Maria Janulis 
According to the news, Facebook stared down mounting anxiety over a leaked internal study regarding the harmful effects of Instagram for teenage girls. Tuesday night, in an open letter to Facebook staff, Mark Zuckerberg scoffed at concerns raised by whistleblower Frances Haugen. He doubled down an earlier Facebook claims that the report has been misinterpreted. … Read more
According to the latest news, former Us President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit in Florida seeking to force Twitter to reinstate him. He claimed that the platform’s ban violates the First Amendment and Florida’s new social media law. In short, Trump is seeking a preliminary injunction of Twitter’s ban. Trump argued that Twitter, “coerced … Read more
According to the latest news, Twitter is bringing Topics to Spaces so that hosts can tag their Spaces with relevant Topics. According to the Spaces Twitter account, Spaces will now be able to support up to three relevant Topics. Note that there are only 10 Topics to choose from and that also are limited to … Read more
According to the latest news, Microsoft has started testing a new photos app for Windows 11. Just like many other parts of Windows, the photos app has been redesigned to match the new operating system. The biggest addition is a new filmstrip at the bottom of the photo viewer that shows small thumbnails of all … Read more
Later today, Facebook and Ray-Ban will announce their smart glasses collaboration. Just before the official revelation, well known leakster Evan “Evleaks” Blass posted a ton of alleged photos of the product lineup. The smart glass from the Facebook Ray-Ban partnership is dubbed as Ray-Ban Stories. Other than the box, it seems the Facebook branding doe … Read more
According to the latest news, on their respective platforms, Lyft and Uber are committing to pay legal fees for any driver who gets sued under Texas’ controversial anti-abortion law. This week, the so called law was signed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. The law bans abortions of fetuses after six weeks and offers no exceptions … Read more
According to the latest news, Apple is going to delay its child protection features which were announced last month following intense criticism. Now, the changes have been rescheduled for later this year. Apple said in a statement “Last month we announced plans for features intended to help protect children from predators who use communication tools … Read more
Yesterday, T-Mobile confirmed that it is looking at an online forum post that claims to be selling a large trove of its customer’s sensitive data. Motherboard reported that the seller of the data said they have taken data from T-Mobile’s servers that included Social Security numbers, names, addresses, and driver license information. In the report, … Read more
Apple has attempted to assuage concerns regarding its new anti-child abuse measures in a new FAQ. The company wrote in its FAQ, “Let us be clear, this technology is limited to detecting CSAM [child sexual abuse material] stored in iCloud and we will not accede to any government’s request to expand it.” Apple’ announced new … Read more
According to the latest news, yesterday, Elon Musk said Tesla is weathering the global chip shortage by rewriting its vehicle software so that it supports alternative chips. The global shortage has come at such a time when the auto industry is seeing a historic demand for new cars. Musk said “We were able to substitute … Read more