Count another person who isn’t ‘liking’ social media these days. Linus Torvalds, the Finish-born creator of the free Linux software that competes against Apple’s MacOS and Microsoft’s Windows to power computers, did not mince words when discussing Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. And in an interview with Linux Journal, Continue Reading
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As the web turns 30, its creator offers a message of hope for its future
The web is turning 30 on Tuesday, but its creator, Tim Berners-Lee, is already looking ahead to the next 30 years. In his annual letter on the web’s birthday, Berners-Lee spent less time reflecting on how the web has developed over the past three decades, and instead expressed optimism about Continue Reading
Microsoft Bing’s China outage may have been a technical error, not a block
China’s government may not have censored Microsoft’s Bing search engine after all. The service’s outage stemmed from a technical problem, Reuters reported Monday, citing an anonymous source. Microsoft didn’t get any prior notice of a block from the Chinese government and it wasn’t an intentional move, the source reportedly Continue Reading
Copycat military websites caught selling users’ personal information
The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that it had seized nine copycat websites that harvested and sold users’ personal information by posing as US military recruitment sites. The operators of websites such as Army.com and NavyEnlist.com tricked people interested in joining the military out of their personal information by Continue Reading
Amazon Go: Bigger cashierless stores reportedly being tested
Amazon is reportedly looking at bringing its cashierless Go shopping experience to larger stores. The e-commerce giant is testing the system in Seattle, in a larger space laid out like a big store, The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend, citing unnamed sources. Amazon Go stores are designed to Continue Reading
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey wants to fix ‘filter bubbles’ on the social network
Social media sites such as Twitter can reinforce certain political viewpoints or biases by surfacing posts they think its users want to see. It’s a problem that Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey admits the company is trying to solve, but he’s not blaming it on the algorithms. ‘I think Continue Reading
How Facebook’s big ambitions for messaging will impact you
Sitting on a grey couch at Facebook’s headquarters, Stan Chudnovsky starts talking about what humans can’t live without. The head of the social network’s Messenger service isn’t speaking about food, shelter or water. Instead, he points to what he and I are doing at this very moment: communicating. ‘There Continue Reading