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The Verge
2 months ago
Digital life

Instagram and Facebook will now prevent strangers from messaging minors by default

Teens under 16 will no longer receive messages or be added to group chats from users they don't follow on Instagram and Messenger.
Meta is expanding parental supervision tools and developing a feature to protect users from inappropriate content.
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Truthout
9 months ago
Left-wing politics

Montana Library Cancels Transgender Native American Author's Event Over State's New Drag Ban

The speaker, Adria Jawort, is a Two Spirit author who planned to discuss trans and indigenous history at the event.ANGHI / iStock / Getty Images Plus A Montana county library is blaming the state's recently passed anti-drag ban to explain why it canceled a planned event this week for a Native American transgender speaker.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

12-year jail term for lorry driver who killed three while using mobile phone app

A lorry driver who ploughed into a broken-down car killing three people moments after watching a seven-minute Ladbible video and while typing on a sat-nav app on his mobile phone has been jailed for 12 years.Michal Kopaniarz previously pleaded guilty to three charges of causing death by dangerous driving in connection with the four-vehicle crash on the A303 near Andover, Hampshire, on August 25, 2021.
CNET
1 year ago
Marketing

Facebook Parent Meta's Earnings Fall Short as Advertising Fizzles

Facebook parent company Meta was the latest in a parade of tech giants revealing paltry third-quarter results Wednesday, underscoring the challenges faced by ads-reliant platforms as marketers and brands pull back spending.The social media giant earned $1.64 per share, missing Wall Street's expectation of $1.89 per share.
GSMArena.com
1 year ago
Mobile UX

Meta starts testing Community Chats for Facebook Groups in Messenger

Today Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta is starting to test Community Chats for Facebook Groups inside Messenger, and those words definitely sound rather confusing, so let's unpack what we're talking about here.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Whistleblower 'deeply disappointed' by investigation into claims of sexual misconduct in parliament

A man who made allegations of sexual intercourse and misconduct occurring inside Parliament House was left "deeply disappointed" by an independent investigation into his claims, with the Department of Finance refusing to give him a copy of its report or comment on its findings.
GSMArena.com
2 years ago
Mobile UX

Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro and Galaxy Book2 Pro 360 hands-on

Samsung already announced its Galaxy S22 smartphones, so the Galaxy Book2 Pro laptops were next in line.
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www.independent.co.uk
9 months ago
UK news

Nurse jailed after paedophile hunters caught him sending sexual images to girl

A nurse has been jailed after paedophile hunters caught him sending explicit images and sexual messages to a child decoy account they set up.Phillip Hill, 54, from Pontlliw, Swansea contacted who he thought was a 13-year-old girl called Sophie over Facebook Messenger in January this year.Over a number of days, the anaesthetic theatre assistant, who worked at Morrison Hospital in South Wales, tried to persuade the young girl to send indecent pictures of herself to him.
Engadget
1 year ago
Digital life

How to permanently delete all your Facebook and Meta-owned accounts | Engadget

It's never exactly easy to pull the plug on a social media account you've had for years.For many of us, our accounts are filled with years of photos, memories and memes that aren't easy to part with ,even if we are ready to stop the daily scrolling habit.For Facebook, Instagram and other Meta-run services, deleting an account entirely isn't necessarily straightforward, either.
Engadget
1 year ago
Web design

Opera's desktop browser now includes fast access to TikTok | Engadget

Opera  Opera's fondness for building social networks into its browser now extends to what's arguably the hottest platform at the moment.The company has updated its desktop browser with quick access to TikTok through the sidebar.You're ultimately accessing the web version anyone can use, of course, but this is still helpful if you want to quickly check your feed at work (especially longer clips) or upload edited videos from your computer.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Meta turning a blind eye to child abuse with encryption plans minister

Meta is choosing to allow predators to operate with impunity by rolling out encrypted messaging despite an epidemic of child abuse, security minister Tom Tugendhat has said.He urged the social media giant which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to introduce robust safety measures before extending end-to-end encryption to Facebook Messenger and Instagram Direct later this year to avoid a significant risk to child safety.
Washington Post
11 months ago
Science

Video calls can spark joy. That's true for parrots, too, study finds.

Researcher Jennifer Cunha's 11-year-old parrot, Ellie, enjoys a video call from her Florida home.(Matthew Modoono)Eleanor wanted to call a friend, so she scanned her contacts and touched a picture of Rosie, whom she had met last summer.Instead of speaking on the call, the pair communicated in different ways: singing, dancing and preening.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Mozilla says "most top apps" on Android have misleading privacy labels

It looks like trusting developers to just tell the truth about data collection on Google Play isn't working out.Just like on iOS, Android launched app privacy " nutrition labels" in the Play Store last year, with the idea being that users could quickly get a look at how much data each app collects.
sportslens.com
1 year ago
Marketing

WhatsApp is the Favorite Platform Among Social Media Users, Ahead of Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok

While WhatsApp may differ in certain aspects from other social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, the cross-platform has more than two billion monthly active users worldwide and ranks high among social media users.According to data presented by SportsLens.com,WhatsApp is the favorite platform among social media users, ahead of Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
Engadget
1 year ago
Music

Spotify's 2022 Wrapped is a music-focused personality test | Engadget

Spotify  It's that time of year again.Streaming services are eager to tell you which artists, songs and albums you listened to the most in 2022.While a few have already rolled out their bits of annual nostalgia, Spotify's 2022 installment of Wrapped debuts today.The company likes to put a new spin on its personalized top lists each year and this one is no different.
Medium
1 year ago
Data science

GPT-3 Use Cases Changing the World of Business

If we're listing out powerful, game-changing artificial intelligence tools, OpenAI's GPT-3 certainly makes the list.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
Gadgets

Google wants a single video messaging app, will merge Google Meet and Duo

The long-rumored Google Duo and Google Meet merger is actually happening.
Ars Technica
2 years ago
Gadgets

Intel Arc GPU squeezes into Samsung's lightweight Galaxy Book2 Pro

Samsung will refresh its Galaxy Book line of thin-and-light laptops with the help of Intel's long-awaited Arc graphics, the company announced this week.
threatpost.com
2 years ago
Information security

RCE Bugs in WhatsApp, Other Hugely Popular VoIP Apps: Patch Now!

The flaws are in the ubiquitous open-source PJSIP multimedia communication library, used by the Asterisk PBX toolkit that's found in a massive number of VoIP implementations.
The Independent
2 years ago
UK news

Policeman accused of raping woman and getting her pregnant

A policeman raped a woman and got her pregnant after "plying her with drinks" on a night out, a court has been told.
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