Here are some of the key points from the "This Week in Apps" newsletter:
Top Stories
- Parler is back on the App Store after a brief ban, but with some new rules to follow.
- TikTok users are trying to migrate to the Chinese app RedNote, but it’s not going too well.
App Launches
- Capture App: A blockchain camera app that secures metadata associated with photos and allows users to adjust privacy settings.
- Loupe: An app that modernizes sports card collecting by allowing users to participate in daily box breaks, host livestreams, collect alongside fellow collectors, and purchase new sports cards.
Trends
- The SEC is suing Elon Musk for allegedly failing to disclose Twitter’s acquisition on time.
- Google’s NotebookLM had to teach its AI podcast hosts not to act annoyed at humans.
- Flipboard launches Surf, a new app for browsing the open social web.
Other News
- Meta execs were obsessed with beating OpenAI’s GPT-4 internally, court filings reveal.
- The DOJ confirms that the FBI mass-deleted Chinese malware from thousands of US computers.
- OpenAI’s AI reasoning model "thinks" in Chinese sometimes and no one really knows why.
Let me know if you’d like me to summarize anything else!
