Android Pie soak test for the Motorola One Power is reportedly planned for mid-October HIGHLIGHTS Motorola One Power presently runs Android 8.1 Oreo The smartphone to receive Android Pie Beta next month Stable Android Pie update could reach by the Read More …
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Android Devices Running Versions Below Android 9.0 Pie Vulnerable to Tracking by Apps: Researchers
HIGHLIGHTS Newly discovered Android security flaw can be used to track users The vulnerability can expose details to all the apps in your device Google apparently fixed the flaw with Android 9.0 Pie only Researchers have pointed out an Android security flaw Read More …
Instagram Slammed by Users for Not Removing Facetune Ads
Photo-messaging app Instagram is facing criticism for not removing an advertisement of a paid photo editing app Facetune that is targeted at women under 25 years of age. The social media users have slammed the Facebook-owned Instagram as well as the app Read More …
Facebook’s Battle Against Fake News Helped by This Tiny US Think Tank
A day before Facebook announced that it had discovered and disabled a propaganda campaign designed to sow dissension among US voters, it exclusively shared some of the suspicious pages with an online forensics team so busy it hasn’t put a nameplate on the Read More …
Facebook Sued by Shareholder Over Record Stock Plunge
Days after Facebook’s stock suffered the largest drop in Wall Street history, a shareholder sued the company, accusing the social media network of making misleading statements about its user numbers and operations. The plaintiff, James Kacouris, filed the lawsuit Friday seeking class-action status and Read More …
Facebook Named Best Company to Work for in the US by Career Site Indeed
Facebook – despite suffering through what could be charitably described as a turbulent year – was ranked as best place to work in 2018, according to Indeed. The career website compiled its annual list of the 50 top-rated workplaces, based on Read More …
Samsung Commits to Using Only Renewable Energy by 2020
Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest smartphone maker, has pledged to convert its operations in the United States, Europe and China to using only solar and other renewable energy by 2020. With its announcement Thursday, the tech giant joins Apple and other Silicon Read More …
Facebook Login System Being Abused by Third-Party Trackers to Exfiltrate User Data: Report
HIGHLIGHTS Trackers are exfiltrating users’ name, email address, age range, etc. Lack of security boundaries between first and third-party scripts: Report Investigating the security research report: Facebook Several third-party trackers are abusing the Facebook Login system, exfiltrating users’ data including name, email Read More …
Facebook’s Privacy Practices During Cambridge Analytica Leak Period Had Been Cleared by PwC
HIGHLIGHTS Assessment was done for the period during which data scandal occurred Facebook has been under scrutiny from lawmakers across the world Personal data of users went in the hands of Cambridge Analytica Facebook’s privacy practices were cleared by auditing firm Read More …
Apple Says All Its Facilities Now Powered by 100 Percent Renewable Energy
Apple said Monday it had achieved a goal of “100 percent clean energy” for its facilities around the world. The California tech giant said its retail stores, offices, data centres and co-located facilities in 43 countries were operating with nonpolluting or Read More …