Facebook’s tributes section serves as an online memorial for deceased users
Facebook’s tributes section serves as an online memorial for deceased users
Death doesn't stop Facebook users from sharing memories, and now those memorialized posts have a dedicated spot on the network. Facebook Tribute is a section on memorialized profiles for users to write posts and share memories. The update also comes with new legacy contact tools.
Back off, photo thieves: Flickr alerts photographers to image theft with Pixsy
Back off, photo thieves: Flickr alerts photographers to image theft with Pixsy
Worried about someone swiping your photo off Flickr? The image sharing platform can now integrate with Pixsy accounts to alert photographers when a photo is used without permission. Pixsy uses artificial intelligence to scour the web for copies of a protected photo, along with offering other resources.
How a two-year-old Facebook post may lead to jail time for a visitor to Dubai
How a two-year-old Facebook post may lead to jail time for a visitor to Dubai
If you enjoy sounding off on social media, you might want to check through your posts prior to any trip to Dubai. A British woman was recently arrested upon arrival in the UAE state in connection with Facebook comments posted two years ago about her former husband and his new wife.
Microsoft says it’s closing its HealthVault patient records service
Microsoft says it’s closing its HealthVault patient records service
Microsoft will close its HealthVault service in the fall. HealthVault offered a way for individuals to store and share their health records with medical professionals. The decision comes soon after Microsoft said it is ending support for its Health Dashboard apps for the defunct Band fitness tracker.
Skype doubles its group video chat limit to 50 participants
Skype doubles its group video chat limit to 50 participants
Skype now allows for up to 50 people in video and audio chats, double that of before. And instead of ringing everyone as a way to get a group call started, you can now send unobtrusive notifications to get everyone’s attention. The update is available now with the latest version of Skype for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Microsoft’s Chromium Edge browser killer feature? 4K Netflix streaming
Microsoft’s Chromium Edge browser killer feature? 4K Netflix streaming
Microsoft’s upcoming Chromium-based Edge browser may support 4K Netflix streaming. A Reddit user recently spotted a flag for a DRM necessary for 4K streaming within the preview version of the browser. If the feature is kept, Edge may be the only Chromium browser with 4K streaming support.
Facebook will ban content supporting white nationalism and separatism
Facebook will ban content supporting white nationalism and separatism
According to reports, Facebook has made the decision to ban content that supports white nationalism and separatism from its platforms. Coming not long after the recent terrorist attack in New Zealand, it's the company's latest attempt to grapple with the spread of extremism on social media.
Facebook axes fake accounts pretending to be legitimate media organizations
Facebook axes fake accounts pretending to be legitimate media organizations
Facebook today removed more than 2,500 accounts for coordinated inauthentic behavior -- including some accounts pretending to be actual media organizations. Other accounts were removed for spam, while a small number pretended to be political groups in the U.S., U.K., and Australia.
Google’s Street View is mapping Earth’s most Mars-like terrain
Google’s Street View is mapping Earth’s most Mars-like terrain
Life on Mars on Earth on Street View. Confused? You needn't be. We're talking about Devon Island, a remote location in Canada's Arctic that's said to be the most Mars-like place on Earth. Street View recently visited the island to map the terrain and meet some of the scientists working there.
As Apple takes on Netflix, is YouTube ditching its original content strategy?
As Apple takes on Netflix, is YouTube ditching its original content strategy?
As Apple's new video subscription service and original content launches, Google is denying a report that YouTube is reportedly stepping away from its own original content ambitions. However some shows have been shelved, and YouTube's revenue model appears in flux.
Apple’s next big event is minutes away: Here’s what you can expect
Apple’s next big event is minutes away: Here’s what you can expect
Apple's next big event takes place on March 25 in Cupertino, California. The company is expected to make services announcements, including its new streaming service. and possibly a new Apple TV streaming device. Follow our detailed guide to find out all you need to know.
