WhatsApp is reportedly implementing a security fix to address an issue causing users’ chats to not sync properly between linked devices. The bug is said to wrongly sync chats between the devices. The fix for the issue is being reportedly rolled out for WhatsApp beta users and is being implemented […]
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WASHINGTON — Lawmakers of both parties came out swinging in a hearing on Wednesday with Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, expressing deep skepticism and anger toward the company for not doing enough to protect young users. In a hearing held by a Senate subcommittee on consumer protection, lawmakers grilled […]
Have you heard about the September exodus? More than four million Americans quit their jobs that month, shattering the record for resignations previously set the month before. And some 40{a78e43caf781a4748142ac77894e52b42fd2247cba0219deedaee5032d61bfc9} of remaining employees are thinking of quitting, too, according to a Microsoft report. The crisis is even worse in technology. […]
A funny thing happened on the way to the stock market’s retreat. Stay-at-home stocks that benefitted most from Covid-19 and the ensuing lockdowns, like Etsy, DoorDash, Zoom and DocuSign, were the worst performers this week. It’s the opposite reaction that one might expect as the new Covid omicron variant, which […]
Getty Images Clearview AI, the company behind a controversial facial recognition system that scrapes social media sites to add pictures of people to its database, is on the cusp of receiving a patent for its technology. The company confirmed Saturday that the US Trademark and Patent Office had sent it […]
Microsoft has taken an aggressive new approach to discourage users from downloading Google’s Chrome Web browser. The Redmond-based company has started showing prompts when users try to download Chrome using Microsoft Edge that dissuade them from downloading and installing Google’s Web browser. The prompts are in place for both Windows […]