Wed 18 October 2023: Instagram users are accusing the social network of purposefully censoring posts in support of Palestine – underscoring longstanding concerns about unfair moderation as war rages in Gaza. Hena Mustafa, an Instagram user with 866 followers based in New York City, said that since she began posting about developments in Palestine as Israel mounted […]
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Wed 18 October 2023: After taking over the social networking site X, formerly known as Twitter, last year, Elon Musk unveiled a new membership plan that charges new users $1 to access functions like message posting. According to AFP, the move is a part of X’s plan to strengthen its protection against spam, manipulation, and […]
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Tue 17 October 2023: The way we live our lives online is rapidly changing. Artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality and innovations such as blockchain – a kind of digital record for transactions — are set to transform the online world, affecting everything from social media to how people and businesses make money from their creativity. […]
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Sun 15 October 2023: Tiktok which is owned by China’s ByteDance, said in a statement it had “immediately mobilised significant resources and personnel to help maintain the safety of our community and integrity of our platform”, and that it had removed more than 500,000 videos and closed 8,000 live streams in the region. TikTok has […]
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Sun 15 October 2023: Microsoft has announced an AI bug bounty programme featuring the AI-powered Bing experience as the first in-scope product, with awards up to $15,000. The programme is to encourage researchers around the world to find vulnerabilities within the Bing chatbot and AI integrations. “The Microsoft AI bounty programme invites security researchers from […]
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Sat 14 October 2023: CEO of Telegram Pavel Durov has defended his messaging app, saying it can serve as a vital information channel, by refusing to remove some content connected to the current Israel-Hamas conflict. He acknowledged that Hamas had used Telegram earlier this week to alert residents of Israel’s seaside city of Ashkelon about […]
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Fri 13 October 2023: Teenagers prefer to watch more videos on Google-owned YouTube instead of Netflix, a new report has shown. According to a new survey from investment bank Piper Sandler, teens in the US spend 28.7 per cent of daily video consumption on Netflix and 29.1 per cent on YouTube. The data point represents […]
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Fri 13 October 2023: Of all platforms, Elon Musk’s X appears to have had the worst outbreak of fake news related to the war. Hours after Hamas, the armed Palestinian group, attacked Israel on Saturday, X, the social network owned by the world’s richest man Elon Musk was awash with fake videos, photos and misleading information […]
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Thu 12 October 2023: Have you signed up to an online service for a free trial, decided it isn’t for you, but still ended up paying for it months – or even years – later? Or tried cancelling a subscription, and found yourself giving up during the painstaking process? If so, there’s a good chance […]
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Wed 11 October 2023: As people around the world continue to raise awareness about mental health issues, with mental health being a “universal right,” here are some new capabilities in Apple devices that support millions of iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch users worldwide. The new ‘State of Mind’ feature on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch […]
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