Category: Tech
Threads introduces its version of hashtags called tags
However, you can add only one tag per post on Threads. By comparison, you can add up to 30 hashtags on Instagram, and as many as you like on TikTok captions as long as you stick to the character limit. The same goes for X, although the platform recommends using no more than two hashtags per post.
Competition watchdog asks for views on Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI
It said the partnership between the two firms, which involves multi-year, multi-billion dollar investment and collaboration in technology development, represented a close, multi-faceted relationship between companies with significant activities in AI foundation models – an area the CMA is monitoring closely for potential competition or consumer protection issues.
WhatsApp is adding self-destructing voice messages
Similar to self-destructing photos and video, these types of audio messages will be clearly marked with the “one-time” icon to indicate they can only be played once. WhatsApp reckons they’ll come in handy when you want to share private info, like your credit card details, or if you’re planning a surprise.
Hollywood stars including Elijah Wood exploited in Russian misinformation campaigns
Cameo told us in statement: “As a matter of company policy, Cameo doesn’t publicly comment on the details of its trust and safety investigations. That said, bookings of the sort you describe would violate Cameo’s community guidelines, and in cases where such violations are substantiated, Cameo will typically take steps to remove the problematic content and suspend the purchaser’s account to help prevent further issues.”
High-profile politicians’ private conversations compromised by Russia, MPs told
MPs were told sanctions would be imposed on two members of Star Blizzard following a National Crime Agency investigation, named by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) as Andrey Stanislavovich Korinets, AKA Alexey Doguzhiev, and FSB intelligence officer Ruslan Aleksandrovich Peretyatko.
Meta and TikTok explain response to Dublin riots and misinformation
“On WhatsApp, because it is a fundamentally different tech, it is end-to-end encrypted, in that case we cannot scan the content of the messages, so we cannot go in and scan what is actually happening in the messages the same way we can with posts on Facebook on public profiles. We rely on users reporting the content from WhatsApp in app… and that’s not just because of end-to-end encryption, that’s because of EU law as well.”
Apple no longer guarantees to repair your iPhone SE
Apple has a separate “obsolete” classification for products that have not been available for sale for more than seven years. Once a device gets the label, Apple essentially discontinues all of its components, meaning third-party repair providers can no longer order its parts.
Vertical farm unveiled to grow crops and reduce water use in extreme climates
The 87,000 square-metre site, expected to be fully functional by 2026, will support the UAE’s move towards decarbonising food production, replacing 1% of the country’s fresh produce imports, and is said to be 98% more water efficient than growing crops in a field.
Wes Anderson and the Roman Empire among the top TikTok trends of 2023
A girl summer appears in different variants from ‘hot girl’ summers where women embrace a carefree or confident attitude, to ‘rat girl’ summers, where women act like a rodent in a city (going outside, nibbling on any food at any time of day, and not overthinking decisions).
Exam board to offer digitally assessed GCSE in computer science
“This clearly makes perfect sense for computer science GCSE but also paves the way for other subjects, giving students the opportunity to type scripts, making it easier for examiners to mark them, and reducing the reliance on the industrial-scale operation and carbon footprint of printing and transporting millions of exam papers.”