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Online speech shield under fire as Trump Facebook ban stays

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Section 230 of the law, which outlines the shield, was enacted when many of the most powerful social media companies didn't even exist. It allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the behemoths they are today.

The investigation showed that prior to January 6, five of Mr. Trump’s posts had been found violating Facebook’s community standards.

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Facebook bans Signal after highlighting Instagram’s ad-targeting practice

Sowmya Ramasubramanian This isn’t the first time Signal is taking a dig at Facebook. The company has taken to Twitter several times in the past to call out Facebook’s privacy practices.

EBay says open to accepting to cryptocurrencies in future, exploring NFTs .

EBay says open to accepting to cryptocurrencies in future, exploring NFTs

Reuters A growing number of companies have begun to accept virtual currencies as a form of payment.

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The company has received nearly 49,000 responses globally in 14 languages, the spokeswoman said.

Users have a say Twitter hears from record respondents over world leader rules

Reuters Twitter’s month-long survey asked questions like whether world leaders breaking Twitter's rules should face "greater or lesser" consequences then other users and whether it was ever appropriate for Twitter to permanently suspend the account of a current president or prime minister

Hackers target Indian users with fake COVID-19 vaccine registration message.

Hackers target Indian users with fake COVID-19 vaccine registration message

Aditya Saroha Hackers first send users an SMS message which says “REGISTER FOR COVID VACCINE from age 18+” and asks users to register with the ‘COVID-19’ app.

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Amazon is testing a new way to sell its “favourite concepts”

Ishan Patra To start with, the Seattle-based company has revealed three concepts compatible with Alexa — a smart sticky note printer, a smart nutrition scale, and a smart cuckoo clock.

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Online speech shield under fire as Trump Facebook ban stays

India holds up wireless approvals for China-made devices, delaying launches

North American auto companies buying more robots to keep up with demand

Explainer | What is Facebook’s Oversight Board?

Facebook bans Signal after highlighting Instagram’s ad-targeting practice

High-tech hunt for scarce COVID-19 vaccines in India raises fear for fairness

Twitter hears from record respondents over world leader rules

Twitter’s month-long survey asked questions like whether world leaders breaking Twitter's rules should face "greater or lesser" consequences then other users and whether it was ever appropriate for Twitter to permanently suspend the account of a current president or prime minister

A voice assistant for the elderly to answer medical queries

The model is an end-to-end question answering system, and improves on the assistant’s ability to understand the question, instead of asking the user to restate it

Hackers target Indian users with fake COVID-19 vaccine registration message

Hackers first send users an SMS message which says “REGISTER FOR COVID VACCINE from age 18+” and asks users to register with the ‘COVID-19’ app.

Twitter acquires news startup Scroll in push for subscriptions

The deal will help Twitter build a subscription feature, such as letting users access premium features from news outlets or a writer's Revue newsletter

Verizon sells internet trailblazers Yahoo and AOL for $5B

Verizon has been shedding media assets as it refocuses on wireless, spending billions on licensing the airwaves needed for the next generation of faster mobile service, called 5G

EBay says open to accepting to cryptocurrencies in future, exploring NFTs

A growing number of companies have begun to accept virtual currencies as a form of payment.

Apple hires ex-Google AI scientist who resigned after colleagues' firings

Bengio is expected to lead a new AI research unit at Apple under John Giannandrea, senior vice president of machine learning and AI strategy, two people familiar with the matter said.

Turkey adds crypto firms to money laundering, terror financing rules

Last month Turkey's central bank banned the use of cryptoassets for payments on the grounds such transactions were risky

Apple's app store goes on trial in threat to 'walled garden'

Epic charges that Apple has transformed a once-tiny digital storefront into an illegal monopoly that squeezes mobile apps for a significant slice of their earnings

Facebook to roll out vaccine finder tool on mobile app in India

In this tool, vaccine centre locations and their hours of operation have been provided by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)

Facebook, Google lack effective scam reporting processes, U.K. watchdog says

Facebook and Google may be particularly attractive to scammers as the algorithms tend to recommend similar content, prompting users to view similar ads if they clicked on one scam ad, the survey noted.

IBM to acquire software provider Turbonomic for over $1.5 bln

The acquisition is IBM's 11th since Arvind Krishna became chief executive last year. Krishna has been leading a major transformation, doubling down on the hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence areas.

Twitter shares fall as it warns of fizzling user growth, rising costs

The San Francisco-based company reported 199 million daily active users, up 20% year-over-year, compared to analysts' estimates of 200 million, according to FactSet data.

