It was nearly a year and a half ago that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, standing onstage at the company’s annual developer conference, announced that the company would begin letting users sever the connection between their web browsing history and their Facebook accounts. After months of delays, Facebook’s Clear History is now rolling out in Ireland,
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Read MoreChina pushed back against claims by Twitter and Facebook that the government had run disinformation operations aimed at the Hong Kong protests. The comments underscored the challenging of setting global standards for online speech. After Twitter and Facebook blame China for Hong Kong disinformation, government defends its right to online speech Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe video platform reaches more young voters in an average week than every cable network combined Continue reading… YouTube shows have become a secret weapon for rising politicians Source: New feed
Read MoreWe need a new category for this sort of Netflix activity. Robert De Niro’s company has filed a $6 million lawsuit against a former employee who purportedly binged Netflix while on the clock, Variety reports. Canal Productions, the actor’s loan-out company, alleges that – in addition to binging – Chase Robinson also put exorbitant restaurant
Read MoreImagine shining a flashlight on a black surface and seeing… nothing. This happened to me back in June outside a small coastal town in the UK. I was at Surrey NanoSystems, the company that makes the black material I was marveling at. It’s called Vantablack, and it’s one of the darkest substances on Earth. Vantablack
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Read MoreBeijing wants greater sway over global public opinion. Instead, its propaganda outlets make Chinese leaders look like bullies. China’s Soft-Power Fail: Condemning Hong Kong’s Protests Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lander and rover before launch | Image: Indian Space Research Organization India’s mission to the Moon, known as Chandrayaan-2, successfully entered lunar orbit on August 20th, ahead of the country’s first attempt to land a vehicle on the lunar surface. The maneuver was a critical move for the mission that could enable
Read MoreThe league will begin its new season with two homestands, one in New York and the other in Dallas. Overwatch League releases its 2020 schedule Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreA drug dealer ordered to forfeit millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Monero, has been sentenced to 70 months in prison for distributing drugs including carfentanil and fentanyl. Sky Justin Gornik previously pled guilty to the charge and also admitted that he tried to launder drug proceeds using cryptocurrencies, which he
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Read MoreA new version of Android Auto is finally here—sort of. Google started rolling out a beautiful new version of Android Auto late last month, and your device should prompt you to switch over to the new look and feel when you plug it into your car. If not, you’ll want to check a buried setting
Read MoreAmy Klobuchar says Congress needs to act now. The Technology 202: Facebook and Twitter’s action on accounts tied to China show disinformation is going global Source: Washington Post Tech
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Read MoreImage: Yubico If you’ve wanted to just plug a physical security key into your iPhone to log into apps securely — instead of problematic text messages or paging over to your authenticator app — now you can. Today, Yubico is releasing the $70 YubiKey 5Ci, the first security key that can plug into your iPhone’s
Read MoreMicrosoft Edge testers want to hide the Bing bar on new tabs and to be able to sign in with a Google account. Windows 10 Edge gets autoplay block but users also want to hide Bing bar Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MorePhoto by Nick Statt / The Verge Nvidia is releasing a big driver update for its graphics cards to coincide with Gamescom this week. Dubbed the “Gamescom Game Ready Driver,” the 436.02 update includes a new ultra-low latency mode, integer scaling, and a new Freestyle sharpening filter. Nvidia is also promising up to 23 percent
Read MoreJust yesterday we told you how there was a new Faketoshi in town, staking a questionable claim to the Bitcoin throne in a three-part blog series. Last night saw the release of parts two and three, where Faketoshi deep dives into his alleged creation of Bitcoin, explains why he is unable to move Satoshi Nakamoto’s
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is ending a service that saw it share Android data with wireless carriers globally to help them better understand the network coverage they provided, the company has confirmed. Reuters reports that the Mobile Network Insights service, which Google launched in 2017 but which has gone largely unnoticed
Read MoreIn-housing — it’s the term dominating the advertising industry’s news cycle for the past several months. Referring to brands no longer outsourcing their creative, advertising, and marketing services, the in-housing trend has implied that agencies and creative service providers are less in demand, or worse, losing their relevance. Numerous factors have led to this phenomenon,
Read MoreJapanese researchers at Keio University have unveiled a robotic tail that has been designed to be worn by elderly people who struggle to maintain their balance. Japanese researchers want to give your grandma a robotic monkey tail Source: Washington Post Tech
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Read MoreIt’s not hard to do, but your original data will self-destruct. How to transfer your Nintendo Switch account to a new Switch V2 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreApple plans to change the rules it has for kids apps, raising concerns among some app developers about the way the tech giant wields power unilaterally over its App Store. Apple aims to protect kids’ privacy. App makers say it could devastate their businesses. Source: Washington Post Tech
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