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The Pew Research Center found that the number of adults in the United States that said they use the internet, social media, own a smartphone or own a tablet computer are nearly identical to the amount who said the same in 2016. Parts of the population have reached near saturation level. Perhaps that isn't surprising. It might alarm social media
It happened again. Facebook has had yet another security issue that affected the privacy of its users information. This time, the problem affected 50 million accounts. Facebook says that the security issue occurred because of a combination of three bugs. In short, the newest security issue involved the View As feature, which allows users to take a look at their
Ever since I saw Elon Musk smoking weed on the Joe Rogan show I began to wonder if his judgment was impaired when he made the famous let's take Tesla Private tweet that has him in hot water with the SEC. While I do not partake in smoking weed, I really do not care who does or does not that is
Elon Musk is in real trouble with the SEC. There are two organizations you don't ever want to have to go answer to the IRS and SEC both of them can make your life a living hell. Elon is about to have his hands full and will be lucky when it is all over if he is still in charge
Skype has updated its blog post titled “Upgrade to the latest version of Skype”. The main thing to know is that support for Skype version 7 (also known as Classic Skype) and all previous versions of Skype, will end on November 1, 2018 on desktop and on November 15, 2018, on mobile and tablet devices. Skype very much wants people
To much surprise, Lego is launching the first of a new range of models on Indiegogo. Called Lego Forma, it's aimed squarely at adults, "Lego Forma is a premium Lego experience designed for adults looking for a fun, engaging way to reconnect with their creative side." The first model in the Forma line is a fish. The base model is
To celebrate the latest instalment of the Harry Potter story, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, the UK’s Royal Mail has announced a special set of Harry Potter stamps and other collectibles based on characters and items from the magical series. Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny and Neville feature on the stamps along with Hagrid, the Hogwarts' Express and the Knight Bus from the films.
At Oculus Connect 5, CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced Oculus Quest. It is their first all-in-one VR gaming system. Oculus Quest is intended to be released in the Spring of 2019 for $399 USD (presuming it receives authorization from the Federal Communications Commission). Oculus Quest has a 64GB headset. Offering six degrees of freedom and Touch controllers, Oculus Quest makes it
Google control of website search traffic is a given. This control should not be a surprise to anyone. Sadly there is absolutely nothing I can do about it. Let me give you some background. Over the past 15 plus years, this site has done really well in their index and Google has delivered a significant amount of traffic to the
Twitter has created a Dehumanization Policy in order to solve a problem. Sometimes, tweets that people consider to be abusive (and likely are) don't actually break Twitter's hateful conduct policy. The Dehumanization Policy is part of Twitter's work to serve a healthy public conversation. Twitter's Dehumanization Policy states: You may not dehumanize anyone based on membership in an identifiable group,
Chrome 69 opens up a quagmire of possible privacy issues without Google really explaining why they are logging users into the browser now by default. As one columnist said trust is not a renewable resource. Our online privacy continues to be whacked away little but little yet nothing is being done to protect consumers and we will soon reach if
As someone who has spent several years working in retail environments, I know how boring and tedious training can be. Nobody wants to sit through videos, with awkward actors, who resolve customer service situations in ways that would never work in real life. Walmart might have found a way to make training less terrible for employees. Walmart is providing Oculus
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