As the whole world went semi-offline last night due to a six-hour outage on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, the main question on everyone’s mind was “what’s happening to our social media platforms?” Well, Facebook cleared the air in a blog post right after the outage was fixed. Apparently, the answer to the popular question isn’t as gripping as most of […]
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Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms are back online after a massive global outage plunged the services and the businesses and people who rely on them into chaos for hours. Facebook said late Monday that “the root cause of this outage was a faulty configuration change” and that there is “no evidence that user […]
Google’s return to the flagship smartphone space might fit user’s financial budget, as rumor has it that the upcoming Pixel 6 series might be cheaper than anticipated. Tech enthusiasts are getting a fresh new design with the new Pixel 6, as well as a Google-built processor, improved camera quality, and much more. In an interview with German newspaper Der Spiegel, Google hardware and services chief Rick Osterloh described the Pixel 6 as […]
Starting this month, Clubhouse users will be able to utilize a feature that has been in-demand for quite some time; in-app recording. The new feature is called “replay,” and it will allow users to record a chat room, keep it saved in their profile and club, or download it onto their devices. The Verge laid down some ground rules for the new feature, noting […]
Lawful presence takes over as lawmakers assembled on Wednesday to conduct a series of data privacy hearings in an attempt to bolster data protection protocols against social networking platforms. The Senate Commerce Committee’s intentions to address the development of an additional privacy bureau at the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) will set new scales for extensive […]
In an attempt to curb hate raid incidents, popular live streaming platform Twitch has revealed several new features to the platform. Twitch announced on its official Twitter page that it will allow streamers to request phone verification from a viewer to be able to chat. Adding a phone number surely isn’t enough to handle harassment, which is why Twitch is upgrading its existing email verification settings to allow creators to hold greater power over who gets to chat. “This […]
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is “not the friendliest,” according to Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, who criticized Biden during the Code Conference interview. After the White House brushed off Musk’s EV company last month, the Tesla founder has been extremely vocal regarding his dismissal to Biden. If you’re wondering how the White House brushed off the current richest man in the world, well, it all starts […]
If you were hoping to see Fortnite NFTs some time in the near future, we have some bad news for you. Earlier this week, Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games tweeted that the company won’t be diving into the NFT world, as Sweeney believes the space’s problem with scams and hacks will act as a huge barrier. After the tweet caught […]
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Big Tech companies that operate around the globe have long promised to obey local laws and to protect civil rights while doing business. But when Apple and Google capitulated to Russian demands and removed a political-opposition app from their local app stores, it raised worries that two of the world’s most […]
Tim Sweeney, CEO of Fortnite maker Epic Games Inc., said Wednesday it’s been told by Apple that the game will be “blacklisted from the Apple ecosystem” until the companies’ legal case is resolved and all appeals are exhausted, which could take as long as five years. Sweeney posted on Twitter that Epic has asked Apple […]