Drunk shoppers spend $48B per year while intoxicated, mostly on Amazon
Drunk shoppers spend $48B per year while intoxicated, mostly on Amazon
Drunk shoppers spend more than $400 per year, according to the results of a survey carried out by The Hustle. The drunk shopping industry is apparently worth $48 billion, and Amazon is turning out to be the biggest beneficiary from the purchases of items that customers do not remember.
Get ready to say goodbye to some IFTTT support in Gmail by March 31
Get ready to say goodbye to some IFTTT support in Gmail by March 31
IFTTT, the popular automation service, will drop some of its support for Gmail. The decision is aimed to protect user data. IFTTT will remove all Gmail triggers and the "create a draft" ability. Actions for ‘"send an email" and "send yourself an email" will remain in place.
A Facebook, Instagram bug exposed millions of passwords to its employees
A Facebook, Instagram bug exposed millions of passwords to its employees
Facebook, Facebook Lite, and Instagram passwords weren't properly encrypted and could be viewed by employees, the company said Thursday. The network estimates millions of users were affected, but says there's no evidence of internal abuse or external access to the data.
You can now listen to Google Podcasts on your desktop without the app
You can now listen to Google Podcasts on your desktop without the app
Tweaking the URL of a Google Podcasts share link can let you listen to a podcast on your desktop or laptop via your browser. The streamlined web player doesn't have all the functions of the main application, but Google Podcasts now work on devices without the official app, hinting at future potential.
How much!? British Airways glitch results in $4.2M quote for family vacation
How much!? British Airways glitch results in $4.2M quote for family vacation
Website errors sometimes cause flight prices to display at way below the correct price. But British Airways recently experienced the opposite issue when it tried to charge a family 200 times more than it should have for a two-week vacation in Mexico. The booking price? About $4.2 million.
Don’t be fooled! Study exposes most popular phishing email subject lines
Don’t be fooled! Study exposes most popular phishing email subject lines
Phishing emails are often a tactic used to fool you into opening fraudulent messages that might eventually infect your computer or put your identity at risk. A new study out by the cybersecurity company Barracuda has exposed some of the most common phishing emails used to exploit businesses.
Patreon is having another go at changing the way it charges creators
Patreon is having another go at changing the way it charges creators
Patreon messed up pretty badly the last time it tried to change its payment system, with the subsequent backlash forcing the company to abandon the rollout. Now it's having another go, and this time the changes mainly affect future sign-ups rather than its current community of creators.
Firefox 66 is here and it will soon block irritating autoplay videos
Firefox 66 is here and it will soon block irritating autoplay videos
Mozilla announced the release of Firefox 66 on Tuesday, March 19, and it is bringing several enhancements to help reduce online browsing irritations. As previously teased in February, the latest version of the browser will soon block autoplaying videos by default and will also help make web page scrolling smoother.
New Zealand attack shows that as A.I. filters get smarter, so do violators
New Zealand attack shows that as A.I. filters get smarter, so do violators
The shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand were livestreamed to social media, and networks spent the next few days trying to take down remixed videos of the horrific attacks. While stats show networks are improving at removing offending videos, as the system improves, so do the violators' workarounds.
There’s more space on MySpace after ‘accidental’ wipe of 50 million songs
There’s more space on MySpace after ‘accidental’ wipe of 50 million songs
The '00s social network darling, MySpace, may have lost every song your old band made. During a server migration last year, it lost upwards of 50 million songs and untold images and videos that were uploaded to the site between 2003 and 2015. The site blamed a corruption issue occured during the move.
Your Google+ public content will remain viewable on the web, if you want it to
Your Google+ public content will remain viewable on the web, if you want it to
Google's failed social network will soon be wiped from the internet, but there's a team of volunteers working to save its public content for the Internet Archive. Google+ launched in 2011, but security breaches and a lack of engagement prompted the web company to announce its retirement.
Facebook explains its worst outage as 3 million users head to Telegram
Facebook explains its worst outage as 3 million users head to Telegram
Facebook, if you didn't already know it, suffered a bit of an issue on Wednesday. An issue that took down not only its social networking site, but also Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger to become the company’s most serious outage in its 15-year history. On Thursday it offered an explanation.
