Meta Sued For Using Tracking Tool To Access Patients’ Data For Ads
Meta has been sued for violating patient privacy with a data tracking tool in the US. Two proposed class-action lawsuits alleged that Meta and major US hospitals used a Meta Pixel tracking tool that sends health information to Facebook, reports The Verge. In June, an...
‘Monkeypox Becoming Endemic In US Can Be Worst Public Health Failure’
Monkeypox becoming endemic in the US would be the “worst public health failure in modern times” because it could have been prevented, says former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) director Scott Gottlieb. Writing in the op-ed, Gottlieb said should the disease become endemic, it would...
Twitter To Let Users Know If An Embedded Tweet Has Been Edited
Twitter will soon let users know if an embedded tweet has been edited, or whether there is a new version of the tweet. App researcher Jane Manchun Wong discovered that Twitter is working on a new feature that may be part of its broad upcoming...
Visa ‘Intended’ To Help Pornhub Monetise Child Porn, Alleges Lawsuit
A US court has allowed a lawsuit against Visa to go ahead that alleged that the financial services company helped monetize sexual videos involving children on Pornhub, owned by porn site operator MindGeek. Judge Cormac Carney in California issued the ruling, rejecting Visa’s attempts to...
Twitter May Soon Let You See ‘Tweets Per Month’
Twitter is testing a new feature that will let users see how many times someone tweets per month. Reverse engineers spotted this in development about a month ago, but as of this morning, some Twitter users have shared that they have gained access to this...
James Webb Telescope Likely Spots First Supernova
The powerful next-generation James Webb Space Telescope may have likely spotted its first supernova, according to astronomers. According to Mike Engesser of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), the object is extremely bright compared to the rest of the galaxy. And Webb observed the galaxy,...
Strawberries May Help Fight Alzheimer’s: Study
Adding strawberries to your cereal, salad or smoothie can likely help protect your brain from Alzheimer’s disease, suggests a study. The researchers from RUSH University in the US found that a bioactive compound found in strawberries called pelargonidin may be associated with fewer neurofibrillary tau...
Boundaries In Relationships: What They Are And How To Set Them
When people think about boundaries, often they think of them in physical terms—structures that enforce separation and impose distance. But, paradoxically, knowing how to set boundaries in a relationship may, in fact, bring you closer to someone you care about.
Twitter May Actually Become Accurate, Relevant News Source: Musk
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Monday said that the micro-blogging platform Twitter may actually disseminate accurate and relevant news in these depressing times. He earlier termed the media as a “click-seeking machine dressed up as a truth-seeking machine”. Musk, who is now in...
Google Denies Shutting Down Its Cloud Gaming Service Stadia
Google has refuted a claim that it will shut down its cloud gaming platform Stadia, stating that it is still “working on bringing more great games to the platform”. The company stated after a rumor began circulating earlier this week that suggested it would sunset...
Apple Pay May Finally Work On Chrome, Edge, And Firefox In iOS 16
Apple could finally be compatible with Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox in iOS 16. MacRumors contributor Steve Moser found that Apple Pay works with Edge and Chrome in the iOS 16 beta 4, and shared his findings on the microblogging platform Twitter, reports...
Musk May Build His Own Airport Outside Of Austin
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk may get to build his own airport outside of Austin, Texas, media reports say. According to sources, Musk is developing plans for a new private airport, Teslarati reported citing Austonia. Although not much is known about the timing or...
Twitter May Soon Allow Posting Images And Videos In One Tweet
Twitter has confirmed that it is testing a new feature that will allow users to post images, videos and GIFs in one multimedia tweet. The company confirmed the test and said it is available to some users for a limited time, adding that accounts can...
Tiktok Now Plans Own Music Streaming Service
TikTok parent company ByteDance is now eyeing the music streaming market by launching ‘TikTok Music’ and threatening the global players like Spotify, Apple Must, and the rest. The company has filed a trademark application with the US Patent and Trademark Office for “TikTok Music”. The...
Amazon To Shut Down Cloud Storage Service ‘Drive’ In 2023
Amazon has announced that its “Drive” cloud storage service is shutting down at the end of 2023. The service launched in March 2011 as a “secure cloud storage service for Amazon customers to back up their files”. Customers were given 5GB of free storage with...
Indonesia Blocks Yahoo, Paypal, And Dota For Failing To Register For Licensing
The Indonesian government has blocked access to eight major online platforms, including Yahoo, PayPal, and Dota, as they have failed to register for licensing, an official said. Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan, Director General of Informatics Application at the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, said on...
Samsung’s ‘Repair Mode’ To Keep Your Data Hidden During Repair
Samsung has announced a new feature called Repair Mode to its Galaxy devices to ensure that the personal data on your Galaxy smartphone remains secure even when the repair technician is working on it. The Samsung Repair Mode allows users to selectively choose which data...
Hackers Using Malicious Gmail, Microsoft Edge Extension To Spy On Emails
A group of hackers from North Korea is using a malicious Google Chrome or Chromium-based Microsoft Edge extension to spy on user email accounts. The malicious extension by the hacker group titled ‘SharpTongue’ is capable of stealing email content from Gmail and AOL, according to...
Scam Robotexts Are Rising Threat: FCC
The FCC’s Robocall Response Team is alerting consumers to the rising threat of robotexts. Substantial increases in consumer complaints to the FCC, reports by non-government robocall and robotext blocking services, and anecdotal and news reporting make it clear that text messages are increasingly being used...
Meta To No Longer Fund Its News Publishers In US: Report
Meta has started informing its news partners that the company will stop paying publishers for their content to run on Facebook's News Tab in the US.
