Google collected data on some Android and Pixel phones even when customers ticked ‘No’ or ‘Do not collect’ Google has been found to have “partially” misled Australian consumers about collecting their location data, according to a federal court ruling handed down on Friday. The court found that Google continued to collect “Location History” and “Web …
But company’s founder pushes back against criticism of its work practices in letter to shareholders Amazon needs to “do a better job” for its employees, Jeff Bezos told shareholders in his final letter as chief executive of the online giant, but he also pushed back against criticism of the company’s work practices. Bezos, who reclaimed …
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Children’s health advocates urged Mark Zuckerberg to abandon the plan citing the negative effects of social media on children An international coalition of children’s health advocates has called on Facebook to abandon its plans to build an Instagram product for kids, citing harm to teens from excessive use of social media. The campaign comes after …
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For an enthusiastic computer nerd, it should have been a fun, fulfilling, money-saving distraction during lockdown. Then the error messages started It’s just like building Lego, they said. Enjoy the process, they said. You’ll have such a feeling of accomplishment when it’s finished. This is what friends and colleagues told me when I set out …
The social media platform says it was a ‘mistake’ and that the harmful terms have been removed in an update Instagram has apologised for a “mistake” which saw it promoting weight-loss content to users with eating disorders. A new feature on the social network provides users with suggested search terms based on their interests, with …
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Ten diplomats expelled as part of fresh package of sanctions announced by US president Joe Biden announced new United States sanctions on Russia, including the expulsion of 10 diplomats, in retaliation for hacking and election interference. The sanctions, foreshadowed for weeks by the administration, represent the first retaliatory action announced against the Kremlin for last …
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Whistleblower points to double standard in Facebook’s enforcement of rules against powerful Facebook allowed a network of fake accounts to artificially inflate the popularity of an MP from India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), for months after being alerted to the problem. The company was preparing to remove the fake accounts but paused when it …
Research shows warehouses, which have proliferated in California’s Inland Empire, bring pollution that disproportionately impacts people of color Amazon has dramatically expanded its warehouses in southern California in the past year, part of an effort to speed up deliveries during the pandemic’s online shopping boom. Continue reading… Research shows warehouses, which have proliferated in California’s …
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iPhone, iPad (via Apple Arcade); Mistwalker/AppleThis role-playing game by Mistwalker’s Hironobu Sakaguchi trades in tropes but has just enough peril to keep it interesting It’s a truism that you can’t take more than a few steps in a Japanese role-playing game without triggering a random battle. Each encounter transports you to a separate screen where …
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Women in the Middle East and north Africa say social codes leave them unable to talk about social media abuse as pandemic pushes sexual harassment off the streets The first pornographic picture sent shivers of shock through Amal as she stared in horror at the phone screen. Until now, she had responded politely to the …
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