First-Person Shooter Chatroulette, Spotify's New Terms & A Drone-Submarine

  • by: Maarten Schenk
  • Remember Chatroulette, the video chat service that connects random strangers? Some clever people used it to create a live-action first-person shooter game full of zombies and neat graphical effects. Check out the video:

  • Music service Spotify recently changed its privacy policy, upsetting many users. Wired has a rundown of the reasons why. Short version: why would a music service need access to your photos, location or contacts? That doesn't sound right...

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  • Science Alert points out this cool patent Boeing filed: a drone that can convert to a submarine which flies underwater. No more losing your drone if it drops out of the sky over a lake...

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Image: Patent Yog

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Maarten Schenk

Lead Stories co-founder Maarten Schenk is our resident expert on fake news and hoax websites. He likes to go beyond just debunking trending fake news stories and is endlessly fascinated by the dazzling variety of psychological and technical tricks used by the people and networks who intentionally spread made-up things on the internet.  He can often be found at conferences and events about fake news, disinformation and fact checking when he is not in his office in Belgium monitoring and tracking the latest fake article to go viral.

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