World chess champ poses for selfie with opponent — then immediately rats her out for having phone

Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, 35, posed for a selfie with Kazakhstani chess prodigy Alua Nurman, 18, then immediately ...

Chess grandmaster takes selfie with opponent... then reports her for using phone

The practice has become so widespread that some chess tournaments use phone-detecting wands to “sweep” the players and the ...
Wall Street Journal

EU Warns Porn Sites Over Access by Minors, Probes Snapchat

The European Union is intensifying efforts to enforce compliance with online child-protection rules, launching a probe into Snapchat SNAP-5.51%decrease; red down pointing triangle and warning ...
The New York Times

Snapchat Investigated in Europe Over Child Safety Policies

Regulators in Brussels accused the social media platform of maintaining a weak age-verification system, and steering younger users toward inappropriate experiences. By Adam Satariano Reporting from ...
CNET

Turn a Photo Into a 5-Second Video With Snapchat's AI Clips Feature

Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for quite a while, including stints at MSNBC.com, MSN, Bing, MoneyTalksNews, Tipico and more. He admits to being ...
Lifehacker

10 Hacks Every Snapchat User Should Know

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...
Popular Science

Man builds electrified chessboard that shocks players for bad moves

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The Hollywood Reporter

Snapchat Sets Inaugural Awards Show The Snappys, Hosted by Matt Friend (Exclusive)

The show will take place on March 31 at Snap's Santa Monica headquarters, with DJ Khaled receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award. By Kirsten Chuba Events Editor The social media platform is hosting ...
WBAY

Wisconsin families join national protest against Snapchat over teen fentanyl deaths

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Dozens of families are protesting Snapchat to raise awareness about deadly dangers in a digital world. They include two families from Wisconsin. Meta, the parent company of ...
Hackaday

Building A Self-Playing Chess Board Robot

As popular as the game of chess is, it has one massive flaw. This being that it requires two participants, which can be a challenge. Although playing chess on a computer against an AI has been a thing ...
TechCrunch

Snapchat now lets you inform others when you have arrived at your destination

After launching a “Home Safe” feature that lets users notify friends and family when they’ve arrived home safely, Snapchat is now introducing additional alerts to inform others when users have arrived ...
Reuters

Illinois man admits to hacking Snapchat accounts to steal nude photos

BOSTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - An Illinois man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to phishing the Snapchat access codes of nearly 600 women in order to hack their accounts and steal nude photos, which he kept, ...