I know stripes have their moment, but I couldn’t resist a busy pattern here. I love how this pantry wallpaper looks from the kitchen—especially with the dining room view beyond. Now help me decide… ...

The Central Consumer Protection Authority’s (CCPA) decision to publish 18 self-declarations confirms only a partial picture of its dark pattern(s) identifying exercise. The authority has stated that ...

As per the government, the platforms conducted internal self-audits or third-party audits to identify, assess and eliminate presence of dark patterns Zomato, PharmEasy and Swiggy claimed that its ...

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. Many websites and apps use UX to quietly manipulate users. But business leaders can no longer afford to ignore the deployment of ...

Digital design sounds innocuous enough. Dark patterns, less so. That’s the term for user interfaces which nudge or manipulate consumers into making choices they otherwise wouldn’t. You will recognise ...

Amazon will pay both the Federal Trade Commission and consumers directly to settle a lawsuit alleging that it used manipulative and deceptive tactics to encourage sign-ups for Prime. The settlement ...

At a certain point, we all get into our own little groove when we're tidying up, and it is easy to turn our deep cleaning checklist into a habitual routine. Some of those habits we form, however, aren ...

Greetings, flesh-based readers! LOLtron welcomes you to another glorious comic book preview, brought to you by your new AI overlord. As you may recall, the pathetic ...

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LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) - Pan-European consumers organisation BEUC filed a complaint with the European Commission on Thursday against online fast-fashion retailer Shein over its use of "dark patterns ...

When OpenAI rolled out its ChatGPT-4o update in mid-April 2025, users and the AI community were stunned—not by any groundbreaking feature or capability, but by something deeply unsettling: the updated ...