Yesterday, US tech companies like Apple, Google, and Microsoft promised to help bolster US cybersecurity in a meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House. Respective pledges vary from company to company. They range from spending billions on cyber security infrastructure to offering supply chain aid and education. The high-profile meeting with tech CEOs … Read more
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
It seems Facebook’s interest in getting more young users into its platforms is well beyond Messenger Kids or the currently paused plans for a child friendly Instagram. According to a new report in The Wall Street Journal’s series, Facebook’s internal research is focusing on kids and studying their behavior to better design designing future products. … 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, a new peer reviewed study from researchers at New York University and the Université Grenoble Alpes in France has highlighted that misinformation got six times as much engagement on Facebook as real news. The story was first published by The Washington Post. The study analyzed Facebook page posts of more … Read more
According to the latest news, WhatsApp is developing a feature to offer transcriptions of received voice messages. It will let users easily read the voice msg without having to play it out loud. The feature was first spotted by WABetaInfo. It is currently being developed for iOS. As of now, it is not clear when … Read more
According to the latest news, TikTok is testing an experimental set of developer tools that might let creators build augmented reality effects in the near future. The platform is named TikTok Effect Studio and it is currently in private beta. It was first reported in a TechCrunch report. TikTok told the publication that Effect Studio … Read more
Today, Google has announced even more Workspace features. As per today’s announcement, Gmail is going to get a redesign. Google is adding the ability to “ring” another Google user with Google Meet inside the Gmail mobile app. Once the feature rolls out and is turned on, your Gmail app will be able to be called. … Read more
According to the latest news, with its latest update, Telegram is expanding support for video live streams. Telegram version 8.0 is now available on both iOS and Android. It now allows live streams to be watched by an unlimited number of viewers. Previously, it was restricted to 1000 members. Other new features include more options … Read more