We often feel compelled and are even encouraged by social media platforms, to grow our networks. Consider all the prompts about “someone else you might know” and “who to follow.” We all want the sociometrics (that number of friends or followers posted in the corner of your profile) to look good. Offline and online social networks Both offline and online, our social networks can function as either prisms or pipes....
The case started back in 2016, when French privacy watchdog CNIL fined Google €100,000 for not removing pages with damaging or false information about a person globally. Google challenged the fine as it believed its geoblocking feature — which removed delisted links from search results within the EU — sufficed to comply with the law. Google argued if the right to be forgotten was applied globally, it would risk abuse by authoritarian governments....
That paper, titled “A Theoretical Computer Science Perspective on Consciousness,” may only a be a pre-print paper, but even if it crashes and burns at peer-review (it almost surely won’t) it’ll still hold an incredible distinction in the world of theoretical computer science. The Blum’s are joined by a third collaborator, one Avrim Blum, their son. Per the Blum’s paper: Hats off to the Blums, there can’t be too many theoretical computer science families at the cutting-edge of machine consciousness research....
Since its launch, it has been well-received by hardware makers. 190 products have received certification or are queued for testing and certification. There have been 4,400 downloads of the new Matter specification and 2,500 downloads of the Matter software development kit (SDK) from GitHub. Crucially, Matter not only benefits established large IoT companies, but also offers huge opportunities for startups. It exposes them to a network of established manufacturers and also helps them increase their market position by developing products that consumers actually want....
While it’s kept a tight grasp on most details on its next-generation gaming console, Sony has unveiled a few details about the next PlayStation. Given that the company is going to skip E3 this year, we’re not likely to see the console in 2019. Still, it’s exciting to see what’s next from one of gaming’s biggest companies. Here’s everything we know thus far about the so-called PlayStation 5. Hardware upgrades First, I think it’s worth pointing out that we have no idea yet whether the next PlayStation console will be called “the PS5....
This is the story of Chinese vlogger “Your Highness Qiao Biluo,” who has found herself in the middle of heated discussions on beauty standards after a face filter bug unmasked her carefully crafted online persona, beloved by over 100,000 users on Douyu – a streaming service often likened to Twitch. The incident took place on July 25 during a livestream with another Douyu influencer known as Qingzy, according to local outlet Lychee News....
In news that will surely be greeted warmly at Twitter HQ, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger have all gone down in a huge global outage. Tens of thousands of users have reported issues accessing the four Facebook-owned platforms, according to the DownDetector website. Reports of problems began flooding in at around 17.30 CET. Since then, many users have been receiving error messages when they try to access the services. The issues appear to have been caused by a Domain Name Server (DNS) failure....
The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) discovered at least 36 Facebook groups –with 366,068 followers between them — that were hosting the material, the Guardian reports. The researchers found that when a user followed one of these groups, they’d be recommended others denying the genocide. They also found that searching the platform for “holocaust” brought up recommendations for denial pages. These would then link to publishers of denial literature and the infamous English Holocaust denier David Irving....
Wong also took to twitter to share some of the early screenshots of the under-the-works feature.. Looking at these screengrabs, we can safely say it might be a while before Facebook rolls out the dark mode officially. I wrote a blog about this: https://t.co/X5tAZuIlPz Tip @Techmeme pic.twitter.com/w3vYpRgxUY — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) August 12, 2019 We’ll keep an eye out for you, and tell you as soon as the company makes this feature official....
Though I’m not seeing it on my own device yet, the option has appeared for several users. It should appear as a toggle right beneath the ‘Settings’ button of the hamburger menu. Facebook Lite, for those who aren’t familiar, is a significantly downsized version of the Facebook App, meant for users with limited data access, though also popular just because it’s less bloated than the normal version. It fits the social network’s most essential features into an app that requires less than 2MB of data to download....
