Microsoft’s Explorer to retire next year
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Microsoft announced the end of its browser Explorer, saying it will go out of support on June 15, 2022 as the company is focusing on its newer browser- Microsoft Edge.
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Governments requesting user data from social media
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Governments increasingly request user data from Facebook. During the second half of 2020 requests increased 10% to a total of 191,013. The largest number of requests came from the US
The Guardian launching audio storytelling experiment with Google
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Auditorial — an experiment in storytelling that adapts to suit the reader and offers more accessibility to users with vision difficulties, co-created by the Royal National Institute of Blind People
Audiobooks going global with Spotify
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Spotify announced cooperation with Swedish audiobook streaming group Storytel who’s subscribers will be able to listen to its library of audiobooks on Spotify. Storytel is active on 25 markets, has
More management changes around TikTok
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Another change in the top management of ByteDance/TikTok was announced when Zhang Yiming informed he is stepping down as CEO of TikTok-owner ByteDance. He is succeeded by the company’s head
Pinterest and Epidemic Sound cooperating for video creators
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Social network service Pinterest is joining forces with restriction- free music provider Epidemic Sound for Pinterest feature Idea Pins, a multi-page video format for creators. The cooperation means creators can
Major brands funding (unintentionally) hate speech
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Asian stereotypes, conspiracy theories over the origins of COVID-19, and offensive terminology against Asian American people are thriving in digital content, a new analysis from Nielsen has shown. And while
Twitter study confirms gaps in AI cropping
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Twitter image-cropping algorithm has a bias and tends to exclude Black people and men, the company said in a report. “How to crop an image is a decision best made by
U.S: Women of colour are the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs
Black women are more likely to start a business than white men and white women but they struggle to get funding, according to a new study, a summary of which
Gener8: the browser that doesn’t grab your data for free
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Do you get annoyed when you mention something to a friend and then your mobile shows you a relevant ad? Do you unwillingly accept all cookies, so that you can