Instagram Moderators Say Iran Offered Them Bribes to Remove Accounts
The BBC reports: A Persian-language content moderator for Instagram and a former content moderator have said Iranian intelligence officials offered them money to remove Instagram accounts of journalists and activists.... Both content moderators al.....»»
Abuse of female athletes goes unchecked on mainstream social media sites
Social media posts that abuse female athletes can remain unmoderated on the official social media accounts of major sports clubs, new research has shown......»»
Improved air quality could enhance natural carbon sequestration by plants
Reducing pollution from aerosol particles would improve air quality. It could also increase the amount of sunlight accessible to plants—enhancing their ability to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and mitigate climate change......»»
Q&A: When it comes to Israel-Hamas war videos, don"t always trust what you see
Flip through TikTok, Instagram or X (formerly Twitter) each day, and a barrage of grainy, chaotic videos paints a complicated picture of the Israel-Hamas war......»»
MFA under fire, attackers undermine trust in security measures
In this Help Net Security video, Renée Burton, Head of Threat Intelligence at Infoblox, discusses MFA attacks. MFA adds security to online accounts, but MFA lookalikes are a real threat to consumers and enterprises. Consumers have come to trust MFA,.....»»
Apple Vision Pro now expected to ship in March
The Apple Vision Pro is still being worked on by Apple, but while initial plans were for a January launch, it seems more likely that the headset will ship in March instead.Apple Vision ProSince its introduction at WWDC 2023, Apple offered a broad tim.....»»
AI-generated movie posters with Disney logos force Microsoft to alter Bing Image Creator
Viral social media trend uses pictures of family dogs to create realistic movie posters. Enlarge / Social media influencers such as merlinthesuffolkiggy/Instagram, have used Microsoft’s Bing Image Generator, right, to create mo.....»»
Cohesity expands partnership with Microsoft to improve data restore capabilities for organizations
Cohesity announced it has deepened its relationship with Microsoft to help organizations more quickly respond to and recover from data loss within Microsoft 365 environments. For years, Cohesity and Microsoft have offered solutions for high-speed bac.....»»
Meta Oversight Board to review handling of video showing unveiled woman in Iran
Meta Oversight Board to review handling of video showing unveiled woman in Iran.....»»
More memes are coming thanks to Instagram’s new content creation tools
Instagram has rolled out an update to its platform where it will make it easier for creators to make new content. The post More memes are coming thanks to Instagram’s new content creation tools appeared first on Phandroid. There are plen.....»»
Apple UK launches Wallet"s Connected Cards feature
Previously in a limited beta test, Apple's Connected Cards is now available in the UK, letting users there see their bank and card balances directly in Apple Wallet.UK users can now link certain bank accounts to Apple WalletOriginally included in a b.....»»
Iran tells Hamas it will not enter the war with Israel
Iran tells Hamas it will not enter the war with Israel.....»»
Instagram drops new meme tools, photo filters, and an AI-powered custom sticker maker
National Meme Day only comes twice a year, and Instagram is celebrating by releasing an iPad app adding more meme-making features for Reels. The app is also gaining a bunch of new photo filters for the first time in forever. And memelords can get dow.....»»
Instagram drops new meme tools, photos filters, and an AI-powered custom sticker maker
National Meme Day only comes twice a year, and Instagram is celebrating by releasing an iPad app adding more meme-making features for Reels. The app is also gaining a bunch of new photo filters for the first time in forever. And memelords can get dow.....»»
Radiocarbon dating meets Egyptology and Biblical accounts in the city of Gezer
New dates provide detailed insights into the timing of events in the ancient city of Gezer, according to a study published November 15, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Lyndelle Webster of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and colleagues......»»
Focus groups can work without a moderator, research shows
Focus groups that feed views, experiences and opinions into politics, business and research might yield more open interaction and discussion within groups by moving moderators to a separate room, shows new research......»»
Starlink’s overzealous fraud detection locked users out of their accounts
"We had an account issue that led us to falsely flag your account as fraud." Enlarge / A Starlink satellite dish in Oriximiná, Brazil on August 9, 2023. (credit: Getty Images | Tarcisio Schnaider) The Starlink bug that.....»»
App downloads by teenagers should be Apple’s responsibility, says Meta
Apple and Google should be held legally responsible for gatekeeping app downloads by teenagers, suggests Facebook and Instagram developer Meta. The proposal to shift legal responsibility comes as social media platforms face increasing legal battle.....»»
Microbes could help reduce the need for chemical fertilizers
Production of chemical fertilizers accounts for about 1.5% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. MIT chemists hope to help reduce that carbon footprint by replacing some chemical fertilizer with a more sustainable source—bacteria......»»
Two new species of racerunner lizard discovered in Iran
A team of zoologists and biologists affiliated with several institutions in Russia and Iran has identified two new species of racerunner lizards in Iran. In their paper published in the journal Zootaxa, the group describes where the lizards were foun.....»»
Teenage social media addiction lawsuits can proceed, rules judge
The First Amendment doesn’t protect developers from lawsuits alleging that apps like Instagram and TikTok led to social media addiction among teenagers, a US district judge has ruled … more….....»»