Google rolls out Search shopping features to help users find deals, including copying coupon codes directly from results and side-by-side comparisons on mobile (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
WhatsApp begins rolling out a Message Yourself feature, letting users send notes, reminders, and shopping lists to themselves  —  WhatsApp has started rolling out a feature to let you chat with yourself.  Sending messages to your own account can be a way to keep a piece of information easily accessible …

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google announces updates for Search to help users find dishes near them; Maps, including expanding Live View; and Shopping, adding AR tools for makeup shopping  —  Google announced today that it’s introducing a slew of new Maps, Search and Shopping features.

Emma Roth / The Verge:
YouTube rolls out design changes to its app, including pinch-to-zoom, more precise seeking, and a darker dark mode  —  YouTube announced some new design changes that are rolling out now, including pinch-to-zoom for everyone and precise seeking with a more usable preview to help you find the section of the video you’re looking for.

Amanda Holpuch / New York Times:
Cybercrime in gaming has increased substantially since the start of the pandemic, with threats lurking in cheat codes, microtransactions, and players’ messages  —  Cybersecurity experts warn that threats lurk in cheat codes, microtransactions and messages from fellow players.

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
The new Apple Watches’ S8 chip appears to have the same CPU as the S6 and S7, which may explain why Apple has only used the S5 or earlier for comparisons lately  —  The S8 chip in the Apple Watch Series 8, Apple Watch Ultra, and second-generation Apple Watch SE features the same CPU as the S6 and S7 chips …

Yoel Roth / New York Times:
Twitter’s ex-head of Trust & Safety on why he resigned: a Twitter whose policies are defined by unilateral edict has little need for a trust and safety function  —  Earlier this month, I chose to leave my position leading trust and safety at Elon Musk’s Twitter.