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The ever-evolving shift to digital means that most of our day-to-day activities are carried out online. We’re now accustomed to simply toggling through a few apps to book a ride, order dinner and scroll through content from friends and public figures a… Continue reading The digital identity imperative
Facebook is hoping that it can succeed where others have failed, and use its massive global presence to make smart glasses a worldwide hit, partnering with Ray-Ban to launch a pair of photo/video-capturing glasses called Ray-Ban Stories.Continue Readin… Continue reading Facebook aims for your face with Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses
Over the past century there have been frequent societal concerns over the impact of novel technologies on the well-being of young people. Yet, as time passed, those concerns were consistently forgotten and apprehensions quickly shifted to the next new … Continue reading New study finds no link between teen tech use and mental health problems
Cyber harassment via social networks, media, and other online channels is an everyday reality for too many people, and the problem is getting worse. It might seem inevitable, as people are spending more and more time online, but Matthieu Boutard, Manag… Continue reading Can we put a stop to cyber harassment?
As our lives have migrated almost entirely online due to the pandemic, the Dashlane list highlights the companies and organizations with the most significant password-related mishaps of 2020. Social networking may have kept us connected in the year of … Continue reading Who are the worst password offenders of 2020?
Video conference users should not post screen images of Zoom and other video conference sessions on social media, according to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers, who easily identified people from public screenshots of video meetings on Zoo… Continue reading Researchers extract personal data from video conference screenshots
After incurring billions of dollars in fines from international regulators over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook faces yet another penalty – albeit a much smaller one – over ‘false’ data privacy claims. Canada’s C… Continue reading Facebook Fined $9 Million in Canada Over ‘False’ Privacy Claims
A new study has concluded young people today rate similarly on interpersonal skills compared to those who grew up in the 1990s. The research suggests smartphones, screen-time, and social media have not negatively affected kids’ social skills, and moder… Continue reading Concerns over kids’ screen-time a modern-day “moral panic”, says study
Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Army Research Office have demonstrated a new model of how competing pieces of information spread in online social networks and the Internet of Things. The findings could be used to disseminate ac… Continue reading Researchers develop a way to quickly purge old network data
Social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, provide people with a lot of information, but it’s getting harder and harder to tell what’s real and what’s not. Participants had various reactions to encountering a fake post Rese… Continue reading How people deal with fake news or misinformation in their social media feeds