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App Tracking Protection is pretty much self-explanatory. It prevents apps on your phone from tracking your usage, online activities, and personal data. When enabled, the tool will detect when an app prepares to send your data to third-party trackers. It will then block that attempt, thus protecting your privacy. You get a real-time counter showing which tracking company tried to obtain data from your apps. Most often, it’s Google snooping in your apps, with relentless tracking attempts....

Twitter Blue fees were set at $3 per month and then increased to $5 in July. Elon Musk now wants to charge verified users $20 per month, and they have 90 days to sign up for the plan. Additionally, Twitter employees should implement the new policy by November 7th, with their jobs in line. Of course, Musk already clarified that he plans to revamp the whole verification process, but almost no one expected to see a $20 fee for the Blue subscription....

The Wall Street Journal (via) talks about internal documents and presentations dating back to 2016. Company officials were reportedly aware of the fact that Facebook’s recommendation algorithms caused divisiveness. However, the report adds, the executives brushed aside any potential solutions. The report names Facebook’s VP of Global Public Policy, Joel Kaplan, as a strong voice against the proposed reforms. Kaplan reportedly cited the example of any policy changes potentially harming groups like the Girl Scouts of America....

Laptops will span a range of price points, too. So there is likely to be something that fits most budgets for consumers who are searching for a gaming laptop or a laptop upgrade. In addition to the Legion 5 Pro and Legion 5i Pro, Lenovo is also announcing the Legion 5i and Legion 5. The laptops can come with either Intel’s latest 12th Gen processors or the latest generation of AMD Ryzen processors....

We’ve seen some leaks regarding this before, but this particular leak is very specific. It ties every color of the phone with a specific storage setup. It also uses names for the phone’s colors that Samsung will use. The Galaxy Z Fold 4 colors & storage options both get revealed The Galaxy Z Fold 4 colors & storage options both get revealed This information got shared by Evan Blass aka @evleaks....