Here's why your Apple Watch tells you to breathe all the time
Matt Bedsole is a patent attorney in Pittsburgh who finds his Apple Watch's automatic wellness notifications "mildly annoying."
Aug 30, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Little Signals: A Google multi-object system to deliver notifications in a gentler manner
Engineers at Google have unveiled "Little Signals" a multi-object system designed to deliver notifications to users in a gentler manner than current systems. The unveiling comes courtesy of a Google Experiments website and ...
Apr 19, 2022 report
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Consumer & Gadgets
Using AI to make push-notification apps smarter
A pair of researchers in Taiwan has developed an artificial intelligence system to filter smartphone push notifications, thus allowing only those the user wants. In a paper uploaded to the arXiv preprint server, TonTon Hsien-De ...
Mar 21, 2018 report
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Security
New methods could improve security of two-factor authentication systems
As an extra layer of security, several online services have adopted push notification-based two-factor authentication systems, whereby users must approve login attempts through a mobile device. In current authentication systems, ...
Apr 14, 2022
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Internet
Facebook seeks to offer more 'context' on virus posts
Facebook said Thursday it was looking to add notifications about the source of coronavirus-related posts and will warn users when they share stories that are more than 90 days old.
Jun 25, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Smart devices should space out vibrations to maximize user alert benefits
A research team led by Yale-NUS College Assistant Professor of Social Sciences (Psychology) Christopher Asplund and Singapore University of Technology and Design's Assistant Professor Simon Perrault has found that haptic ...
Jun 3, 2020
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Internet
TikTok adds privacy updates for teens, including limits on notifications
TikTok is rolling out updates aimed at its teen users, including options such as choosing who can view videos and limits on when younger users get notifications.
Aug 12, 2021
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Software
Apple and Google team up to send you notifications if you've been exposed to COVID-19
Apple and Google teamed up to develop push notifications that let iOS and Android users know if they might have been exposed to COVID-19.
Sep 1, 2020
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Internet
Browser cookies make people more cautious online, study finds
Website cookies are online surveillance tools, and the commercial and government entities that use them would prefer people not read those notifications too closely. People who do read the notifications carefully will find ...
Jul 5, 2022
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