Links of the day
I collect cool, interesting links spread all over the web and share them here in daily posts. Hope you enjoy! More of them in the archive.
Parent managed accounts on WhatsApp. That's right, we're going to normalize children under 13 using WhatsApp. On LinkedIn, the head of WhatsApp for strategic markets said that children's accounts will not have access to Meta AI, channels, and Status. I innocently asked if, even as an adult, I could remove these things from my WhatsApp. I feel like I won't get an answer, but if you want to increase the pressure, here's the link.
Meta: Fighting scammers and protecting people with new technology and partnerships. There are some measures announced to combat scammers who pay Meta, but it's always good to remember that 10% of Meta's revenue comes from known misleading/scam ads.
Motorola explains update policy: “Updates aren't always good” (pt_BR), Tecnoblog. And I don't think he's wrong, you know? The Motorola executive is referring to major Android updates (ie. 15 to 16), not security updates, which he believes are the ones that really matter. A stable Android, which continues to get security updates, is almost like Debian for mobile phones.
My WordPress. Visit this site and get a ready-to-use, persistent WordPress instance linked to the device you are using. It's a weird proposition, but Automattic has bigger plans for this service, something like the first step towards everyone having their own website. Will it work?
WordPress 6.9.4. Meanwhile, Automattic has released three WordPress minor releases (6.9.2, 6.9.3, and 6.9.4) in just two days. This leads me to think about how much vibe coding is being written into the software these days…
Ads of up to 30 seconds that cannot be skipped are coming to YouTube on TV. It's symptomatic that the announcement was made to advertisers, without any communication to the public/users. And, of course, the idea is to reach the audience “with Google's AI.”
Musicmap. A “family tree” of music. Use the scroll to zoom in and click on the titles to open playlists (with embedded YouTube videos or Spotify) to listen to the songs.