You are here

Technology

Facebook Vows To Suppress Alternative Media

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft have officially partnered with the European Commission in order to crack down on free speech by banning “alternative media” from their platforms. The European Commission announced their partnership with Facebook and other social media giants on Tuesday, saying they have ordered these internet giants to completely eliminate “hate speech” and “counter-narratives” from the internet.

Top Professor Claims Facebook Is Listening To People’s Phones

A top university professor claims that Facebook are listening in on people’s private conversations all the time. According to the professor, the Facebook app might be using a person’s phone to gather data on what they are talking about without the person realising it. Professor Kelli Burns from the University of South Florida has drawn attention to a feature that Facebook say has been around for a couple of years.

Housekeeping Note On Site Redesign

As readers may have noticed, there have been some cosmetic changes to the layout of the website.

First and foremost, we responded to readers' repeated requests and have finally added a mobile version of the website.

Second, we have revised the desktop version of the site in a move we hope will make the site faster, as well as more resilient to heavy traffic outages.

We have also changed the formatting of the comment section to be able to accommodate more indented comments as well as added a "reply-to" functionality within the comments.

Apple Back Under $100 On News It Will Extend iPhone Lifecycle To 3 Years, Cites Slowing Demand

In what, if confirmed, would be a major move for Apple's product development cycle, overnight Japan's Nikkei reported that Apple is moving from its existing "innovation cycle" with a major iPhone refresh every two years to a three-year cycle. To wit:

Apple will likely take three years between full-model changes of its iPhone devices, a year longer than the current cycle. In a typical two-year term, fall 2016 was supposed to see a major upgrade. But the changes on the model to be launched this autumn will be minor, such as improved camera quality. 

Pages