I paid Meta to ‘verify’ me — here’s what actually happened
Phil Nickinson / Digital Trends In the fall of 2023 I decided to do a little experiment in the height of the “blue check” hysteria. Twitter had shifted from verifying…
Why Is the Facebook App Chirping?
Photo: Wachiwit (Shutterstock) Facebook users reported hearing a bizarre chirping sound while using the social media platform on mobile devices on Tuesday. In fact, many people thought it was something…
What Is Private and What Isn’t When You Use Incognito Mode?
The incognito or private mode found in most web browsers is back in the news, with Google updating its disclaimer to give users a better idea of exactly how this…
Your Phone Is Not Listening to You
Have you ever talked about a product, and then suddenly got an ad for it on your phone? We’ve all been there, and then skeptically looked over our shoulders for…
Mark Zuckerberg Is Feeling Himself
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is feeling pretty philosophical about his roller coaster of a week, which saw him berated by Congress over the harmful content on his products one day…
Zuckerberg Just Had the Most Humiliating Day of His Life, But His Hair Looked Great
In 2018, Mark Zuckerberg waltzed into the halls of Congress for the most high-profile moment of his career. He was pale and glass-eyed, his tie wrapped loosely around his neck,…
Admit It: You’re Not Going to Cancel Amazon Prime
For a while, #DeleteFacebook would trend every couple of months on social media. Countless people were fed up with Facebook’s endless parade of scandals, they claimed, and this time they…
Weekend Tech Roundup January 27, 2024
Photo: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) iPhone apps including Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X/Twitter are skirting Apple’s privacy rules to collect user data through notifications, according to tests by security…
The Jig is Up: NSA Is Buying Your Browser History, Says U.S. Senator
The National Security Agency (NSA) is purchasing Americans’ internet records, according to government documents made public on Friday. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, wrote a letter claiming…
iPhone Apps Secretly Harvest Data When They Send You Notifications, Researchers Find
iPhone apps including Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X/Twitter are skirting Apple’s privacy rules to collect user data through notifications, according to tests by security researchers at Mysk Inc., an app…