Twitter sales plunge 27% but users grow amid ‘global conversation’ about coronavirus pandemic By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 30 April 2020 | Updated: 22:25 BST, 30 April 2020 Twitter revealed record numbers of new accounts but swung into a loss as the coronavirus crisis hit spending by advertisers. The US … Read more
Twitter begins testing warning message in iOS that beckons users to think twice before posting potentially ‘harmful’ replies A moderation feature on Twitter beckons users to think twice before replying It serves a message to users who may be about to post a ‘harmful’ reply The features is currently being tested on iOS By James … Read more
Zoom quietly admits its claim of having 300 million daily active users was misleading The platform has corrected a blog post sent out last week Instead it says that it has 300 million daily meeting participants The change is significant as meeting participants can be counted multiple times Zoom still hasn’t provided a number of daily … Read more
Apple’s iOS 13.5 update will make it easier for users to unlock their iPhones while wearing a protective mask An update in iOS 13.5 will make it easier to unlock an iPhone with a mask on It will send users wearing protective masks straight to a passcode screen Currently Face ID has to fail repeatedly … Read more
‘Look left, turn right… jump!’ Faroe Islands offers ‘remote tourism’ – where web users can control a REAL-LIFE tour guide Wearing helmet cameras, local guides provide commentary to web audiences They are controlled by web users, who can tell them which direction to walk in Tourism has been growing in the Faroe Islands with 120,000 … Read more
Hackers found selling private information of 267 million Facebook users on the Dark Web for just $600 Researchers say the stolen information contains data from 267 million users Data includes emails, names, Facebook ID’s and more The experts were able to download and verify the data Facebook users can check if they’re affected by visiting … Read more
Cannabis really is a gateway drug that leads users on to harder illegal substances like cocaine by making users more sensitive to its effects Smoking cannabis boosts brains’ sensitivity to cocaine, US researchers report Young rats exposed to cannabis had ‘enhanced reaction’ to cocaine exposure In young humans cannabis abuse can enhance experiences with a … Read more
Computer users donating spare processing power in the search for a coronavirus vaccine accidentally create the world’s fastest supercomputer more powerful the then next 500 machines combined Folding@Home is an app people install on their computers to donate resources It allows thousands of machines to work together to solve complicated issues It allows them to … Read more
Female NHS staff accuse government of ‘sexism’ for providing PPE ‘designed for men’ that needs to be tightened to fit their smaller faces and frames Anonymous woman from Scotland, voiced concerns about PPE sizes on Twitter She said her friend works 12.5 hour shifts without masks that fit properly A flood of responses agreed PPE … Read more
Apple Watches could save users from DROWNING as they detect a significant amount of water and then notify emergency services for help Apple’s patent describes technology to save Apple Watch users from drowning A network of sensors would detect the volume of water surrounding the user It then determine’s the users location by locating the … Read more