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Twitter is testing custom-built timelines, starting first with one for The Bachelorette

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter is experimenting with custom-built timelines curated by developers, beginning first with one focused on The Bachelorette. The idea is that they’re topic-focused timelines you can swipe or click on from your main feed so you can scroll through the conversation about a specific subject. Today we launched…

High-fives, colorful hearts, and a horrible goose top a short list of new emoji

Enlarge / Emojipedia’s sample renderings of the new emoji slated for inclusion in version 15.0 of the Unicode standard. (credit: Emojipedia) Ahead of World Emoji Day, the emoji experts at Emojipedia have compiled and published sample images of the 31 new emoji characters slated for inclusion in version 15.0 of the Unicode standard. Among the…

Google closes data loophole amid privacy fears over abortion ruling

Enlarge (credit: Lari Bat | Getty Images) Google is closing a loophole that has allowed thousands of companies to monitor and sell sensitive personal data from Android smartphones, an effort welcomed by privacy campaigners in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s decision to end women’s constitutional right to abortion. It also took a further…