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Viral call-recording app Neon goes dark after exposing users’ phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts

A viral app called Neon, which offers to record your phone calls and pay you for the audio so it can sell that data to AI companies, has rapidly risen to the ranks of the top-five free iPhone apps ...
AV Club

Ava DuVernay says Neon dropped the ball distributing Origin

In case it wasn’t clear earlier this year, Ava DuVernay is disappointed with Neon, the distributor behind her 2023 film Origin. The film “represents a big challenge and it’s part of a big lesson I’ve ...
TheWrap

‘Origin’ Social Media Account Deleted After Dissing Neon for Not Inviting Ava DuVernay to Oscar Party

UPDATE 3/13, 1:50 PM: The X account for “Origin” has been deleted as of midday Wednesday. The original version of the story continues below: Whoever runs the X account for Ava DuVernay’s 2023 film ...
Curbed

The Slow Death of Neon

“Rainbow Room” faces possible doom. Photo: Andrew Holbrooke/Corbis/Getty Images “Rainbow Room” faces possible doom. Photo: Andrew Holbrooke/Corbis/Getty Images Editor’s note: On December 17, after ...
Variety

‘Origin’ Social Media Account Calls Out Distributor Neon for Not Inviting Director Ava DuVernay to Oscar Party

UPDATE: After this story was published, the “Origin” Twitter account was deleted. Quote-tweeting a photo from the party, the account posted one day after the Academy Awards: “Is it odd that the ...