Facebook whistleblower Sophie Zhang gave UK lawmakers her perspective on how best to implement the pending Online Safety Bill in a hearing in Parliament on Monday. The former Facebook data scientist used her inside knowledge of moderation practices to answer questions from the Draft Online Safety Bill joint committee about how to ensure that tech companies comply with upcoming …
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Facebook will be building its metaverse out of Europe — at least in part. The company announced in a blog post Monday that it will be hiring around 10,000 people from within the EU to fill highly skilled roles working on Horizon Worlds, a 3D virtual play space, over the next five years. The idea of a metaverse — a …
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New kid on the block Nothing brought out its first product in July, with the arrival of the semi-transparent Ear 1 earbuds. But from when it was first announced at the beginning of the year, the company, headed up by former OnePlus exec Carl Pei, has made no secret that it has multiple products in the pipeline. We don’t know …
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Amazon’s going all in on health and fitness, giving us no excuse not to be the best version of ourselves. During Tuesday’s fall Amazon event, the company announced Halo Fitness, a platform full of fitness content from top instructors, and Halo Nutrition, a service providing personalized tools to help you eat better. The pair will be available as part of Amazon’s …
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Instagram is pausing the development of Instagram Kids, a dedicated service it’s building for children, in order to spend time focusing on developing parental supervision tools. It also intends to use the hiatus to persuade the wider world that the an Instagram app for kids is, in fact, a good and necessary thing. The news that Instagram was working on …
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OnePlus phones are set to get a major makeover in the software department over the next year due to the company’s integration with sister brand Oppo. On Monday, the company announced its plans for “OnePlus 2.0,” which will see an evolution of its mobile operating system to fuse the companies’ software offerings. This unified and upgraded global operating system will …
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Big, bold phone screens are a must-have on many people’s dream-phone wish list, but they aren’t for everyone. In recognition of this, Apple unveiled the iPhone 13 Mini alongside its larger flagship phones, updated iPads and Apple Watch on Tuesday during its annual September launch event. With a 5.4-inch display and Apple’s A15 Bionic chip, this phone may be the …
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Google is bringing the same AI-driven Smart Reply that will pop up when you’re replying to messages in Gmail to Google Docs. Google said the feature would reduce the time it takes to respond to comments in Docs, by providing AI-generated responses to choose from. The company said Tuesday in a blog post that the feature will roll out in Google …
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As many Afghans hurry to hide their social media profiles out of fear the profiles will make them targets for Taliban violence, Facebook is launching new tools to help them delete their digital footprints. The move comes just days after the Taliban reclaimed Kabul, the Afghan capital, on Sunday, and announced they’d be taking power in the country for the …
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Samsung made a slew of an announcements Wednesday at Samsung Unpacked as it lifted the lid on its newest foldable phones, the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3. High on the list of features that caught our eye was the under-screen selfie camera on the Z Fold 3. See also Galaxy Z Fold 3, Z Flip 3 reignite Samsung’s foldables …
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