Facebook broadcast a sweeping pledge in a Feb. 8 blog post: It would remove false claims about vaccines from its platform. The declaration followed a series of promises over the preceding months to curb bogus health information on its site, particularly misinformation surrounding the pandemic. This included a commitment in September to stop recommending “health groups” in order to halt the practice of people turning to fellow Facebook users instead of doctors for medical advice....
— Facebook Newsroom (@fbnewsroom) May 10, 2021 If you try to share an article on Facebook you haven’t opened yourself, you’ll be reminded that you should, you know, read it. You can still go ahead and share it — you might’ve already read the article elsewhere, for instance — but this could be a welcome deterrent to keep people from sharing unreliable articles mindlessly. And before you say that such a feature won’t stop anyone from sharing dumb articles, I wouldn’t be quite so skeptical....
The Flow is designed around standard resuscitator bags used by paramedics, and is designed to be “simple to use,” according to Fitbit. It has a clear window on the side so healthcare workers can observe the bag pumping, and additional sensors for monitoring patients and control over the volume and pressure of the oxygen. It was granted FDA Emergency Use Authorization earlier this week. According to The Verge, the Flow would cost around $5,000....
The quadrupeds — known as Fluffy and Spot — will use their four-camera scanning systems to generate 3D maps of Ford’s Van Dyke manufacturing plant in Michigan. These maps will then be used by engineers to update their original designs of the facility. “We design and build the plant. After that, over the years, changes are made that rarely get documented,” said Mark Goderis, Ford’s digital engineering manager, in a statement....
Le Maire said there are systemic financial risks, risks for sovereignty, and the potential for abuse of market dominance associated with Facebook’s cryptocurrency: In August, the EU commission reportedly launched a competition probe against Libra. The regulators were concerned about Libra creating “possible competition restrictions” on the consumer data that will be exchanged. In July, Yves Mersch, Luxembourgian lawyer and the European Central Bank’s executive board member, called Libra a “quasi-cryptocurrency’” He said that Facebook’s aim for the cryptocurrency is centralized governance, centralized issuance, and centralized control – which goes against the very concept of a decentralized coin....
The report noted these customers were mainly from France, Belgium, Switzerland, Algeria, and Australia. Apart from customers’ data, the database also contained details of the company’s employees and credit cards used for transactions. The research team found the unsecured database on August 20 and informed the company five days later. Option Way’s website claims it processes data in an encrypted way and in line with the recommendations set out by the CNIL (France’s data protection authority)....
If you want to know if Instagram is really worth your time and energy as a business owner or brand manager, just look at the numbers. 200 million Instagram users visit at least one business profile every day. 130 million check out shopping posts every month. U.S. marketers spend 69 percent of their influencer budgets on Instagram. And 73 percent of U.S. teens say it’s the best way for brands to reach them about new products or promotions....
The Japanese camera-maker has released its webcam software, X Webcam, for macOS. The app practically lets you convert your camera into a webcam so you can look gorgeous on those soul-sucking conference calls with the marketing team — no special hardware required, other than a USB cable. That said, there’s one catch: it seems the app might not work with Safari. Fujifilm notes X Webcam supports Google Meet, Teams, Skype, Zoom, Messenger Rooms, LINE, and OBS Studio, but only via Chrome or Microsoft’s Chromium-based Edge....
For an internet based business, publishers, saas start-ups, and anyone who is demanding value for money, there are so many ideal marketing automation solutions designed to help website based/ e-commerce businesses to find and nurture high-quality leads. These solutions will improve the conversion rate of your business as well as boost their MRR (monthly recurring revenue) and lifetime value. They are designed in such a way that they will keep capturing your leads from many internet based portals such as these....
You might have heard some scuttlebutt over the last few months that the PC gaming community is a little divided over platforms — I’ve written one or two articles on the topic. The gist of it is that a factor in the current “store war” between Epic Games and Valve’s Steam is that some gamers believe having different platforms for their games is an inconvenience they shouldn’t have to put up with....
