Fri 16 April 2021: The Australian Federal Court has found that Google LLC and Google Australia Pty Ltd (together, Google) misled consumers about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices between January 2017 and December 2018, in a world-first enforcement action brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Google misled Android users into […]
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Fri 16 April 2021: An advocacy group on Thursday urged Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg to cancel plans to launch a version of the popular photo-sharing app Instagram for children under 13, saying that it would put the preteens at “great risk”. “Instagram, in particular, exploits young people’s fear of missing out and desire […]
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Fri 16 April 2021: A new video feature on Google Earth app can pull up four decades worth of satellite imagery, showing how devastating climate change has affected the planet. The glaciers, beaches, forests, whatever one has on their minds can be viewed in vivid details on how the world around is changing, The Associated Press […]
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Fri 16 April 2021: The social media sites have been restored in Pakistan which were earlier shut on the orders of the Interior Ministry for four hours. The federal government had on Friday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to suspend social media platforms in the country from 11am-3pm. In a notice to the Pakistan […]
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Fri 16 April 2021: An advocacy group on Thursday urged Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg to cancel plans to launch a version of the popular photo-sharing app Instagram for children under 13, saying that it would put the preteens at “great risk”. “Instagram, in particular, exploits young people’s fear of missing out and desire […]
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Tue 13 April 2021: Twitter Inc will open its first African office in Ghana, it said on Monday, as the social media company seeks to make inroads in some of the world’s fastest-growing markets. Africa is under-tapped terrain for technology firms, with internet use per population at around 39% against a world average of 59% […]
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Sun 11 April 2021: Turkey has successfully tested its first hybrid engine that will be used in its planned Moon Mission, the country’s technology and industry minister said on Sunday. Mustafa Varank was briefed on the system in the Sile district of Istanbul. The county is planning to send the unmanned spacecraft to make a […]
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Sun 11 March 2021: In a first, the UAE leader has named its first female astronaut for a space programme. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday announced it had chosen the Arab world’s “first female astronaut” to take part in its ambitious space program. UAE Vice President and Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid […]
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Sat 10 April 2021: The billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup released footage on Friday appearing to show a monkey playing a simple video game after getting implants of the new technology. “Pager” the monkey had two Neuralink chips installed on either side of his brain some six weeks ago. “First @Neuralink product will enable someone […]
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Sat 10 April 2021: Facebook users may not be learning about jobs for which they are qualified because the company’s tools can disproportionately direct ads to a particular gender “beyond what can be legally justified”, university researchers said in a study published on Friday. According to the study, in one of three examples that generated […]
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