Author: Tech Support

Here’s why icons are sexist

Icons, which may seem like a small part of the digital landscape, reveal larger issues of unconscious bias in tech and beyond. In many instances I can recall, ranging from company presentations to popular apps and websites, the main icons displayed were obviously representative of men. At best, this shows women were not taken into

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Ant Financial's Alipay digital wallet is now accepted at 3,000 Walgreens drugstores in the US, expects to cover 7,000 stores by April (Zen Soo/South China Morning Post)

Zen Soo / South China Morning Post: Ant Financial’s Alipay digital wallet is now accepted at 3,000 Walgreens drugstores in the US, expects to cover 7,000 stores by April  —  – Chinese payments firms like Alipay and WeChat Pay are eyeing international expansion to capture a share of the lucrative growth in Chinese outbound tourism

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Illicit software distributors are using iOS enterprise developer certificates to distribute hacked versions of popular apps like Spotify and Minecraft (Reuters)

Reuters: Illicit software distributors are using iOS enterprise developer certificates to distribute hacked versions of popular apps like Spotify and Minecraft  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Software pirates have hijacked technology designed by Apple Inc to distribute hacked versions of Spotify … Illicit software distributors are using iOS enterprise developer certificates to distribute hacked versions

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FTC: Americans lost ~$143M to online dating scams in 2018, which was number one in terms of dollar loss when compared to other types of fraud the agency tracks (Niraj Chokshi/New York Times)

Niraj Chokshi / New York Times: FTC: Americans lost ~$143M to online dating scams in 2018, which was number one in terms of dollar loss when compared to other types of fraud the agency tracks  —  Love is in the air, but don’t let it cloud your judgment — or it might cost you.  — 

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Sources say Google plans to unveil its first lower-priced smartphone in 2019, and expect it to be cheaper than the iPhone XR, which starts at $749 (Nikkei)

Nikkei: Sources say Google plans to unveil its first lower-priced smartphone in 2019, and expect it to be cheaper than the iPhone XR, which starts at $749  —  Tech giant seeks to exploit Apple woes to drive hardware expansion  —  TAIPEI — Google plans to unveil its first lower-priced smartphone … Sources say Google plans

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