Google has updated its Chrome web browser to prevent websites see when visitors are using Incognito Mode, making it easier for people to bypass paywalls on websites. The latest update is designed to improve users’ privacy by preventing websites from monitoring when people are using the private browsing feature. ... Read More »
The issue caused some images and features to break across all of Facebook’s apps Facebook had problems loading images, videos, and other data across its apps today, leaving some people unable to load photos in the Facebook News Feed, view stories on Instagram, or send messages in WhatsApp. Facebook ... Read More »
South Korean mobile carrier KT Corp said on Thursday it launched 5G services in one of the world’s most heavily armed border zones separating the two Koreas The next generation technology is available in Taesung Freedom Village – a South Korean community in the 4-km (2.5-mile) wide Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) ... Read More »
Facebook’s Libra is the last thing the world needs – big tech’s use of our data threatens to intrude even on financial transactions Dystopian fiction – from Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange to Russell T Davies’s spectacular recent BBC1 series Years and Years – is usually intended to take ... Read More »
As with new version of PlayStation, Xbox is promising to do away with loading screens Microsoft has revealed its new Xbox, codenamed Project Scarlett. The console features a huge array of improved specs that will allow games to do away with loading times as well as giving vast performance leaps, ... Read More »
Reported move could hit Huawei Technologies’ ability to run phone operating system Google has suspended Huawei’s access to updates of its Android operating system and chipmakers have reportedly cut off supplies to the Chinese telecoms company, complying with orders from the US government as it seeks to blacklist Huawei ... Read More »
Android Auto — the in-car platform that brings the look and functions of a smartphone to the vehicle’s central screen — is getting a new look and improved navigation and communication features that will roll out this summer. The improvements and new look were revealed Monday during Google I/O ... Read More »
Australian aviation authority Casa approves Alphabet’s Project Wing, which delivers food, drinks and medication A world-first drone delivery business has been granted approval to take to the skies over Canberra’s north. For the past 18 months, Project Wing, an offshoot of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has been trialling drone delivery ... Read More »
Labor supports legislation in response to Christchurch shooting that threatens jail for executives, despite media companies’ concerns The Australian parliament has passed legislation to crack down on violent videos on social media, despite furious reaction from the tech industry, media companies and legal experts. The Labor opposition combined with the ... Read More »
‘Keeping children safe cannot be left to social networks,’ says NSPCC Children as young as five years old are being targeted for grooming on Instagram where attempts have more than tripled, the NPCC has warned. More than 5,100 online grooming crimes were recorded by police in just 18 months after ... Read More »
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