Facebook has apologised for naughty word blocking blunder
If you’ve been on Facebook for a reasonable length of time, you’ve probably had a post removed thanks to the overbearing automated moderation systems the company has in p...
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Microsoft announces general availability of Application Guard for Office
Microsoft unveiled a couple of security features for Microsoft 365 early in 2020, which included Application Guard. Today, the company announced that Application Guard fo...
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Apple earnings: $111.4B with well over half in iPhone sales
Today, Apple announced its earnings for the first quarter of its 2021 fiscal year, or the fourth quarter of the 2020 calendar year. The Cupertino firm posted revenue of $...
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Social media damages teenagers’ mental health, report says
Teenagers’ mental health is being damaged by heavy social media use, a report has found. Research from the Education Policy Institute and The Prince’s...
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Google’s Tilt Brush VR painting app goes open source
Google has made its virtual-reality painting tool open source, handing it over to community creators instead of shutting it down. The Tilt Brush app allows...
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Video sharing service Byte acquired by competitor Clash
Barely a year after it was launched, Byte, the spiritual successor to the wildly popular short video sharing service Vine; has been sold to TikTok competitor Clash...
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Alphabet, Facebook rise after Microsoft reports surprisingly strong advertising revenue
Shares of Alphabet, Facebook and other advertising-driven internet companies gained in extended trading on Tuesday; after Microsoft’s earnings report showed that i...
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GameStop jumps after hours as Elon Musk tweets out Reddit board that’s hyping stock
Tesla CEO Elon Musk seemed to rally behind GameStop’s epic surge, tweeting out a link to the Reddit board that’s largely hyped the stock. Shares of GameStop...
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UN, UK sign agreement on space sustainability
SPACE SUSTAINABILITY: The United Nations and the United Kingdom have signed an agreement; one that promotes the safe and sustainable use of space “for future generations....
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Google Lens now supports offline translation
GOOGLE LENS: As more and more services are based on the cloud, it’s always nice to see when something that typically requires an internet connection becomes accessi...
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