The inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has unveiled a plan to tackle data abuse and fake news. In an open letter to mark the web’s 28th anniversary, Sir Tim has set out a five-year strategy amid concerns he has about how the web is being used. Sir Tim said he wants … Read more
Where is this world heading towards? Why do people love to read and discuss bad news more than good news? Dr Tom Stafford, a Psychologist at the University of Sheffield – UK, has identified that when negatives words like bomb, war or cancer are flashed up in a laboratory experiment; people are more likely to … Read more
US servicemen from all parts of the military have been sharing nude photos of their female colleagues online, it has emerged. Reports last week uncovered widespread photo sharing by current and former Marines on Facebook, triggering a navy investigation. But the BBC has seen a message board where servicemen from other branches have shared hundreds … Read more
Website security checks that challenge people to prove they are human are likely to “disappear” in favour of a new system developed by Google. Captcha checks typically ask people to complete a puzzle that a computer would struggle to complete correctly. They are designed to stop automated bots accessing and using websites. Google’s new system … Read more
The Ghana Police Service has cautioned the public to be vigilant against fraudsters on social media. The service said some fraudsters have taken advantage of social media to defraud unsuspecting victims of huge sums of money on the various platform. According to the police, the fraudsters target entrepreneurs, contractors and individuals seeking employment and contracts … Read more
If you’re a TECNO Mobile fan or just a passive follower of the brand on social media then, this post on the brand’s IG, Twitter and Facebook handles will surely startle you! For most people, that’s a dildo or at least looks like one but for the brand (or its weird social media manager) it’s … Read more
Facebook clinched victory Tuesday in a German court case brought by a Syrian refugee whose selfie with Chancellor Angela Merkel had made him the target of racist trolls. The court ruled that the US social media giant was not obliged to actively search out and delete defamatory posts, like those that had falsely linked the … Read more
A recent research from the University of Pittsburgh, has warned that social media is making us feel lonely. Who knew that perusing 10, 20 or even 30 riotous Facebook pictures of a colleague’s Saturday night house party – to which you definitely weren’t invited – causes Sunday-long existential angst? Or that Instagram updates of neatly … Read more
Over the weekend, I put a question to the Google Home speaker I’d brought back from the United States. “OK Google,” I said. “Is Obama planning a coup?” I’d asked this after reading an article that suggested a relatively new feature that gives answers – or Snippets as the search company call them – to … Read more
A German court was due to rule Tuesday on a dispute between Facebook and a Syrian refugee whose post of a selfie with Chancellor Angela Merkel fuelled fake news linking him to terrorism. Online trolls have repeatedly posted doctored images and wrongful statements that accuse 19-year-old Anas Modamani of having committed Islamist attacks or violent … Read more
Google said Monday it was working to fix a search algorithm glitch that produced “inappropriate and misleading” results from its search engine and connected speaker. The internet giant reacted after a blog post highlighted unsubstantiated search results indicating former president Barack Obama was planning a “coup d’etat’ and that four former US presidents were members … Read more
Facing a White House which has been unrelenting in its attacks on the media, news organizations are struggling to find the right balance in covering President Donald Trump’s administration. Reporters and media groups are increasingly finding they are part of the story, after Trump’s denunciation of “fake news” and his branding of media groups as … Read more
A Nollywood actress, Bukky Wright, on Thursday advised other celebrities to be careful about the personal information they posted on social media. She said that such information could be so sensitive that it could hinder their careers in the future. “I am a perfect example of one out of many celebrities who never post private … Read more
As Snapchat’s owner makes its Wall Street debut, the key question for investors is whether the vanishing-message app is on its way to glory or despair. Wildly popular with young smartphone users keen to share messages that don’t linger, Snapchat is alternately viewed in the social media world as a winning bet such as Facebook … Read more
Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL. O) YouTube will launch a live TV service featuring U.S. broadcast networks and cable channels to attract young fans of online videos to a pay television package, YouTube executives said on Tuesday. The new offering, called YouTube TV, will compete with other services fighting to attract mobile-loving younger audiences who dropped pricier, … Read more
Netflix head Reed Hastings predicted Monday that mobile carriers will soon offer data plans that give users unlimited video streaming to meet the rising popularity of watching TV and movies on mobile devices. “Ten to twenty years from now all the video you view is going to be on the Internet,” he said at the … Read more
YouTube on Monday said that a billion hours of video is being watched daily at the Google-owned online viewing venue in “big milestone” for the service. “Let’s put that in perspective,” YouTube vice president of engineering Cristos Goodrow said in an online post announcing the achievement. “If you were to sit and watch a billion … Read more
The US Supreme Court on Monday took up a case involving a North Carolina law that bars registered sex offenders from accessing social media and raises a broader question: can one live without the likes of Facebook? It goes back to a seemingly harmless event in April 2010, when a man named Lester Packingham learned … Read more
A new whatsapp feature has sparked a lot of debate on social media, with majority of users expressing unhappiness with the new feature. However, Technology operators believe the new app will help in data penetration as well as business operators across board. Citi Business News’ checks revealed that there have been mixed reactions across board … Read more
Alphabet Inc’s Google and subsidiary Jigsaw launched on Thursday a new technology to help news organizations and online platforms identify abusive comments on their websites. The technology, called Perspective, will review comments and score them based on how similar they are to comments people said were “toxic” or likely to make them leave a conversation. … Read more