Tech News Weekly 424

Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins Mikah Sargent this week on Tech News Weekly! A Stanford graduate built a matchmaking algorithm that's sweeping across the Stanford campus. Is social media "clinically addictive"? Discord announced an age-verification process that sparked privacy concerns among users. And the Virtual Boy is back?

• Amanda talks about an AI-powered dating app that was developed by a Stanford graduate and how dating for young adults is becoming more driven by tech.
• Mikah talks about the social media addiction trial and comments made by Instagram's CEO, Adam Mosseri.
• Emma Roth of The Verge joins the show to talk about Discord's age verification mandate that has sparked huge user privacy concerns, especially following a data breach the company suffered last year.
• And Scott Stein of CNET stops by to share his thoughts and time with Nintendo's revival of Virtual Boy as a replica accessory for the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2.

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Links

• A Stanford Experiment to Pair 5,000 Singles Has Taken Over Campus - WSJ
• Instagram Chief Says Social Media Is Not ‘Clinically Addictive’ in Landmark Trial - The New York Times
• Social Media Giants Face Landmark Legal Tests on Child Safety - The New York Times
• Discord’s age verification mandate is a leap toward a gated internet | The Verge
• Discord says ‘vast majority’ of users won’t see its new age verification setup | The Verge
• I Stuck My Face Into Nintendo's New Virtual Boy and Felt Oddly Comforted - CNET
• Nintendo's Annoying Talking Flower Actually Out-Talked Me (and That's Saying Something) - CNET