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There's a real-life, edible version of 'Candy Crush' made in a London lolly shop
“Candy Crush” is the addictive smartphone game made by King, the Swedish game developer that was acquired for a giant $5.6 billion by Activision Blizzard in 2016. The distinctive and simple look of “Candy Crush” and other games by King is a big part of the game’s success — you can instantly tell when someone in public is playing the game. It turns out that Candy Crush fans are able to buy edible… → Read More
People are outraged to learn Facebook scraped text and call data from their phones
* Some Facebook users have found that the company stored message and call logs from their phones. * The company said it had permission to collection the information. * It looks as if it’s due to an old version of the Android mobile operating system being unclear about which data was being handed over. * This privacy scandal comes as Facebook is trying to rebuild trust after the Cambridge… → Read More
Facebook's favourability rating dropped twice as much as other tech companies
Only Uber, Tesla, and Lyft saw their favourability ratings rise. → Read More
People are outraged to learn Facebook scraped text and call data from their phones — and the new privacy scandal couldn't have come at a worse time
Facebook scraped call and text data from phones in the company's latest privacy scandal — just as it was recovering from the Cambridge Analytica story. → Read More
We ate with the billionaire tech founder who eats his lunch at a different Michelin-starred restaurant nearly every day
* Badoo CEO Andrey Andreev eats at Michelin-starred restaurants almost every day. * Andreev often adds his own dishes and cocktails to restaurant menus. * The tech CEO doesn’t like to spend over 30 minutes in a restaurant if he’s there for lunch – or over an hour if he’s having dinner with friends. Walk into the kitchens at Novikov in London at 11am and the wall of heat hits you as if you’ve… → Read More
Jimmy Iovine has admitted that he's moving to a consulting role at Apple
Jimmy Iovine previously described a January report that he was stepping back from Apple Music as 'fake news.' → Read More
Police are reportedly using dead people's fingerprints to unlock their iPhones
One example given is using an overdose victim's fingerprint to unlock their phone and potentially identify their dealer. → Read More
Mozilla will pause paying for ads on Facebook because of the Cambridge Analytica scandal
The company's foundation is also running a petition calling on Facebook to 'respect' its users. → Read More
The '#deletefacebook' movement has got Mark Zuckerberg worried: 'It's not good'
Mark Zuckerberg said the campaign encouraging people to delete their Facebook accounts hasn't yet caused damage. → Read More
Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook is 'open' to testifying before Congress — but he'd prefer someone else does it
Mark Zuckerberg said others at Facebook are more 'focused' on the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and better qualified to testify before Congress. → Read More
Uber founder Travis Kalanick is back as the CEO of a new company that turns parking lots into space for businesses
* Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is becoming the CEO of City Storage Systems. * The company takes disused spaces like car parks and abandoned shopping malls and helps businesses make use of them. * The company has projects to create kitchens for food delivery and also warehouse space for online retail companies. Uber founder Travis Kalanick announced on Tuesday that he had agreed to become the… → Read More
Analysts described 3 main risks to Facebook from the Cambridge Analytica scandal
* Analysts at Macquarie Research warned that there are three main risks to Facebook’s stock from the Cambridge Analytica scandal: Legal and political risk, people starting to distrust social media, and radical action from Facebook. * The analysts said that “headlines matter” for Facebook’s stock. * Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has so far been silent about the ongoing issue. In a note published… → Read More
Analysts described 3 main risks to Facebook from the Cambridge Analytica scandal
Analysts are worried that Zuckerberg is going to do something 'radical' to fix the problem. → Read More
The YouTube Kids app has been suggesting a load of conspiracy videos to children
* The YouTube Kids app is meant to filter out unsuitable content, but we found that it suggested that children watch conspiracy theory videos. * The app suggested several videos from prominent conspiracy theorist David Icke in which he claimed that the world is ruled by reptile-human hybrids. * Searches for “moon landing” returned results including three videos which claim the moon landing was a… → Read More
The YouTube Kids app has been suggesting a load of conspiracy videos to children
YouTube removed videos from conspiracy theorist David Icke after we contacted the company. → Read More
Peter Thiel: 'There are no successful tech companies in Europe'
He also said that he didn't think supporting President Trump was contrarian. → Read More
Tech companies are at a stalemate with fake news and conspiracy theories
* Social media companies have tried several approaches to tackle fake news, but they’re not stamping out the problem. * YouTube’s latest attempt to tackle the misinformation issue is to include text from Wikipedia on conspiracy theory videos. * But Wikipedia isn’t designed to debunk conspiracy theories, and often has its own accuracy issues. * Companies often use “window dressing” to indicate… → Read More
Tech companies are at a stalemate with fake news and conspiracy theories
YouTube will try to limit the effect of conspiracy theories by adding text from Wikipedia below videos. → Read More
The UK government said it would consider adding warning labels to social media
The UK government isn't ruling out passing laws aimed at social media sites. → Read More
Apple is inching towards a $1 trillion valuation
* Apple is approaching the historic $US1 trillion valuation milestone. It will be the first company to reach that market cap. * One of Apple’s top executives said this week that the company isn’t planning any major acquisitions. * Analysts have theorised for some time that Apple has enough cash to do a big acquisition deal – now that avenue seems closed. * It comes as analysts are starting to… → Read More