A joint investigation by Senators Maggie Hassan and Marsha Blackburn into romance scams on Match Group platforms found that Tinder had not updated most of its machine-learning fraud-detection models in years, weakening its ability to catch scammers. Company data cited in the report showed nearly 1.5 million suspected scammers or bad actors on Tinder and Hinge matched with at least one user through the third quarter of 2025, with close to 500,000 going on to exchange contact information with victims.
theguardian.com
· 2026-10-14
Wireless backup cameras, priced from about $40 to over $400, use Wi-Fi, dedicated radio frequencies or occasionally Bluetooth to send video to a dashboard monitor without needing mobile data. The dashboard unit draws power from a USB port or cigarette lighter, while the rear camera is powered either by splicing into the vehicle's tail-light circuit or via a built-in solar battery. Cameras wired into the tail lights activate automatically in reverse, while battery- or solar-powered units typically need a smartphone app to turn on.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-11
On June 20, 2024, Alistair and Simon Gould discovered nearly all fish in Furnace Brook's 2.4-hectare lake dead, including species like carp, trout, and large eels. The event followed observations of dead fish floating on the water surface, shocking the local community and fishery staff. The incident has devastated the ecosystem and the local fishing community that valued the lake's biodiversity.
theguardian.com
· 2026-10-06
A September 14 memo from Fish and Wildlife Service Director Brian Nesvik instructs staff to only enforce ESA prohibitions when an action specifically intends to target an animal, exempting incidental deaths like a ship striking a whale or a tree-felling that kills roosting bats. This follows an earlier 2024 rule change that removed habitat destruction from the ESA's definition of harm, which officials said was meant to reduce costs for landowners.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-22
A Reddit user reported that their Google Home assistant began calling them 'Fish Lemon' after a casual conversation about cooking fish weeks earlier. The nickname has persisted across reminders, smart display labels, and direct queries about their name, resisting attempts to correct it despite their Google Account showing their real name.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-02
A severe, prolonged drought and heat wave across Central and Eastern Europe have dried up rivers, lakes and fish ponds, killing hundreds of tons of fish in Hungary and threatening more in Serbia, Bosnia, Romania and the Czech Republic. Hungary's meteorological service reports that roughly 99% of the country is under severe or extreme drought, with nearly 1,600 hectares of fish ponds drying out and about 280 metric tons of fish dead at 20 farms.
fortune.com
· 2026-08-30
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