-
appeals, ban, chief, constitutional, executive, News, oppose, potential, protect, rights, Science, Tech, TikTok, users
TikTok chief executive appeals directly to users to ‘protect their constitutional rights’ and oppose potential US ban | Science & Tech News
admin
TikTok’s chief executive has appealed to US users directly to stop a bill that could see the social media app banned in America. Shou zi Chew appealed to the public via – what else – a video posted on the app. “Keep sharing your stories, share them with your friends, share them with your family,…
-
apologises, boss, Facebook, hit, Instagram, issue, Meta, News, Science, Tech, technical, thousands, users
Are Facebook and Instagram still down? Meta boss apologises for ‘technical issue’ which hit thousands of users | Science & Tech News
admin
Instagram, Facebook, Messenger and Threads suffered widespread problems on Tuesday afternoon, with users locked out of their accounts and pages failing to load properly. Facebook outages reported on Down Detector shot up just before 3pm, with more than 300,000 problems logged. More than 25,000 Instagram outages were also reported via the website, which collates status…
-
Instagram and Facebook down for tens of thousands of users | Science & Tech News
admin
Instagram, Facebook, Messenger and Threads are experiencing widespread problems, locking users out of their accounts and failing to load properly. Facebook outages reported on Down Detector shot up just before 3pm, with more than 300,000 problems logged. More than 25,000 Instagram outages were also reported via the website, which collates status reports from several sources,…
-
Apple fined £1.5bn for not notifying users of cheaper music streaming options | Business News
admin
Apple has been fined €1.8bn (£1.54bn) by the EU for favouring its own music streaming service rather than rivals. Apple did not fully inform their device users there were alternative and cheaper subscription services for more than a decade, said the EU executive, the European Commission. Money blog: Holidays get cheaper as pound strengthens –…
-
Apple begins paying US iPhone users over claims it slowed down devices – while UK users wait for case | Science & Tech News
admin
Apple has reportedly started making payments to US owners of certain iPhone models over claims handsets are slowed down. Complainants are due about $92 (£72) for each affected model owned as part of a maximum $500m (£394m) total payout. The sum only applies to owners in the US and covers the iPhone 6, 6 Plus,…
-
Phone scam warning: EE network issues urgent message to users today | Science & Tech News
admin
Millions of mobile phone users are being warned of potential text scams in the lead-up to Christmas, peaking today on what is being dubbed “Super Saturday”. The BT-owned EE network has said cyber criminals could try to take advantage of the busy last-minute shopping period to issue delivery-style scams, suggesting parcels are waiting to be…
-
Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, tests making new users pay to post | Science & Tech News
admin
Elon Musk’s X has started testing a potential sign-up fee for new users. The company formerly known as Twitter has introduced the $1 (82p) charge in New Zealand and the Philippines, placing most key features behind a paywall. New accounts that don’t pay will not be able to post anything or directly interact with others.…
-
Almost two-thirds of Tinder’s users are already in a relationship – and half don’t even want a date | Science & Tech News
admin
Nearly two-thirds of people who use Tinder are already in a relationship – with almost half of users not actually interested in finding dates, according to a new study. Researchers spoke to 1,400 users aged 18 to 74 about their motivations for using the dating app – and the number of matches and dates they’ve…
-
Elon Musk jokes about Twitter’s new reading limits after users vent fury | Science & Tech News
admin
Elon Musk has joked about Twitter’s temporary daily reading limits after users vented their fury over the site’s new limitations. “Oh the irony of hitting view limits due to complaining about view limits,” the billionaire tweeted. Earlier Musk had said Twitter applied the limits to address “extreme levels” of data scraping and system manipulation. He…
-
Twitter applies temporary reading limits for all users, Elon Musk announces | Science & Tech News
admin
Twitter has applied temporary daily reading limits to address “extreme levels” of data scraping and system manipulation, Elon Musk has said. In a tweet, the billionaire gave details for both verified, unverified and new unverified accounts – followed by another post about two hours later, saying the caps would be “increasing soon”. Verified Twitter users…