Digging into all the tech news you might have missed so you don't have to.

Tea App pulled from Apple's app store: https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/22/apple-confirms-it-pulled-controversial-dating-apps-tea-and-teaonher-from-the-app-store/

Spotify running anti-immigrant ads for ICE, bands and labels pull their content: https://www.stereogum.com/2317141/king-gizzard-the-lizard-wizard-remove-their-music-from-spotify-fuck-spotify/music/

Boycott Spotify campaign info: bit.ly/cancelspotify

Dodgy website collecting donations to punish people over Charlie Kirk comments won't say how the money was used, donors feel scammed (because they were): https://x.com/forcharliekirk1/status/1967019271097295187

Kristy Noem posted a video of a masked youth with captions saying he was targeting ICE agents for a bounty offered by drug cartels: https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1979265889599131994

Except the guy in the video says he recorded it months ago, it was about Iran, and DHS added those captions themselves: https://www.tiktok.com/@mr.floridajhit/video/7562384689126837518?_r=1&_t=ZP-90nJ1pU7qkZ

Live streamers were afraid to go to TwitchCon because of lax security and past incidents and then streamer Emiru was assaulted on stage: https://www.tubefilter.com/2025/09/25/valkyrae-qtcinderella-twitchcon-security-dan-clancy/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/1oam2d3/twitch_streamer_emiru_was_assaulted_at_twitchcon/

OpenAI announces a new AI-powered web browser. It's a convenient security nightmare. This hilarious review sums it up well: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7386538226838183936-lXqZ/

The annual survey "Teen and Screens" is full of interesting data about what young people are into. Among other things, they want to see authentic friendships: https://www.scholarsandstorytellers.com/teens-screens-25

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Digging into all the tech news you might have missed so you don't have to.
Tea App pulled from Apple's app store: <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/22/apple-confirms-it-pulled-controversial-dating-apps-tea-and-teaonher-from-the-app-store/">https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/22/apple-confirms-it-pulled-controversial-dating-apps-tea-and-teaonher-from-the-app-store/</a>
Spotify running anti-immigrant ads for ICE, bands and labels pull their content:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.stereogum.com/2317141/king-gizzard-the-lizard-wizard-remove-their-music-from-spotify-fuck-spotify/music/">https://www.stereogum.com/2317141/king-gizzard-the-lizard-wizard-remove-their-music-from-spotify-fuck-spotify/music/</a>
Boycott Spotify campaign info: <a href="http://bit.ly/cancelspotify">bit.ly/cancelspotify</a>
Dodgy website collecting donations to punish people over Charlie Kirk comments won't say how the money was used, donors feel scammed (because they were):&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/forcharliekirk1/status/1967019271097295187">https://x.com/forcharliekirk1/status/1967019271097295187</a>
Kristy Noem posted a video of a masked youth with captions saying he was targeting ICE agents for a bounty offered by drug cartels: <a href="https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1979265889599131994">https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1979265889599131994</a>
Except the guy in the video says he recorded it months ago, it was about Iran, and DHS added those captions themselves:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@mr.floridajhit/video/7562384689126837518?_r=1&amp;_t=ZP-90nJ1pU7qkZ">https://www.tiktok.com/@mr.floridajhit/video/7562384689126837518?_r=1&amp;_t=ZP-90nJ1pU7qkZ</a>
Live streamers were afraid to go to TwitchCon because of lax security and past incidents and then streamer Emiru was assaulted on stage: <a href="https://www.tubefilter.com/2025/09/25/valkyrae-qtcinderella-twitchcon-security-dan-clancy/">https://www.tubefilter.com/2025/09/25/valkyrae-qtcinderella-twitchcon-security-dan-clancy/</a> and <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/1oam2d3/twitch_streamer_emiru_was_assaulted_at_twitchcon/">https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/1oam2d3/twitch_streamer_emiru_was_assaulted_at_twitchcon/</a>
OpenAI announces a new AI-powered web browser. It's a convenient security nightmare. This hilarious review sums it up well:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7386538226838183936-lXqZ/">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7386538226838183936-lXqZ/</a>
The annual survey "Teen and Screens" is full of interesting data about what young people are into. Among other things, they want to see authentic friendships: <a href="https://www.scholarsandstorytellers.com/teens-screens-25">https://www.scholarsandstorytellers.com/teens-screens-25</a>
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