Why Apple has chips for iPhones while Ford got caught short

The contrasting results show how major players in the electronics industry, accustomed to the long time horizons of chip production, have mostly avoided major disruptions from the chip shortage

WhatsApp rival adds scheduled voice chats, new web versions

Android users can also download the app directly from Telegram’s website instead of the Google Play store, the company added

Netflix’s Play Something feature is here to solve your binge-watching indecision

Netflix’s new feature ‘Play Something’ is evocative of traditional TV. Cameron Johnson, Director of Product — TV & Kids, tells us about the UX decisions and the timing of this shuffle feature

Alphabet sets profit record, plans $50 billion buyback

The results provided the first sign that Google services such as search and YouTube may hold on to gains made since lockdowns and other pandemic restrictions forced people to shop and communicate online over the last year

Microsoft sales grow on cloud strength, shares dip on heightened valuation

Booming sales in personal computers for working from home have also helped boost the company's Windows operating system business, Microsoft said

Spotify launches paid subscription platform for podcasts

The service comes a week after Apple introduced a subscription service for podcasts on Apple Music

Russia fines Apple $12 mln for alleged app market abuse

The FAS said in a statement it had imposed a turnover fine on Apple of 906.3 million roubles ($12.1 million) for the alleged violation of Russian anti-monopoly legislation

EU to hit Apple with antitrust charge this week

Spotify took its grievance to the European Commission in 2019, saying Apple unfairly restricts rivals to its own music steaming service Apple Music

Regulation may be needed for Apple, Google app stores if changes not made: Australian regulator

Apple and Google representatives told senators that their tight control over their stores and the associated revenue-sharing requirements were needed to enforce and pay for security measures to protect consumers from harmful apps and practices

China digital currency trials show threat to Alipay, WeChat duopoly

China's development of a sovereign digital currency, which is far ahead of similar initiatives in other major economies, looks increasingly poised to erode the dominance of Ant Group's Alipay and Tencent's WeChat Pay in online payments

Elon Musk to soon host 'Saturday Night Live'

Saturday Night Live doesn't make a habit of having business executives host its show, but Musk is far from a stuffy corporate type

NFL and Clubhouse partner on 2021 NFL draft programming lineup

The audio-chat app said fans will have the opportunity to join the conversation and be invited on stage by moderators to ask questions or share their reactions to the Draft

Instagram’s new tools to prevent abusive content in direct messages

Instagram’s new tool will automatically filter DM requests containing offensive words, phrases, and emojis, preventing recipients from seeing the messages in the first place

Turkey probes cryptocurrency exchange for possible $2 bln fraud

Crypto exchange Thodex’s owner Faruk Fatih Ozer deactivated his social media accounts and is believed to have fled Turkey for Tirana, Albania, Turkish broadcaster Haberturk reported

Facebook begins testing ads in Instagram Reels

The effort is Facebook's biggest move yet to let brands advertise alongside content subjects. Advertisers typically use Facebook to target certain users by their interests.

Apple plans to expand ads business

The report comes as Apple plans to send prompts to iPhone users to allow apps to use their data for personalised advertising

How social media platforms have become ‘COVID-19 helplines’ to combat second wave in India

While social media users are commending the solidarity and promptness, misinformation around urgent COVID-19 needs remains rampant on these platforms

Facebook tweaks ad tools ahead of Apple's privacy changes

The world's biggest social media company has been at loggerheads with Apple's 'App Tracking Transparency' feature.

Reddit is testing a Clubhouse-like audio chat feature

Reddit’s announcement comes at the same time as Facebook’s, that revealed several new audio products on its platform

Daily Mail owner sues Google for monopoly over ad business

The lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in NewYork by the British-based company, also said that Google"punished" publishers who "do not submit to its practices"

U.S. Senate panel mulls revoking Big Tech immunity citing COVID scams online

In March, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg called for a Section 230 reform that would give publishers immunity only if they follow best practices for removing damagingmaterial from their platforms

China-linked hackers used VPN flaw to target U.S. defense industry

Chinese Embassy spokeperson Liu Pengyu said China "firmly opposes and cracks down on all forms of cyber attacks," describing FireEye's allegations as "irresponsible and ill-intentioned"

Apple Special Event ‘Spring Loaded’: New iMacs and iPad Pro, Apple TV 4K, AirTag and purple iPhone 12's

Tim Cook and his team enjoyed an outdoorsy spring launch of an updated iPad Pro, iMac, Apple TV – and the much-anticipated launch of the AirTag.

Cyber agency asks Indian FB users to enhance account privacy after global data leak

A cyber security expert had spoken about this online leak earlier this month, which was acknowledged by the company, stating that “this is old data that was previously reported on in 2019. We found and fixed this issue in August 2019”.

Facebook is building Clubhouse-style audio products

Several social networks including Twitter, Reddit and Telegram have developed their own versions of the audio chatting app to compete with Clubhouse

'Britcoin' digital currency being considered by UK

The bank said the new currency, if it comes to pass, would be a new form of digital money for use by households and businesses and would exist alongside cash and bank deposits, rather than replacing them.

Google translation AI botches legal terms 'enjoin,' 'garnish': research

Researchers previously have found programs that learn translations by studying non-diverse text perpetuate historical gender biases, such as associating "doctor" with "he”

Microsoft to invest $1 bln in Malaysia to set up data centres: Malaysian PM

As part of the Bersama Malaysia initiative, Microsoft will establish its first "data centre region", which consists of multiple data centres, in Malaysia to manage data from various countries, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin told an event marking the launch of the programme

Twitter to check algorithm after image-cropping bias accusation

The social network said it will work with several engineers, researchers and data scientists to assess ‘unintentional’ harm in the algorithms

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