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Tech giants, gatekeepers of the cloud
Life, James Hein, Published on 11/05/2022
» AWS, Microsoft and Google collectively made up 65% of global spend on cloud computing in Q1 2022, and their share is increasing year-on-year. At least two of these organisations have shut down users and companies they decided did not align with their ideologies. If you put your data on the cloud, it sits somewhere. In many cases, it's on the servers of these three companies who may or may not decide to cut you off without warning sometime in the future. It is also important to remember these three companies have servers across the globe and if a country decides to remove itself from the pack, it could take a peek at what you are storing there.
Gaming platforms FlickPlay, The Sandbox take steps towards metaverse
Life, Published on 27/04/2022
» Gaming companies FlickPlay and The Sandbox announced a new partnership last week that will allow players to use a blockchain asset on both platforms, representing a key step in the building of the metaverse.
EU agrees on internet rulebook for Google, Facebook, other tech giants
Reuters, Published on 23/04/2022
» BRUSSELS: European Union countries and EU lawmakers on Saturday clinched a deal on new rules requiring tech giants to do more to police illegal content on their platforms and to pay a fee to regulators monitoring their compliance.
Russians switch to homegrown social media amid Ukraine crackdown
Published on 11/04/2022
» TBILISI/BERLIN: When YouTube stopped users in Russia from monetising their clips following the invasion of Ukraine, George Kavanosyan, a Moscow-based environmentalist with 60,000 followers on the platform tried to switch to its local equivalent, RuTube.
'TikTok is having a bad war,' say disinformation experts
AFP, Published on 06/04/2022
» PARIS: The war in Ukraine has rapidly positioned TikTok as the number one source of misinformation thanks to its gigantic number of users and minimal filtering of content, experts say.
Police warning: trojan malware in cartoon photo app
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/04/2022
» The Royal Thai Police Office has warned mobile phone users that trojan malware that steals users' names and passwords is hidden in a cartoon photo app for android phones.
Metaverse builders grapple with sex harassment conundrum
AFP, Published on 01/04/2022
» Nina Jane Patel felt confined and under threat as the male avatars closed in, intimidating her with verbal abuse, touching her avatar against her will and photographing the incident.
Got them new phone blues
Life, James Hein, Published on 30/03/2022
» It has been 3 years and I have a new phone. Thanks to a very generous rebate from Vodaphone I have the latest flagship in my hands. It feels nice and solid but I immediately put it in a Spigen Neo case, rated as one of the best by some reviewers. I have been happy with the Spigen range over the years. I watched some drop tests and prefer the phone to stay in good shape so I'm also considering a decent screen protector.
Facebook eases rules to allow violent speech against 'Russian invaders'
AFP, Published on 11/03/2022
» WASHINGTON: Facebook said Thursday that due to the invasion of Ukraine it has temporarily eased its rules regarding violent speech to allow statements like "death to Russian invaders," but not credible threats against civilians.
Nightography on the rise
Published on 09/02/2022
» This year's S22 line up, Samsung focusing on improving night & dark environment photography, hence the word nightography in their whole S series. We did a little trial use by taking photos with their latest S22 phone in a pitch-dark room with just a few blue lights turned on and found that the phone managed to take crisp, well-lit, usable photos that look way brighter than what our eyes can see.