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Trends
If virtual worlds are so popular, why don’t we have them yet?
If virtual worlds are so enticing, why haven’t we already shifted to them as our online social hubs? The thought…
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Facebook has paused election reminders in Europe after data watchdog raises transparency concerns
Big tech’s lead privacy regulator in Europe has intervened to flag transparency concerns about a Facebook election reminder feature —…
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Stories
Storytelling community Wattpad embraces adult content with new personalization tools
Wattpad, the online storytelling community that’s home to some 80 million monthly users, has successfully tapped into the power of…
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Three-quarters of Americans lack confidence in tech companies’ ability to fight election interference
A significant majority of Americans have lost faith in tech companies’ ability to prevent the misuse of their platforms to…
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Facebook’s latest ‘transparency’ tool doesn’t offer much — so we went digging
Just under a month ago, Facebook switched on global availability of a tool which affords users a glimpse into the…
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Vimeo’s new app helps small businesses create professional social videos
Vimeo signaled last year its plans to move further into the social video creation and editing space with its acquisition…
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Forensic Architecture redeploys surveillance-state tech to combat state-sponsored violence
The specter of constant surveillance hangs over all of us in ways we don’t even fully understand, but it is…
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Finance
Venmo prototypes a debit card for teenagers
Allowance is going digital. Venmo has been spotted prototyping a new feature that would allow adult users to create for…
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Rallyhood exposed a decade of users’ private data
Rallyhood says it’s “private and secure.” But for some time, it wasn’t. The social network designed to help groups communicate…
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Shopify joins Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra Association
After eBay, Visa, Stripe and other high-profile partners ditched the Facebook -backed cryptocurrency collective, Libra scored a win today with…
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