With its ban on cloud gaming services and now the removal of Fortnite, Apple is at the risk of losing a generation of young, game-loving smartphone owners
Apple has always had a complicated relationship with the game industry, but this month that relationship slid into a bitter …
While social media platforms did not create QAnon, they helped it go mainstream via recommendation systems designed to prioritize engagement
A supporter of the dangerous conspiracy theory is most likely headed to Congress. The social media platforms have some soul-searching to do.
Epic's Tim Sweeney says fight with Apple is about “the basic freedoms of all consumers and developers” to install and distribute apps as they choose
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Telegram has launched an alpha version of one-on-one video calls in its Android and iOS apps, says all calls will be end-to-end encrypted
The company plans to add improvements to the alpha feature in coming months — Secure messaging app Telegram has launched an alpha version …
Tens of thousands of UK high school students were downgraded from teacher estimates by an algorithm that replaced exams, affecting university applications
Even with the late changes, GCSE and A-Level results still highlight the flaws in a biased education system
India announces National Digital Health Mission for digitizing citizens' health records; enrollment in the initiative will be voluntary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the government's National Digital Health Mission on 15 August. So what is it?
Trump's new EO forces ByteDance to sell or spin off its US TikTok business within 90 days instead of 45 days and destroy all copies of TikTok data of US users
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Researchers detail XCSSET, a newly discovered macOS malware that spreads through Xcode projects; it is not yet clear how XCSSET is infecting Xcode projects
XCSSET malware focuses on exploiting Safari and other browsers. — Xcode projects are being exploited to spread a form …
As schools adopt remote learning or hybrid reopening models, US students face a laptop shortage, particularly of low-cost Chromebooks popular at K-8 schools
American students are facing a shortage of laptops, particularly low-cost Chromebooks popular in K-8 schools … Tweets: @crampell , @samharrelson , and @jessedamiani Tweets: Catherine Rampell / @crampe...
Quick Reactions to Instagram Stories convey little when used, confuse people when they're absent, make some people feel obliged to use them
Research shows that a modicum of extra effort in online conversations goes a long way — When Instagram introduced the option to “heart” …
As companies start using AI-software to detect race or ethnicity, often as part of market research, researchers worry it will fuel bias and discrimination
When Revlon Inc. wanted to know what lipstick women of different races and in different countries were wearing, the cosmetics giant didn't need to send out a survey. Tweets: @georgejoseph94 , @evan_gr...
An oral history of hip-hop sites like UBO, Hookt, and 360HipHop which raised millions before becoming the early casualties of the first dot-com bubble
It wasn't just Pets.com and eToys — 20 years ago, a slew of hip-hop and ‘urban’ sites became early casualties of the first dot-com bubble
To secure its supply chains and information networks against Chinese attacks, the US needs to reindustrialize and develop a skilled and innovative workforce
In 2011, then-President Barack Obama attended an intimate dinner in Silicon Valley. At one point, he turned to the man on his left. Tweets: @seanblanda , @rowantrollope , @johnmaeda , @foreignpolicy ...
Facebook's new policy to label promoted content with direct political ties won't affect sites, like Breitbart, which are funded by political actors
A new policy Facebook FB announced Tuesday suggests the social network will finally punish political propaganda disguised as news. Tweets: @robpegoraro See also Mediagazer Tweets: Rob Pegoraro / @robp...
Interview with India's Nikhil Pahwa, the founding editor of MediaNama who pushed against Facebook's Free Basics, on heavy-handed state control of the internet
and why the activist who led its righteous fight against Facebook Free Basics six years ago fears his movement is being coopted by nationalist hawks. https://onezero.medium.com/... OneZero / @ozm : “I...
A look at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, formed by Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube in 2017, whose database helps fight misinformation
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Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.