Google's plans to use a new Internet Protocol has raised concerns among congressional antitrust investigators who worry it could give the company an unfair competitive advantage, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. Investigators want to know whether Google will use...
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Social networking giant is already facing investigations from the FTC, the House antitrust committee and a host of attorneys general. The US Justice Department plans to investigate Facebook to determine whether it violated federal antitrust laws, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. The investigation,...
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Facebook today announced that it has suspended “tens of thousands” of apps as part of an ongoing investigation into improper data use on the part of third-party developers. The investigation is part of a broader effort the company embarked on...
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A real check to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s control is finally coming in the form of an 11 to 40-member Oversight Board that will review appeals to its policy decisions, like content takedowns, and make recommendations for changes. Today Facebook released the charter establishing the theoretically...
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Google has been experimenting with dark modes for Google Chrome for several months, for desktop and mobile device, but there's no simple button or checkbox for making the switch. Chrome's dark mode is activated in a different way for each...
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Google wants its every AI-powered voice assistant to spread to every corner of tech. As of today, you can find Google Assistant in a wide variety of smart speakers -- from the original Google Home ($99 at Walmart) to the Google Home Mini to third-party...
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In this guide, we'll show you how to update drivers in Windows 10. But first, you need to understand exactly what a driver is. Essentially, it’s a piece of software that allows your computer’s components to work together and be...
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Apple users are being warned that an iMessage security vulnerability has been discovered that could enable an attacker to read the files on their iPhones without having physical access to the device. The iMessage vulnerability was uncovered by Google Project Zero...
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The plugin Facebook Widget (Widget for Facebook Page Feeds) was closed on the WordPress Plugin Directory yesterday. That is one of the 1,000 most popular plugins, so we were alerted to its closure. While we were looking in to the plugin to...
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Popular media software VLC Media Player has a critical software vulnerability that could put millions of users at risk, security researchers have warned. Researchers from German firm CERT-Bund say they have detected a major safety flaw in the video player, which...
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