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'I went looking for it, but it didn't exist, so I built it' - Bradford man behind app
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (366+ words) A PRIVATELY built family app has secured a state innovation grant to support its launch. Bradford-born Ben Peel, 41, received 50,000 Swedish kronor from Almi, Sweden's state-owned business development agency, for Nuity—a privacy-focused family app he designed, built, and coded independently....
Digital data leeches: trading on our profiles
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (861+ words) Everyone has secrets. Things they wouldn't tell just anyone – except, perhaps, their dating app. What sort of partner they're looking for. Where they go to look for them. Their sexual preferences, maybe, or details about their health. This information is…...
Latin America could see fresh disinformation after Meta changes
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (635+ words) As Meta moves to scrap fact-checking for Facebook and Instagram posts across Latin America, experts predict the change will lead to sharply degraded public debate in the region. The tech giant announced Wednesday it was testing crowdsourcing in 16 Latin American…...
Ignore The FUD—Google Updates Chrome As 230 Security Issues Confirmed
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (105+ words) Don't panic, just let Google Chrome continue protecting you. Google has confirmed 230 security vulnerabilities affecting the world's most popular web browser, Chrome, including five with a critical severity rating. So, why am I not concerned, and why don't you need…...
Amusing or addictive? The algorithms powering our social feeds
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (588+ words) Social media algorithms are a powerful feature of online life, serving up content to users based on their browsing habits or personal data. Australia could soon give citizens the choice to opt out of them under new legislation that also…...
Service boss says threat of cyber-attack to council is ‘constant’
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (792+ words) Stockton Council is under "constant and increasingly sophisticated" cyber-attack, a service boss has revealed. Ian Coxon, assistant director of back-office services partnership Xentrall, was asked about cyber-attacks in a council meeting. He was also quizzed about AI as he spoke…...
Australia Targets Social Media Algorithms With New User-Choice Rules
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (33+ words) Yahoo News UK Australia has proposed new rules giving social media users greater control over whether algorithms determine the content appearing in their feeds....
Microsoft Disables Annoying Feature
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (259+ words) Microsoft is switching the automatic text prediction in Word and Outlook to a new model. In the future, the feature will be disabled by default on all major platforms. This affects the desktop versions for Windows and macOS, the web…...
Map App Boss Reveals Stunning Surge After Defying Trump
1+ week, 4+ day ago (155+ words) The boss of vintage navigation company MapQuest has revealed the stunning spike in figures its service has seen since defying Donald Trump. Trump, 80, signed an executive order to change Lake Ontario to “Lake America” on August 27. The same day, MapQuest…...
Google renames Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' for US users after Trump order
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (34+ words) Yahoo News UK Google has updated its maps application to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America" for users in the US....