Instagram is reported to have reached 2 billion monthly active users without officially announcing it, according to anonymous employees who broke the news to CNBC. The reason behind not announcing it is that the platform was under surveillance in the past few months for potentially causing harm to children and teens. The last time the […]
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Security pros say it’s one of the worst computer vulnerabilities they’ve ever seen. They say state-backed Chinese and Iranian hackers and rogue cryptocurrency miners have already seized on it. The Department of Homeland Security is sounding a dire alarm, ordering federal agencies to urgently eliminate the bug because it’s so easily exploitable — and telling […]
In its attempt to compete with its rivals Disney and Amazon, the famous streaming service Netflix cut on Tuesday the prices of its services in India for the first time since launching five years ago. As it aims to reach higher on the streaming ladder, Netflix slashed its prices by 60 percent to $2.62 paid […]
British antitrust regulators are opening an investigation into Microsoft’s $16 billion acquisition of speech recognition company Nuance in the latest sign they’re tightening scrutiny of big technology deals. The Competition and Markets Authority said in a brief statement Monday that it’s looking into the purchase because of concerns that it could result in a “substantial […]
When social networking titan Facebook emerged to the scene back in 2004, no one predicted the global and social overtake of what soon became a digital and societal phenomenon. The impact this company had on a worldwide scale presented to other social networking companies, such as Twitter, Snapchat, and LinkedIn, the needed means to flourish […]
In its bid for Julian Assange extradition, the U.S. government won on Friday an appeal in its year-long battle to involve the WikiLeaks founder in litigation, to face charges of espionage for publicizing confidential documents from the State Department. In January, the UK high court ruled that the founder will not be expedited for the […]
Cryptocurrency executives went to Capitol Hill Wednesday to say their fast-growing industry understands more regulation is likely coming, but they don’t want it to squelch the next wave of the internet or send it offshore to other countries. Leaders from major crypto exchanges, mining and other related businesses testified for four-and-a-half hours before the financial […]
Some high hopes are born between Verizon and AT&T that new bands of C-band cellular radio spectrum will help bring the 5G hype closer to reality; however, the large mid-band 5G rollout could have a side effect. As such, the side effects of the large mid-band 5G rollout include when planes rely on radio altimeters […]
Carmaker Stellantis announced a strategy Tuesday to embed AI-enabled software in 34 million vehicles across its 14 brands, hoping the tech upgrade will help it bring in 20 billion euros ($22.6 billion) in annual revenue by 2030. CEO Carlos Tavares heralded the move as part of a strategy that would transform the car company into […]
If you are reading this article, you have probably already gone overboard. If you can barely see your desktop background behind the wall of icons. If your cookies are so scattered even Facebook doesn’t know what you like. If you have over 45 tabs open, or if you can only download an app by deleting another one for […]