Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is facing new whistleblower complaints accusing it of misleading investors about its efforts to fight climate change and COVID-19 misinformation. The two new complaints were filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission this month by Whistleblower Aid, a nonprofit group representing former Facebook product manager turned whistleblower Frances …
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Texas is suing Meta, the parent company of Facebook, over the social network’s past use of facial recognition technology. The suit, filed Monday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, accuses Facebook of violating the state’s privacy laws by capturing biometric data on tens of millions of Texans without properly obtaining consent. “Facebook will no longer take advantage of people and …
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Twitter appeared to experience a widespread service disruption Friday, with many people reporting that they couldn’t log in or post messages on the social network. The social network said the issue was due to a “technical bug” but service should now be restored. “We’ve fixed a technical bug that was preventing timelines from loading and Tweets from posting,” wrote the …
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Grinder is taking steps to protect the privacy of athletes and other people participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics. In a change from previous Olympics, the social networking app for gay, bi, trans and queer people is limiting its Explore feature so that only people at or near the Olympic Village will be able to connect with others at the …
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TikTok on Tuesday unveiled a slew of changes to its community guidelines that it says are meant to promote “safety, security, and well-being” on the popular social video app. Among the changes, TikTok is taking a stricter approach to dangerous acts and challenges such as suicide hoaxes. Its policy around such issues, first outlined in November, will now be highlighted …
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Apple has reduced the free trial period for Apple Music for new subscribers from three months to one month. The change, spotted earlier by MacRumors, applies to all tiers of Apple’s streaming music service, according to the Apple Music website. Apple Music has offered a three-month free trial to new subscribers since its launch in 2015. Prices for Apple Music, …
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A group of 35 states, along with Microsoft, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and other organizations, have thrown their support behind Epic Games in the Fortnite maker’s legal battle with Apple. In a brief filed Thursday with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, attorneys general for the states argued that the court should overturn the earlier ruling that …
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Apple will reportedly allow alternative payment systems on its App Store in South Korea as part of a move to comply with new regulations in the country. On Tuesday, the Korea Communications Commission said Apple had submitted plans for the change, according to reports from The Korea Herald and Reuters. Apple didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment but …
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Nvidia on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card with 12GB of memory, a 2GB bump over the 10GB version of the RTX 3080 that came out in 2020. The upgraded 12GB RTX 3080 will be available starting today from Nvidia’s partners, though specific pricing could vary depending on board makers. Though difficult to find …
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BlackBerry phones have been declared dead many times over since falling from the height of their popularity more than a decade ago, but the company is finally ending service for its legacy devices this week. Starting Jan. 4, phones running BlackBerry 10 and BlackBerry 7.1 software or earlier will “no longer reliably function” on carrier networks or over Wi-Fi, the …
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