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Listeners, many of them younger users, have been posting on the sparsely trafficked Spotify comment sections of NPR podcast episodes, turning the underused feature into an informal chat space. The comments sections, rather than containing feedback on the episodes themselves, have filled with casual back-and-forth conversation among a recurring group of users.
A tech newsletter digest compiles several unrelated stories, including scammers using sextortion tactics within family group chats, an assessment of which wearable devices give the most reliable sleep data, and a reported change in leadership within Apple's executive ranks.
Scammers are inserting themselves into family text threads by adding an unknown number, then sending pornographic content that appears to depict a relative in order to extort money or coerce victims. Family members are blindsided when explicit material featuring someone they know surfaces directly in a trusted group chat rather than a private message.