Month: August 2020
The first US COVID-19 app built on Apple and Google tracking tech is here
The Virginia Department of Health has launched COVIDWISE, an app that uses Apple and Google’s COVID-19 contact tracing technology to track coronavirus cases and notify users when they may have been exposed. State officials had been beta testing the a… Source
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Why Trump views TikTok as a threat
TikTok’s days in US app stores could be numbered. What once seemed extremely unlikely — that the Trump Administration would take the unprecedented step of actually banning the app — suddenly looks a lot more possible. After weeks of threats, Trump is… Source
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Jake Paul’s home raided by FBI with a federal search warrant
The Federal Bureau of Investigation raided the California home of YouTube star Jake Paul this morning, according to TMZ and CBSLA. There are no details yet on why his home was raided or what the bureau was searching for, but ABC7 spotted agents removing several objects that looked like firearms…
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Quibi is offering a free subscription tier in Australia and New Zealand
Quibi has launched a free streaming tier in Australia and New Zealand. In an email obtained by The Verge, the company tells subscribers in the two countries that it’s “now offering an ad-supported free plan so you can choose the right option for you…. Source
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Instagram disables related hashtags feature after bug that appeared to favor Trump
Instagram has disabled its “related hashtags” feature after a bug restricted the feature for select phrases across the platform. Related hashtags did not appear on the tens of thousands of hashtag pages affected by the bug, potentially restricting available information to any user who tapped on one as it appeared…
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HMA no log policy gets stamp of approval from auditor No-Logging
Following an independent audit from the cyber-risk consulting firm VerSprite, the VPN service HMA has been awarded a low risk user privacy impact rating for its no-logging policy. The assessment, which categorizes risk level on a scale of low to critical, included analysis of data, traffic and storage on both…
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