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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 ...
WLRN

As the number of neon workers have dwindled, an Ohio shop is keeping the lights on

Neon signs used to line highways and Main Streets across America. Now, tradespeople who make and service those signs are dwindling, even as their nostalgic glow has become increasingly popular with ...
Mashable

Neon, the viral app that pays users to record calls, goes offline after exposing data

A significant security flaw has resulted in the viral app that paid users to record their phone calls going offline. Credit: time99lek / iStock / Getty Images Plus Less than 24 hours after receiving ...
The New York Times

Last Call for Neon in New York City

Signs at 30 Rockefeller Plaza and the Apollo Theater are among the latest to lose their vintage glow in favor of LED lighting. Neon lettering on the vertical sign and atop the marquee at the Apollo ...
Salon

“Flickering Light” illuminates the history of neon

BEHIND A PLYWOOD PARTITION in Clifton’s Cafeteria in downtown Los Angeles, a neon light has flickered unseen since the Great Depression. Purchased by Clifford Clinton in 1935, the cafeteria is ...
WOSU Public Media

Neon workers have dwindled. The American Sign Museum is keeping the lights on

Tom Wartman is standing over a rectangle of blue flame and bending glass in his hands. "This fire is about 1,500 degrees," he says casually. He quickly and deftly moves the glass arc from the flame to ...
NPR

As the number of neon workers have dwindled, an Ohio shop is keeping the lights on

Neon signs aren't as popular as they used to be, but that's not stopping a craftsman in Ohio from creating the vintage lighting. Neon signs used to line highways and Main Streets across America. Now, ...