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WhatsApp's New "Read and Delete" Feature Is Coming, And It's Actually a Big Deal for Your Privacy
WhatsApp is testing a new feature that deletes messages after they've been read, not just after a timer. Here's what you need to know. Okay, this is a good one. WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Meta and used by over two billion people worldwide, is quietly testing a new feature that will delete your messages automatically after the other person has read them. Not after a timer. After they've actually read it. That's a meaningful difference. And if you care about your priv
Michael Routhier
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AI Tools for Seniors - What They Can and Can't Do
This is the right energy. Not intimidated. Not impressed. Just thinking carefully, which, it turns out, is the most powerful thing you can do with AI. Let me be honest with you before this post even gets going. Every week I get emails, comments, and messages from people in this community asking some version of the same question: "Michael, should I be using AI? Is it as amazing as everyone keeps saying?" And every week I give the same answer. It depends entirely on who's doing
Michael Routhier
Apr 286 min read
AI and Older Adults: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Truth
Someone has to say it out loud. Might as well be us. I want to talk about something that almost nobody is talking about honestly. Not because the information isn't out there. Because saying it clearly, to people who need to hear it, feels inconvenient for the people with the most to gain from your confusion. So let's fix that. Not the breathless headlines about AI changing everything. Not the doom-and-gloom predictions about robots taking over. Not the corporate press release
Michael Routhier
Apr 168 min read
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