment scores that…

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    TikTok will block beauty filters for teens over mental health concerns

    TikTok is placing age restrictions on some of its beauty filters to address concerns about how they impact the mental health of its teenage users. Some of the changes rolling out “in the coming weeks” include preventing under-18s from using certain appearance-altering effects, and expanding filter descriptions to specify what the filters adjust when applied. The press release says that…

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    WhatsApp Adds Filters and Backgrounds to Spice up Your Video Calls!

    WhatsApp has been on a roll lately, introducing new features such as the creation of AI images from attachments, the ability to like status updates, and more features in September. Now, as we step into October, WhatsApp has officially added Filters and Backgrounds for video calls to its app. This comes as an attempt to make video calls more engaging…

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    I Tried My iPhone’s Color Filters, Here Are My Favorites

    Key Takeaways Color Filters can be used to help cut down on screen time, to make certain colors seem more vibrant, and as more intese version of Night Shift for evening iPhone use. Turn on Color Filters in Settings > Accessibility > Vision to customize display colors including Grayscale. Use Color Filters shortcuts for easy access, adjusting intensity & automating…

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    Meta is ending support for custom face filters in its apps

    Meta is shutting down all third-party face filters and AR effects on Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger, along with the tools used to create them, on January 14th, 2025. That includes any created by brands and other third parties, the company wrote in a blog post today. Meta’s own AR effects will continue to operate, however. The Meta Spark platform is…

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    WhatsApp Wants to Be Snapchat So Bad That It’s Adding AR Filters

    Earlier last month, WhatsApp released some new features, including AR effects filters and backgrounds for video calls. This is similar to AR face lenses that have existed on Snapchat for several years now. At the time, video call effects were exclusive to the Android app but looks like the WhatsApp is also bringing them to iPhone users pretty soon. As…

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