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September 27, 2019 No Responses

Facebook removes ‘likes’ in test for Australian users

Australians will soon notice their Facebook news feed is missing something with like counts set to disappear. Users will no longer see the number of likes, reactions and video views on other’s posts in a world-first trial which starts rolling...

May 10, 2019 No Responses

Instagram Is Working On Addressing Vaccine Misinformation

After Facebook already started removing vaccine misinformation from its platform, Instagram is still struggling to do so Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, is working on removing the distribution of misinformation about vaccines. At a press event in New Yo...

December 5, 2017 No Responses

Facebook’s ‘Messenger Kids’ Will Allow Under-13s Chat With Parents’ Approval

Facebook came up with a privacy-focused app for kids under 13 that will keep them safe from child predator threats The app is currently available on iOS in the U.S. and it allows parents to dowload it on their child’s...

October 30, 2017 No Responses

Privacy Risk Lurking All Over the New iPhone X

The new face recognition technology on the iPhone X might raise some serious privacy concerns As passwords can be tricky to remember sometimes, more and more people are embracing the biometric technology such as using a thumbprint to unlock the...

October 10, 2017 No Responses

New VR technology can replicate smells

Scientists have developed devices that can reproduce environmental smells, such as the scent of a human being, floral aromas and forests Cars that can release calming smells, robots replicating the same body scent of a human, devices that generate environmenta...

August 12, 2017 No Responses

Google Calls Off Employee Meeting

Google canceled a companywide meeting on Thursday after employees expressed their fears of getting exposed to harassment online Google is still facing the aftermath of the software engineer’s memo which argued biological differences, such as women being more...

August 3, 2017 No Responses

Microsoft’s “Eye Control” Feature For Windows 10 in Tests

Microsoft is currently testing a new feature called “Eye Control” that aims to allow people with disabilities operate an on-screen mouse, keyboard, and text-to-speech experience using nothing else but their eyes Microsoft’s Eye Control aims to &#8220...

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