Microsoft has revealed that humans could be listening to “short snippets” of voice conversations on its audio services like Skype and virtual assistant Cortana, Motherboard reported Wednesday. Microsoft confirmed the report saying the disclosure came in an update to its privacy statement. The news comes a week after Motherboard reported that Microsoft contractors listen to recordings …
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A group of LGBTQ YouTubers is suing YouTube parent Google, alleging that the two companies discriminate against their videos and community. “They flagged our pride,” one YouTuber alleges in a video posted to the site Wednesday to announce the lawsuit. “They did not allow us to buy ads. They restricted us. They demonetized us. And they did not stand up …
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I recently reviewed the Motorola Moto Z4, which sells for $499 unlocked here in the US. It’s part midrange phone, part modular monster and, with the addition of a $349 mod, part gateway drug for Verizon’s fun-sized 5G network. The reason it’s difficult to recommend the Moto Z4 to anyone other than 5G early-adopters or people up to their ears …
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5G has been a source of unrest for Huawei. The US government, worried that Huawei could build security flaw “backdoors” into 5G and other communications infrastructure, has pressured governments around the world to avoid using the Chinese giant’s equipment. With 5G still a year or two away from the mainstream, Huawei has now started looking to the next generation of …
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Hot on the heels of highlighting Facebook’s upcoming dark mode, Jane Manchun Wong discovered that LinkedIn is doing the same. The app researcher apparently found the unreleased dim color option while digging through the code for the Android app. LinkedIn is working on Dark Mode!I wrote a blog about this: https://t.co/JabQsUol60 pic.twitter.com/zY3fL3cSez — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) August 13, 2019 …
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Lyndi Cohen’s Instagram photos illustrate the power of healthy living. The Australian nutritionist features meals she’s prepared for the week and moves gracefully through yoga poses. She also shares side-by-side bikini shots to show how glamorous photos on the social network diverge from real life. Still, the 29-year-old grapples with an unhealthy habit: obsessing over how many “likes” her Instagram …
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Google Inbox was, for many, the Marie Kondo of Gmail — an organizational tool unlike any other, and indispensable to the Gmail experience. Alas, Google pulled the plug on Inbox back in April, leaving many to wax poetic about the beloved mail client. Good news: Darwin Mail aims to fill those big Inbox shoes, at least for desktop Gmail (mobile …
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Google faces another antitrust allegation in the European Union — this time focused on its job search service. A group of 23 job search websites sent a letter to EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager saying the search giant abused its dominant position at their expense, according to Reuters. The company launched the service in 2017, and later amped it up …
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Google’s new tab-grouping feature for the Chrome browser on desktop just might be the answer to your prayers. If you’re one of those people who always has 25 tabs open on one screen, the new tool will organize them so you’re not clicking through tabs like a mad person trying to find that email you opened five minutes ago. While …
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Facebook last week halted a program in which it was paying third-party contractors to listen to and transcribe audio clips from its users, the company said Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Bloomberg reported on the existence of the program and the fact it had been stopped. The contractors had no knowledge of where the audio was being recorded or how it …
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