Search results for "dog"

Distorting Reality of Sexual Abuse in the Metaverse

As a virtual world, the Metaverse is bound to witness such inappropriate occurrences. Again, I need to highlight this one more time; the issue is not really the Metaverse here; it is more the people using it and the companies developing it and their inability to protect their users. Sexual abuse in the Metaverse cannot […]

Google Targeted in Fresh EU Consumer Groups' Privacy Complaints

Alphabet unit Google has been targeted by a French consumer group and its peers in complaints to privacy watchdogs over its vast trove of users’ personal data harvested via their Google accounts, European consumer organisation BEUC said on Thursday. In addition to the French consumer group, others in Greece, the Czech Republic, Norway and Slovenia […]

Apple and Android Phones Hacked by Italian Spyware, Google Says

An Italian company’s hacking tools were used to spy on Apple Inc and Android smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan, Alphabet Inc’s Google said in a report on Thursday. Milan-based RCS Lab, whose website claims European law enforcement agencies as clients, developed tools to spy on private messages and contacts of the targeted devices, the report […]

$2.4 Trillion Put into Energy in 2022 Not Enough to Tackle Supply Crunch - IEA

The $2.4 trillion set to be invested in energy this year includes record spending on renewables but falls short of plugging a supply gap and tackling climate change, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday. Rising 8 percent from the previous year when the pandemic was more severe, the investment includes big increases in […]

Teams vs Zoom: Which One Should You Use?

If you have been alive and online for the past two years you have probably had the Microsoft Teams vs Zoom debate at some point with your coworkers or classmates. Many businesses switched from Zoom to Teams and back again during the pandemic, and everyone and their dog had an opinion on which software was […]

The Brave Browser as a Gateway to Web3 and the Metaverse

Nowadays, privacy is considered one of the leading issues in the internet’s structure, as web2 has been developed to accommodate some of the most prominent companies in the tech industry, with Google, Facebook, and Amazon leading the way and monopolizing and obtaining most data traffic. And that’s where Brave browser enters the equation.  This article […]

India Holds some Bandwidth for Private Networks in July's 5G Auction

India said on Wednesday it would reserve part of its next-generation telecoms spectrum for private in-house networks, as the government announced a 5G auction to take place by the end of July. Until now, India’s telecoms services have been run by specialist companies in a market dominated by Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel Ltd and Reliance […]

UK Plans to Probe Apple, Google's Mobile Browser Dominance

Britain’s competition watchdog said it was planning to investigate the market dominance of Apple Inc and Google’s mobile browsers, as well as the iPhone maker’s restrictions on cloud gaming through its app store. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Friday it was also taking enforcement action against Alphabet Inc’s Google over its app […]

EU Acted Like a Fishing Trawler in Antitrust Data Searches, Meta Lawyer Says

Meta Platforms Inc on Wednesday compared searches by EU antitrust regulators to a fishing super trawler as watchdogs investigate the owner of Facebook’s data and online marketplace. Meta says it has already handed over more than a million documents to the European Commission since its first request in 2019 regarding its Facebook Marketplace, social networking […]

'Looty' Project Launches Digital Art Heists to Reclaim African Artifacts

A Nigerian man has launched a project called “Looty” to reclaim African artifacts stolen by European colonisers by creating 3-D images of them, selling them as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and using the proceeds to fund young African artists. Calls for objects stolen during the colonial period to be returned to their places of origin have […]