Chrissy Teigen has deleted her popular Twitter account, saying the site no longer plays a positive role in her life. “For over 10 years you guys have been my world,” Teigen wrote to her 13.7 million followers Wednesday night. “But it’s time to say goodbye. This no longer serves me as positively as it serves […]
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Male bosses are burning women out at a lot more alarming rates than female bosses in tech workplaces during the pandemic, reports Girls in Tech group in their Tech’s 2021 study, “The Tech Workplace for Women in the Pandemic,” published Monday. Girls in Tech, a San Francisco-based global nonprofit, works to erase the gender gap […]
A new outside report found that Facebook has allowed groups — many tied to QAnon, boogaloo and militia movements — to glorify violence during the 2020 election and in the weeks leading up to the deadly riots on the U.S. Capitol in January. Avaaz, a nonprofit advocacy group that says it seeks to protect democracies […]
Singapore-based OCBC Bank announced on Thursday that they have enabled facial biometric verification on several of their ATMs across the country, eliminating the need to carry ATM cards, which can be skimmed or stolen. According to the bank, the first transaction which can be performed using face verification on OCBC Bank ATMs is account balance […]
Google’s next internet-connected home device will test whether consumers trust the company enough to let it snoop on their sleep. New sleep-sensing technology will be a key feature on Google’s latest version of its Nest Hub, a 7-inch smart screen unveiled Tuesday. Like the previous generation, the $100 Nest Hub can display pictures and video […]
Encrypted messaging app Signal appears to have been blocked in mainland China, the latest foreign social media service to cease working in a country where the government tightly controls the flow of information. As of Tuesday, users of the app within China had to connect to a virtual private network (VPN) that allows them to […]
Facebook announced Monday plans to assist in informing the public about COVID-19 vaccine options, vaccinations sites, and related information, using a vaccine finder tool and other features. “We’re launching a global campaign to help bring 50 million people a step closer to getting COVID-19 vaccines,” said Mark Zuckerberg, company founder and CEO, in a press […]
The Biden administration is not planning to step up government surveillance of the U.S. internet even as state-backed foreign hackers and cybercriminals increasingly use it to evade detection, a senior administration official said Friday. The official said the administration, mindful of the privacy and civil liberties implications that could arise, is not currently seeking additional […]
President Joe Biden’s bid to tackle climate change is running straight through the heart of the U.S. oil and gas industry — a much bigger, more influential foe than Democrats faced when they took on the coal industry during the Obama years. Coal dominated U.S. power generation for decades, with the bulk of that fuel […]
What was innovative yesterday is already obsolete by tomorrow. This is more true now than ever in the era of the pandemic which, in many cases, intensifies and accelerates this process. The speed of development is and will always remain high in the telecommunications industry. And here it is clear: COVID-19 is challenging for the […]