Instagram dabbles with letting people hide 'likes'
Instagram on Wednesday said it is dabbling with letting users hide "like" counts in an effort to ease the pressure of seeking approval from others.
Apr 14, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Computer scientists offer wiFi-based contact tracing software for national campus use
Researchers at the Center for Smart and Connected Society at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently released a new digital contact-tracing technique that is based on widely-deployed Wi-Fi technology. They intend ...
Aug 7, 2020
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Companies turning to virtual conferences to stage annual meetings
It is annual meeting season for public companies, but the coronavirus restrictions are quickening a trend toward virtual meetings.
Apr 22, 2020
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Apple, Samsung, Google get letter from lawmakers to protect data from period tracker apps
Lawmakers are sounding the alarm on Big Tech to ensure that menstruation and fertility tracking apps are not sharing users' health data without their consent.
Mar 12, 2020
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Internet giants fight spread of coronavirus untruths
As the new coronavirus spreads globally, the online battle to keep misinformation about the disease is also stepping up.
Feb 26, 2020
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Business
Privacy, consumer groups seek to block Google-Fitbit deal
Nine privacy, social justice and consumer groups are calling for the U.S. government to block Google's $2.1 billion acquisition of fitness-gadget maker Fitbit, citing antitrust and privacy concerns.
Nov 13, 2019
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Google healthcare data move makes some queasy
Google on Tuesday defended a project aimed at modernizing healthcare while giving it access to medical data of millions of people.
Nov 12, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
IAEA says Fukushima water release to follow safety standards
The head of a U.N. nuclear agency task force assessing the safety of Japan's plan to release treated radioactive water from the wreaked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea said Friday that Japanese regulators have shown ...
Jan 20, 2023
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Musk faces legal onslaught from angry ex-Twitter workers
The purge initiated by Elon Musk at Twitter when he took over the company left more than half of its 7,500 employees on the sidelines and now many of them are taking the SpaceX and Tesla tycoon to court.
Dec 8, 2022
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Software
Britain scraps virus tracing app for Google-Apple system
Britain scrapped plans to launch its own coronavirus contact tracing smartphone app because of technical problems and will now work on building one using technology supplied by Apple and Google, health authorities said Thursday.
Jun 18, 2020
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