Internet
A proposed US law seeks to silence TikTok to stop data flow to China.
The law aims to protect Americans by blocking and prohibiting all transactions from any social media company in, or under the influence of, China, Russia, and several other foreign countries of concern
Digital Pill Mills made a report on the need for a ban on advertising.
Loopholes in the rules governing advertising for stimulant medications should be closed, according to a report released Monday by the Center for Data Innovation
The weaponization of legit video providers is on the rise.
Streaming video content from non-mainstream providers might make you an unwitting target of content piracy. If you get a bargain pricing offer, you risk becoming the victim of scammers and hackers, losing personal data, and having your financial assets st...
The black market on Facebook has been found to be fraudulent.
The accounts can be used to run multiple pages and ad campaigns, creating new opportunities for online scams, disinformation, and election interference, according to the investigation by the Tech Transparency Project, a Washington, D.C.-based information...
Shoppable videos turn viewers into buyers.
Marketers are paying more attention to presenting potential buyers with a blend of product videos as a model that adopts live commerce goals based on consumer-led and consumer-centric product discovery
In the last year, social media account hijackings increased by 1,000%. Report.
In a survey of consumers, the Identity Theft Resource Center found that 85% had their Instagram accounts compromised, while 25% had their Facebook account hijacked
The future of the internet.
There is a lot of work going into creating the next generation of the web. Most of it is focused on the concept that we’ll have a very different experience that is far more immersive. Let’s call it “Web 3D.”
Upstart search engine andi gives answers.
A new search engine powered by artificial intelligence and natural language processing is offering an alternative to the lists of web pages making up the results of a typical online search.
Meta is moving to back off. Misinformation can be removed from platforms.
Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, is asking its Oversight Board for an advisory opinion on whether measures taken to squash dangerous Covid-19 misinformation should continue or be modified
Facebook groups are recruiting fake reviewers.
Amazon alleges that the administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups have attempted to orchestrate the placement of bogus reviews on Amazon in exchange for money or free products.
The State of US broadband is not good.
Comparisons between U.S. and European broadband prices abound, but their respective markets are built on such entirely different cost structures as to make any comparison between the two meaningless without accounting for the differences in necessary expe...
The eSIM upgrade path is slow due to unresolved conflicts.
Misconceptions about embedded SIM cards (eSIMs) for IoT are keeping companies from adopting this new technology. That is detrimental, as eSIMs are crucial for patching and successful secure IoT deployment. eSIMs are slowly replacing standard SIMs in IoT d...
The Core 22 release addresses challenges of edge computing.
Canonical is pushing the security and usability conveniences of managing internet of things (IoT) and edge devices with its June 15 release of Ubuntu Core 22, the fully containerized Ubuntu 22.04 LTS variant optimized for IoT and edge devices
The study found that sports is king among livestreamers.
Live sports programming is migrating to online platforms as more rights become available. Events that are streamed live on the net are growing in popularity among internet households, especially live sports, according to a new study.
Kids use screen time at a faster rate in the last four years.
Online videos have cemented their place at the top of young people’s media hierarchies. However, video gaming did not increase dramatically during the pandemic. The top activities remain the same — online videos, gaming, and social media
Free-Speech, Uncensored Browser was launched for Conservatives.
Called Tusk, the new browser is the brainchild of Jeff Bermant, a Santa Barbara, Calif. real estate developer and founder of the Cocoon VPN. He said he built Tusk because he felt that free speech for conservatives was being censored by the current browser...