Post: Ex-Waze CEO is making a Twitter rival to make you smarter, not angry Post is a new social-media site that could offer an antidote to the chaos of Twitter. Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2022
Intel says it can separate living people from deepfakes in real time Intel FakeCatcher attempts to separate real videos from deepfakes in real-time using skin analysis. Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2022
Govt Announces New Norms To Curb Fake Online Reviews Of Products, Services E-commerce players like Amazon and Flipkart will have to voluntarily disclose all paid consumer reviews of products and services offered on their platforms. Read on for details: Dynamite News · Nov 21, 2022
Shopping platform to give however much you spend back in shares for three days If you spend £100, you will get £100 in shares which can be sold and traded on the stock market Wales Online · Nov 21, 2022
‘Verified’ anti-vax accounts proliferate as Twitter struggles to police content Platform’s paid verification system is being used to give sense of validity to accounts pushing health misinformation The Guardian - US · Nov 21, 2022
Why Zoom could get pushed off screen Pandemic-driven growth has given way to the usual startup problems, as bigger rivals incorporate Zoom's capabilities. Axios · Nov 21, 2022
Google bans four Android apps as millions warned to delete 'dangerous' software A couple of 'malicious' apps recently appeared on the Google Play store which put customers at risk of data theft. Daily Record · Nov 21, 2022
Google warns millions of Android users to delete four apps immediately Four apps have been banned from the Google Play Store but your device could still be at risk Liverpool Echo · Nov 21, 2022
TikTok draws bipartisan fire on concerns over China surveillance WASHINGTON — Two U.S. senators called TikTok a Chinese surveillance tool, issuing a bipartisan warning as the Biden administration weighs a deal that could let the video-sharing app keep operating in the U.S. Tribune News Service · Nov 20, 2022
The Myth of Tech God Is Crumbling Tech is full of smart people who build, run and invest in successful companies that have produced a tremendous amount of innovation. But the industry's recent spate of failures and reversals has made one thing clear: Many of its leaders aren't as smart as they thought they were. Bangkok Post · Nov 20, 2022
Elon Musk reinstates Donald Trump’s Twitter account after taking poll ‘The people have spoken,’ says site’s owner, having acknowledged during online poll that automated bots were voting too The Guardian - US · Nov 20, 2022
We went on a tour around the huge Amazon fulfilment centre The warehouse is the size of 18 football pitches Nottingham Post · Nov 20, 2022
May I have a word about… the sins of Twitter, Meta and Amazon As if making thousands of people redundant were not bad enough, they compound it with their use of language The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2022
Four Android apps banned from Google Play store as users urged to delete them The 'malicious' apps open up phishing sites in Google Chrome to trick unsuspecting users into stealing their data Chronicle Live · Nov 20, 2022
Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 20, 2022 What Could a World without Twitter Look Like? After another chaotic week of mass staff departures and policy reversals, Twitter's future seems highly uncertain, with users -- and everybody else -- increasingly asking one question: What would a world without the so-called bird app even look like? With about 237 million daily visitors at the last count in…
Daily Mirror · Nov 20, 2022 Liverpool takeover: Former Microsoft CEO worth £66bn makes stance clear Liverpool are on the market with current owners FSG looking to sell up at Anfield and former Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer is on a small list of people who could afford the Premier League club
Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 20, 2022 Twitter Turmoil, Staff Exodus Aggravate Security Concerns Twitter's owner Elon Musk has pledged the platform will not become a "hellscape," but experts fear a staff exodus following mass layoffs may have devastated its ability to combat misinformation, impersonation and data theft. Twitter devolved into what campaigners described as a cesspit of falsehoods and hate speech after recent…
Reason · Nov 19, 2022 Ninth Circuit Rejects Claims That YouTube's Blocking of Content Was Compelled by or "Entangled with" Government From Doe v. Google LLC, decided yesterday by the Ninth Circuit (Judges Margaet McKeown, Consuelo Callahan, and Lawrence Vandyke): Appellants are fourteen self-described "conservative" content creators who spent years growing their YouTube channels and amassing more than 771 million views. These channels discussed topics such as "Hunter Biden and the…
The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2022 Google and Apple’s role in Qatari app that lets men stop women from leaving the country Exclusive: Tech giants under fire for making available Metrash2 app, which can be used to stop unmarried Qatari women aged under 25 from leaving the Gulf state
Wales Online · Nov 19, 2022 Twitter not adhering to app store rules would be ‘catastrophic’ says ex-safety boss Expulsion by Apple and Google would make it more difficult for Elon Musk's social media platform to attract new users, says departed Yoel Roth
Wales Online · Nov 19, 2022 Twitter has 'real chance of disappearing' under Elon Musk says social media rival The sheer size of the social media giant is not enough to insure it against failure, insists Eugen Rochko
Inverse · Nov 19, 2022 Amazon Can Barely Keep These Random Things In Stock Because They're So Effing Cool These products are so cool and useful that Amazon is having trouble keeping them in stock.
Tribune News Service · Nov 19, 2022 Twitter staff wipeout under Musk spurs fear site will decay Twitter Inc.’s mass exodus of employees leaves the platform vulnerable to a broad range of malfunctions. The social network will succumb to a major glitch at some point, technologists predict. It’s just a matter of when.
inkl Originals · Nov 19, 2022 The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 19 November 2022 We're loathe to kick someone while they are down but this story has gone from ludicrous to fever-dream. Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to tweet through it. FTX's bankruptcy specialists are rending their garments and ululating.
ABC News · Nov 18, 2022 Chronic pain is one of the world's biggest health problems — but virtual reality headsets could help bring relief Commercially available virtual reality headsets and handsets might be able to help doctors and physiotherapists treat one of society's most debilitating health problems: chronic pain.