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Slack has started shutting down groups on the grounds of “hate”
Slack has banned 28 accounts having an affiliation with what they call “hate groups”
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Gmail and iCloud all went down within 24 hours
There have been multiple outages that shook the internet and made people question the security and reliability of the tech giants.
Banning porn has tanked Tumblr’s traffic
The porn ban happened after Apple removed the Tumblr app from the App Store due to inappropriate content
Jack Dorsey records a podcast with Ben Greenfield, a fitness expert that happens to distrust vaccines. A Twitter mob ensues.
Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and CEO of Twitter faced a Twitter mob.
Twitter tests hiding like and retweet numbers in an attempt to hide negative feedback
Twitter is testing a new feature which hides likes and retweet numbers on replies in its public beta testing app Twttr. If the test are successful, this feature could be integrated into the main Twitter app.
Facebook is under criminal investigation for its privacy-invasive, dodgy data deals
Subpoenaed records signal that a criminal investigation into these matters is underway.
Google is building “shadow profiles” of its users, tech company Oracle claims
Google – that started off as an internet search company, but is now often accused of making its billions by tracking users’ activities and then making this data available to “3rd party” advertisers – has recently been under fire at home as well.
Facebook is working on technology to “read a person’s mind”
Facebook said that the neural interface device would be “external” and “non-invasive” – if, he noted, the product was going to be used by “everyone.”
Google just added DuckDuckGo as a default search engine in its Chromium engine
From now on, DuckDuckGo can be used as a search engine in the Chrome browser in over 60 markets.
Days after Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said CNN had a role in the banning of Alex Jones, Twitter and CNN announce an expanded advertising partnership
Days after Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said CNN had a role in the banning of Alex Jones, Twitter and CNN announce an expanded advertising partnership
Not even a year after its data privacy lawsuit, TV company Vizio wants to target your home with ads specific to your family
The project OAR is working on this aspect and trying to build a solution for the industry to enable “addressable advertising.”
Spotify files anti-competitive motion against Apple Music for imposed Apple Store 30% “tax”
The main issue for Spotify lies in the 30% fee that Apple levies on Spotify and other applications that facilitate purchases through Apple’s payment system.