Instagram has new parental controls to help moderate use for teens
As Meta deals with lawsuits alleging its apps are harming teen users, the technology company has just announced new parental control features for Instagram......»»
Meta OKs deleting Threads without losing Instagram
Previously, getting rid of the app fully required deleting the associated Instagram account......»»
Fisker slashes 2023 production forecast, flags material weakness in financials
The EV maker said its delivery infrastructure can't keep up with production. Fisker also flagged weakness in internal controls over financial reporting, sending stock price 14 percent lower......»»
Meta and Amazon make a deal to put the shopping in your socials
Facebook and Instagram users with a Prime membership will begin to see tailored ads with real-time pricing next to them......»»
Sony A7 III mirrorless camera is $635 off in Walmart’s Black Friday Sale
Upgrade your Instagram feed with this deal on one of the most popular mirrorless cameras on the market, the Sony A7 III......»»
How to unsend messages on Instagram
Follow these steps to unsend an Instagram message. Have you ever accidentally send a message to somebody you didn't mean to send a message to? Or perhaps you sent a message to someone and you now regret that decision. Well, if it was a text mes.....»»
How to see your report history on Instagram
Here's how to see your report history on Instagram, so you can see action taken concerning abusive or hateful comments you report. Reporting online abuse often feels like wishing on a star. You throw your complaint into the ether and hope that.....»»
Political ads on Facebook, Instagram required to disclose use of AI
Meta has introduced a set of AI rules for political advertisers on Facebook and Instagram. OpenAI just announced its latest large language model (LLM), GPT-4 Turbo. Elon Musk's xAI recently unveiled its own AI chatbot, Grok. And Samsung is jump.....»»
Single gene controls Corn Belt weed"s resistance to soil-applied herbicide, study finds
Waterhemp, the aggressive weed threatening Corn Belt crop production, is throwing curveballs once again, according to researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The weed has famously developed resistance to not one or two, but seven.....»»
Instagram read receipts can now be turned off – but only in a limited test
Most messaging apps let you choose whether or not to reveal that you’ve read a message, but there was no way to switch off Instagram read receipts. That is now changing, albeit only for some users initially … more….....»»
You should probably stay away from the Instagram Wrapped app
An app called Wrapped for Instagram has been making waves lately. But is it safe to use, or is it a scam? Here's what you need to know......»»
"I blew the whistle on Meta, now I won"t work again"
Former senior staffer Arturo Béjar claims Instagram is not doing enough to protect teens from sexual harassment......»»
Ford, Chevrolet, Ram crew cab pickups fall short in IIHS crash test
The 2023 Ford F-150, Ram 1500 and Chevrolet Silverado 1500 crew cab pickups were rated ‘poor' in the institute's revised moderate overlap front crash test, with only the 2023 Toyota Tundra crew cab earning a ‘marginal' rating......»»
The health and economic toll of gun violence in youth
Since 2020, firearms have been the number one cause of death among children and teens in the United States, surpassing even car accidents, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2022, more than 4,500 young people died fr.....»»
Car climate controls are better with a knob, but Range Rover does digital right
Physical climate controls are easier to control than digital ones -- but if companies insist on implementing digital ones, they should at least be easy to use......»»
Perfect Dark finally gets the full-featured PC port it deserves
Decompilation project adds mouse-and-keyboard controls, upscaled graphics and more. It's hard to go back to the N64 original after seeing the smooth visual and control improvement of this PC port. For decades now, PC players who wan.....»»
Facebook and Instagram launch ad-free subscription tier in EU
The platforms' owner Meta said its new subscription was about addressing EU concerns, rather than making money......»»
CISOs struggling to understand value of security controls data
Many CISOs are grappling with the conundrum of the purpose and value of security controls data in supporting critical business decisions, according to Panaseer. The biggest concern when taking on a new CISO role is receiving an inaccurate audit of th.....»»
Even Google CEO Sundar Pichai doesn’t understand Google’s privacy controls
Pichai told Congress users could "clearly see" what data Google is collecting. Enlarge (credit: Sean Gallup | Getty Images) No one in the world seems to know how Google's privacy controls work, and the company probably l.....»»
A mechanism that controls the genomic structure during early differentiation into neuroectoderm
A group of scientists have discovered that a one of the components of the polycomb-type of transcriptional repressor complex (PRC), Phc1 (Rae28), regulates the chromatin state of cells and plays a critical role in the process of undifferentiated cell.....»»
Romance or nomance? Adolescents prefer to see less sex, more friendships, platonic relationships on screen, says report
This year's Teens & Screens report from UCLA's Center for Scholars & Storytellers, or CSS, found that teens—plus the 18- to 24-year-old demographic that advertisers typically target—think sex and romance are too prominent in TV shows and movies,.....»»