Tech News Weekly 344

The Federal Trade Commission bans an app from being offered to minors. A beloved DVD rental service files for bankruptcy. An old website publication has been resurrected as an 'AI-zombified' website. And what Samsung announced at its latest Galaxy Unpacked event.

• Amanda Silberling joins Mikah this week on Tech News Weekly! Amanda talks about the FTC banning the app NGL from offering its social app to minors following a ruling that the company tricked users into paying its $9.99 monthly subscription. 
• Mikah talks about Chicken Soup For The Soul Entertainment, the company that owns the DVD rental service Redbox. It is now filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy following a filing of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection initially.
• Christina Warren stops by to discuss how a company brought back an old website as an 'AI-zombified' publication, using content pulled from other website publications under the bylines of former authors who wrote for the publication, including Christina herself!
• And finally, Jason Howell returns to TNW to talk with Mikah about everything Samsung announced at its recent Galaxy Unpacked event, including the Galaxy Watch Ultra and Galaxy Ring devices.

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• Tech: Samsung's Latest Galaxy Unpacked: Iterative Updates and Apple-Inspired Designs
• Transcripts: Tech News Weekly 344 Transcript

Links

• FTC bans NGL from offering its anonymous social app to minors
• FTC study finds 'dark patterns' used by a majority of subscription apps and websites
• Chicken Soup For The Soul Entertainment Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
• A Beloved Tech Blog Is Now Publishing AI Articles Under the Names of Its Old Human Staff
• Early Apple tech bloggers are shocked to find their name and work have been AI-zombified
• Every product Samsung unveiled at Unpacked July 2024: Galaxy Z Fold 6, Watch Ultra, Ring, more