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A recently released app allows users to hire armed guards and construct motorcades with the press of a button.

New “Uber with Guns” App Lets the Wealthy Rent Armed Goons

Vybe Together, an app that coordinated secret parties during the pandemic, just got removed from the Apple app store after an onslaught of criticism.

Apple Takes Down App That Coordinated Maskless Parties

By Dan Robitzski

An app called Sonde One claims to spot signs of respiratory disease just by analyzing your voice. But it's careful to clarify that it can't really diagnose.

Prosthetics and Devices

This App Claims It Can Hear COVID-19 in Your Voice

By Dan Robitzski

We still don't know who won the Iowa caucus because the Iowa Democratic Party's (IDP) use of an app to report results was an epic fail.

Iowa Tried to Use an App for an Election. It Was a Disaster.

By Kristin Houser

Five months after returning a rented Ford Expedition, a man can still use a connected Ford app to control the vehicle's doors and engine.

Advanced Transport

Ford App Lets Man Control Rental Car He Returned Months Ago

By Kristin Houser

Chinese deepfake app Zao replaces famous actors with iPhone users' faces, and though popular, it has quickly raised serious privacy concerns.

Artificial Intelligence

New Deepfake App Lets You “Act” in Popular Movies, TV Shows

By Kristin Houser

A new Chinese app tells you if any "deadbeat debtors" are within 500 meters — like Grindr, essentially, but for insolvent borrowers.

Grindr-Like Chinese App Tells You If “Deadbeat Debtors” Are Nearby

By Jon Christian

A new app called Face2Gene is more accurate than clinicians at identifying genetic disorders based on a photo of a person's face.

Artificial Intelligence

This AI Identifies Genetic Disorders by Looking at Face Shape

By Kristin Houser

An App That Does Your Homework for You Is Now Worth $3 Billion

An App That Does Your Homework for You Is Now Worth $3 Billion

By Kristin Houser

Google Is Making An “AI-Powered Assistant for Nurses and Doctors”

Google Is Making An “AI-Powered Assistant for Nurses and Doctors”

By Kristin Houser

The FDA just approved Natural Cycles, a contraceptive app that helps women track their fertility throughout the month, as a medical device.

Health & Medicine

The FDA Has Approved a Contraceptive App. Now More Could Flood the Market.

By Kristin Houser

Eight months after the fitness app Strava revealed the location of military bases in Syria, the Pentagon has banned GPS tracking on wearables.

Prosthetics and Devices

The Pentagon Tells Soldiers To Stop Sharing Their Locations With Apps

By Dan Robitzski

AirPods Meet Bose: The World’s Smartest Earphones Let You Personalize Your Audio Experience [Affiliate]

Science & Energy

AirPods Meet Bose: The World’s Smartest Earphones Let You Personalize Your Audio Experience [Affiliate]

Yes! Futurism’s New App Is Here. Meet the Geniuses Behind It.

Yes! Futurism’s New App Is Here. Meet the Geniuses Behind It.

By Foster Kamer

Three Reasons People Are Calling Trivia App HQ the Future of TV

Algorithm Sends Food That Would Be Wasted to the Hungry

Algorithm Sends Food That Would Be Wasted to the Hungry

By Chelsea Gohd