productivity Busy Simulator makes app notification sounds to make you seem busier than you are David Pescovitz
international space station This app makes it easy to see the International Space Station fly by Mark Frauenfelder
bytedance TikTok exploited Android security vulnerability to grab MAC addresses, maybe for ad tracking, no way to opt out — stopped in November, WSJ reports Xeni Jardin
social distancing United Nations app to help socially distance for coronavirus 'does not work' Xeni Jardin
videoconferencing Zoom patches Windows vulnerability that let attackers steal your Windows login from dodgy chat links Xeni Jardin
poets Monty Python co-founder Terry Jones's last major project was this Canterbury Tales app David Pescovitz
madrid is a harsh mistress The Catalan independence movement is being coordinated by an app designed for revolutions Cory Doctorow
crystal prisons Apple removed a teen's award-winning anti-Trump game "Bad Hombre" because they can't tell the difference between apps that criticize racism and racist apps Cory Doctorow
zuckster fire Mobile apps built with Facebook's SDK secretly shovel mountains of personal information into the Zuckermouth Cory Doctorow
