The shooting incident that took place last week at YouTube had less to do with guns than with the failure of the police to act on information in a timely way and the inability of social media to be anything but part of the problem. Google has been giving this issue little more than lip […]
Facebook on Wednesday announced an update to its policies for restricting data access on its platform. The move came just two weeks after the company said it would take a “hard look” at the information apps could use when connected to Facebook. CEO Mark Zuckerberg also discussed some of Facebook’s new efforts to shore up […]
Jackie Elnahar is founder and CEO of TelaDietitian. In this exclusive interview, Elnahar shares her enthusiasm for using technology to improve patients’ nutrition. TelaDietitian CEO Jackie Elnahar TechNewsWorld: What is TelaDietitian’s mission? Why did you found the company? Jackie Elnahar: The mission of the company is to provide accessible medical nutrition therapy consultations with a […]
Snapchat soon may have a Connected Apps feature that is similar to the functionality at the heart of the Cambridge Analytica brouhaha, which has Facebook writhing under congressional scrutiny and consumer backlash. The latest beta features a new Connected Apps tab within the setting page, Mashable reported earlier this week. The page displays the following […]
By John P. Mello Jr. Mar 28, 2018 9:39 AM PT Apple on Tuesday announced a refresh of its iPad as part of a new approach to the education market. CEO Tim Cook and other Apple officials also outlined a number of new education initiatives at an event held at Lane Tech College Prep High […]
YouTube this week announced that it will ban videos related to the sale or assembly of firearms, as well as certain gun accessories including bump stocks. The new rules will take effect in April. YouTube is a division of Alphabet-owned Google. Under the new rules, all videos that show how to construct or even repair […]
By John P. Mello Jr. Mar 22, 2018 11:11 AM PT A hardware wallet for virtual currencies with millions of users has been compromised by a 15-year-old security researcher. Saleem Rashid explained how he cracked the firmware on the wallet produced by Ledger in an online post Tuesday. Rashid performed what’s known as a “supply […]
YouTube intends to ramp up its efforts to combat conspiracy mongers, perhaps in response to the rash of conspiracy videos that trended following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, last month. Among other things, YouTube will supply links to relevant Wikipedia pages and other credible websites to provide viewers with a counter narrative, according to […]
The scene in A Few Good Men with Jack Nicholson going off on handling the truth has been coming to mind way too often of late. Sadly, this is the world we are living in right now, and social media is at the heart of it. I recently noticed a headline that implied a lot […]
Welcome to Gadget Dreams and Nightmares, the column that would hold discussions on nuclear relations with North Korea were it not for all those new gadget announcements that sap up all our time instead. In our secret silo his time around are the latest Samsung flagship smartphones; a phone that goes an entirely different direction […]