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OpenAI killed a ChatGPT feature that made some sensitive conversations publicly searchable.

The search-engine-indexing feature recently went viral online — if you knew where to look, anyone on the internet could access public ChatGPT logs where people seemed to confess to crimes, share trade secrets, and more potentially damning scenarios.

Dane Stuckey, OpenAI’s CISO, shared in an X post Thursday that it will be removed starting Friday morning.

ChatGPT screenshot for the feature that allowed users to create a public link and choose to make it searchable.
That checkbox will disappear tomorrow.
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Oakley Meta HSTN Limited Edition review: a polarizing choice

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Great for outdoorsy folks. Everyone else, get the Ray-Bans.

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The Verge’s 2025 back-to-school shopping guide

We’ve collected 30-odd items designed to make student life that much easier (and far more enjoyable).

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Charles Pulliam-Moore
Pray for the content moderators.

In director Uta Briesewitz’s upcoming thriller American Sweatshop, a social media content moderator (Lili Reinhart) can’t move on from a gruesome murder she’s forced to watch as part of her job. The movie’s trailer makes it look like a smart way to focus on the real horrors people have to endure to keep the internet running, which might make it a surprise hit when it hits theaters on September 19th.

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Sean Hollister
Today I’m toying with tiny Game Boys.

From the makers of TinyTV: the $50 Thumby Color and $30 Thumby. Raspberry Pi Pico chips run at just in the low hundred MHz, displays are 0.85 or 0.4 inches respectively! But that’s enough for MicroPython games you can code in a web browser, or even real Doom on the OG Thumby (find installers here). More in my full story.

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 is stuck in a familiar orbit

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I’m at peace with the squircle. Gemini is promising. But the sum of the parts doesn’t add up to a must-have upgrade.

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Jay Peters
I need your help for Installer!

I want to know what you’re into right now for the Installer newsletter. What are you reading / watching / playing / going down a deep rabbit hole about? Tell me in the comments so I can include it! (And subscribe to Installer!)

Sorry this is a bit later than usual. I thought I had hit the button to publish the post, but I guess not!

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Andrew Webster
The battle begins this fall.

After being officially announced a week ago, Battlefield 6 now has a release date: October 10th. Going along with the news is the debut trailer for the game’s multiplayer mode.

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Lauren Feiner
Senator proposes calling off the TikTok ban — legally.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly ignored the bipartisan law banning TikTok from operating in the US unless it’s separated from Chinese parent company ByteDance. Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) is calling for a new way to avoid a ban without breaking the law. In a draft bill, Markey proposes letting TikTok operate in the US as long as it provides transparency into its content moderation and keeps US user data out of countries like China.

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Charles Pulliam-Moore
Alfie Allen has a (new role on) 3 Body Problem.

Production on the second season of Netflix’s 3 Body Problem adaptation is now underway, and the show has added Alfie Allen, Claudia Doumit, and Ellie De Lange to its cast.

Women’s ‘red flag’ app Tea is a privacy nightmare

After last week’s hack, the app has been breached again.

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Emma Roth
Google’s Pixel Watch 4 might stay the same price, too.

After a leak from Android Headlines showed no major pricing changes for the Pixel 10 lineup, the outlet has shared another rumor that suggests the 41mm Pixel Watch 4 will start at the same $349 price tag for the Wi-Fi version, increasing to $399 for the LTE variant.

Meanwhile, Android Headlines says the larger 45mm Pixel Watch 4 could cost $399 for the Wi-Fi version and $449 with LTE.

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Jay Peters
A new leak shows off Google’s next budget-friendly Pixel Buds.

Android Headlines published renders of the unannounced Pixel Buds 2A in a light purple color that Google will apparently call “Iris.” I like it. A pair of gray buds showed up in a recent Evan Blass leak, but Android Headlines reports that those are actually a new color for the Pixel Buds Pro 2.

Google is expected to announce a bunch of Pixel hardware at its August 20th event.

Update: Added detail about potential new gray earbuds.

How Trump let Boeing off the hook for the 737 MAX crashes

Can we trust Boeing to actually regulate itself?

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Jay Peters
Twitch is opening up some monetization tools to more people.

Starting today in the US, “we’re giving all streamers access to some of our best monetization and community building tools including Bits, subs, emotes, badges, and Channel Points,” Twitch says. Twitch is also making it easier to reach Affiliate status, which opens up additional streaming features.

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Andrew Webster
Long Story Short is getting even longer.

The new show from BoJack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg hasn’t actually premiered yet — it starts streaming on August 22nd — but Netflix has already confirmed it’ll be getting a second season. In the meantime, you can check out this new trailer that sets up the time-jumping family story.

A guide to the best sci-fi streaming this summer

Foundation and Strange New Worlds return, while Alien: Earth and Eyes of Wakanda will make their debuts.

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Bose is partnering with Epson for new home theater projectors.

Epson has already tip-toed into the all-in-one projector market with its EpiqVision Mini, but the company is looking to expand its consumer-friendly offerings. Yesterday Epson announced a new partnership and a new lineup of all-in-one projectors featuring “Sound by Bose technology” that will launch in the US and China in September 2025.

There are no other details, but the Bose partnership could help Epson compete with companies like Xgimi and Anker who already offer affordable all-in-one solutions.

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Nintendo is ready to show off its partners.

At 9AM ET, Nintendo is airing its next Direct showcase, but this time the focus will be on titles from third-party developers. Are we finally going to see Silksong again? You can watch it all live below.

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Proton is adding yet another privacy-focused app to its arsenal.

The company has introduced Proton Authenticator, an open-source two-factor authentication app that can sync 2FA codes across devices using end-to-end encryption. Though Proton’s password manager already comes with a built-in 2FA feature, Proton says using its standalone Authenticator offers an “extra layer of security” by generating codes in a separate app.

Proton Authentication is available for free on Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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