Month: July 2020
Microsoft Teams’ new Together Mode is designed for pandemic-era meetings
Microsoft is introducing some big updates to Microsoft Teams today. The software giant has been working on a new “Together Mode” for Teams ever since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and it’s designed to create a virtual live avatar of yourself that’s supposed to help you better engage with meetings. Microsoft…
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Android 11’s latest beta is all about stability
Today marks the release of Android 11’s second public beta, the latest test version of the operating system that’s officially due to release in the third quarter of this year. With this latest update, Google says it has achieved its new “Platform Stability” milestone — meaning, from the perspective of…
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Mozilla suspends Firefox Send service following malware abuse null
Mozilla has temporarily suspended its file-sharing service Firefox Send following reports that it was abused by cybercriminals who used the service to distribute malware. The Firefox maker took down the platform after media outlets reached out to inquire about malware-hosting issues that had been found. While Firefox Send was initially…
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Facebook’s Oversight Board says it won’t be ready until ‘late fall’
Facebook made the motto “move fast and break things” the de facto philosophy for Silicon Valley, but its Oversight Board apparently can’t move quickly and fix things. The Board, which will independently oversee content moderation across Facebook’s pl… Source
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Facebook auditors call out Mark Zuckerberg for ‘vexing and heartbreaking decisions’
A team of civil rights auditors has delivered a scathing and unexpected indictment of Facebook’s recent moderation choices after a two-year examination of the platform’s practices and internal policies. “While the audit process has been meaningful and has led to some significant improvements in the platform,” the report reads, “we…
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker fan edit fixes one of the movie’s many problems null
Have you endured another viewing of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker recently? First of all, bless you: the hugely divisive film can be hard work, what with its ‘Somehow, Palpatine has returned’-style explanation for so many confusing things that are going on. Still, whatever you think of Episode 9,…
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