Hey Google, why did you kill off Allo, your best messaging app in years?
Hey Google, why did you kill off Allo, your best messaging app in years?
Allo, Google's messaging app, has shut down. I convinced my closest friends and family to swap to the app two and a half years ago when it debuted, and we've been using it since. With its death, I say farewell to a beautiful app that offered genuinely fun features found nowhere else.
Netgear’s new Nighthawk Pro Gaming router keeps you connected at a nice price
Netgear’s new Nighthawk Pro Gaming router keeps you connected at a nice price
Netgear has debuted a new member of its Nighthawk Pro Gaming range of routers, but this one is much more affordable than the others. It still features support for 802.11ac and a decent bandwidth of 1,750Mbps, plus the DUMAOS optimizations, but it offers all that for just $200.
Privacy-focused DuckDuckGo added to Chrome as a default search option
Privacy-focused DuckDuckGo added to Chrome as a default search option
DuckDuckGo is now listed as a default search option on Google’s Chrome browser. The search engine was added this week as part of the browser's latest update. DuckDuckGo claims to offer a more private browsing experience than other search engines as it doesn't store or share any personal information linked to its users.
Yep, it’s not just you. Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are down for many
Yep, it’s not just you. Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are down for many
Facebook's family of apps has been suffering issues for much of Wednesday. Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Facebook itself have been out of action for users around the world, with the company scrambling to sort it out. The social networking giant insists the outage is not the result of a cyber attack.
Twitter takes a cue from Instagram and Snapchat with new quick-swipe camera
Twitter takes a cue from Instagram and Snapchat with new quick-swipe camera
Twitter is giving the "what's happening" treatment to photos and video by allowing users to access the in-app camera fast enough to catch and share the moment. The new Twitter camera is accessible with a swipe, and uses a design distinguished from the images just uploaded from the camera roll.
Happy 30th, World Wide Web. Here’s how you changed the world, for good and bad
Happy 30th, World Wide Web. Here’s how you changed the world, for good and bad
Thirty years ago, Tim Berners-Lee proposed the basics of the World Wide Web to CERN. Though his original ideas are now over three decades old, they remain the foundation on which the modern web is built. Here's how the web has changed the world, and how the world may soon change the web.
Skype for web gets a bunch of new features that include call recording
Skype for web gets a bunch of new features that include call recording
Skype has given the web version of its video chat service a makeover, adding high-definition calls, a recording feature, and a revamped notification panel, among other extras. Skype for web launched in 2015 and allows anyone with a Microsoft account to launch a chat without having to download any software.
Democrats aim to save the internet and restore net neutrality
Democrats aim to save the internet and restore net neutrality
The fight for net neutrality is still living on. Lawmakers in the U.S. House and Senate on March 6 introduced the "Save the Internet Act," which its proponents say will restore the rules that protect an open internet. It would reinstate net neutrality rules which were repealed by the FCC in 2017.
Google Images gets shoppable ads to help you spend even more money online
Google Images gets shoppable ads to help you spend even more money online
Following in the footsteps of the likes of Instagram and Pinterest, Google is now testing shoppable ads within image search results. It means retailers can add tags that show the price and brand name of the displayed product, or of multiple products shown in a single image.
Bitcoin mining profits are on the rise. But don’t buy your own hardware just yet
Bitcoin mining profits are on the rise. But don’t buy your own hardware just yet
Gross margins for Bitcoin miners are on the rise again after a year of continual downfalls. While this doesn't guarantee it will remain profitable forever, it seems as if the downturn may have been reversed for now, while trades in the cryptocurrency continue to grow from month to month.
Microsoft Security reports a massive increase in malicious phishing scams
Microsoft Security reports a massive increase in malicious phishing scams
Microsoft's most recent Security Intelligence Report has found phishing scams on the rise by up to 250 percent. Despite the advent of machine learning to fight such scams, phishing attacks are becoming more complex and remain a security threat to both individuals users and large enterprise organizations.