Many students have no choice about working with the College Board, the company that administers the SAT test and Advanced Placement exams. Part of that relationship involves a long history of privacy issues. Tests by Gizmodo found if you use some of the handy tools promoted by College Board’s website, the organization sends details about … Read more
In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg told the audience at a TechCrunch awards ceremony that young people—especially social media users—no longer cared about privacy. “People have really gotten comfortable not only sharing more information and different kinds, but more openly and with more people,” he said. “That social norm is just something that has evolved over time.” … Read more
Accounts that used to regularly engage and tweet about climate-related issues have been dropping like flies on Twitter, less than a year after Elon Musk’s purchase of the company. A report published in the journal Trends in Ecology & Evolution this week found that almost 50% of over 300,000 “environmentally oriented” accounts were no longer … Read more
YouTube Music just announced Samples, a new in-app feature where users can scroll through short music video clips from their favorite artists and discover new songs. Welcome back to the short-form video wars. Yes, Silicon Valley remains hyperfixated on generative AI, but don’t forget one of its other, recent favorite trends: releasing features that vaguely … Read more
Through the years there have been plenty of apps promising a one-stop shop for all your messages, and the latest of these is Beeper: It collects all of your conversations from WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Slack, Google Chat, Twitter (or X), and, yes, even iMessage. Video Chat – From Sci-Fi to Sci-Fact The idea is … Read more
When you watch a video on Instagram, the app’s algorithms are also watching you. As you scroll, they are hoovering up information to figure out what makes you tick—not only to show you content that keeps you coming back, but also to show you ads that are more likely to make you buy something. Meta … Read more
Last time Elon Musk turned the bird on his users, it was to change Twitter’s logo to a grinning Shiba Inu – a hilarious inside joke that pumped the value of the dogecoin cryptocurrency, in which Musk was an investor, by 30 percent. A class action lawsuit is still pending. Over the weekend, the former … Read more
Threads, Meta is new The Twitter competitor still has that new app smell as millions of users figure out what to post on the platform. Right now Thread’s vibe is very “company after party hosted by Wendy’s”, and that’s totally fine! I’m not here to judge where you choose to share memes and scroll away … Read more
Meta’s long awaited Twitter the option is here, and it’s called Threads. The new social media app comes at a time when alternatives, such as Bluesky, Mastodon and Spill, are competing for users unhappy with Elon Musk’s handling of Twitter’s user experience, with its newly introduced speed limits and a rise in hate speech. Meta … Read more
Like Meta’s Twitter competitor Threads began generating buzz ahead of yesterday’s launch, curious netizens spotted a placeholder listing for the app in Apple’s App Store. Like all iOS apps, the list included details about the user data the app is designed to collect and track. And observers couldn’t help but notice that this brand new … Read more