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WhatsApp will allow users to lock and hide conversations, Meta announces | Science & Tech News
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WhatsApp users will soon be able to lock and hide conversations, thanks to a new feature. Chat Lock will remove a chat thread from the app’s regular onscreen inbox and place it into a new folder that can only be opened by a password or biometric, such as facial recognition or a fingerprint. Calling it…
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Emergency alert test: Millions of phone users in UK receive message and loud alarm | UK News
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Tens of millions of mobile phone users have received a message and loud alarm during the first nationwide test of the government’s new public alert system. The distinct sound and vibration was accompanied by a message telling people about the service, which is designed to warn if there is a life-threatening emergency nearby. The alert…
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WhatsApp will now let users keep disappearing messages – but the sender will know and can say no | Science & Tech News
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WhatsApp will now let people hang on to temporary messages – but it will alert the sender and give them the power to make a decision on the fate of the message. The disappearing messages function means messages automatically delete after 24 hours, seven days, or 90 days. But a new function called “keep in…
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Big changes are coming to Reddit – and some users really aren’t happy | Science & Tech News
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Swipe through your social media apps of choice and you will likely notice them looking increasingly similar. The rapid ascent of TikTok, now with more than a billion monthly active users, to become the attention-sapper of choice for many has threatened the dominance of old favourites like no app before it. With Instagram‘s Reels and…
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Twitter users to start losing blue ticks from next month – unless they pay | Science & Tech News
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Many verified Twitter users are set to lose their blue ticks at the beginning of next month. The social media platform has said that on 1 April it will start removing its “legacy” verified checkmarks. These cover most blue-tick accounts that are not government officials or organisations – meaning many musicians, actors, journalists, authors, among…
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Reddit cyber attack: Security upgrade warning for users after ‘sophisticated’ scam targets forum’s staff | Science & Tech News
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Reddit was the victim of a cyber attack that saw hackers steal employee login details and access the platform’s internal systems. The popular internet forum said the incident took place on 5 February. In a statement, the company revealed hackers accessed “internal documents, code, as well as some internal dashboards and business systems”. But there…
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Teams and Outlook go down for thousands of Microsoft users | Science & Tech News
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Microsoft is investigating an outage that has left thousands of users around the world unable to access the website’s services, including Teams and Outlook. Downdetector.com, which tracks outages through a range of sources including user reports, recorded thousands of people reporting problems with Teams, Outlook, Microsoft 365 and XBox Live. It showed there were around…
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WhatsApp update helps users bypass government-enforced internet shutdowns | Science & Tech News
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WhatsApp is introducing a new feature designed to help users bypass government-enforced internet shutdowns. The update lets people connect to the messaging platform via proxy servers – an alternate route for those whose direct access is blocked. Rather than connecting directly to the desired website or service, a user connects to a proxy, which essentially…
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Louisiana cracks down on porn by making websites ask users for ID to verify age | Science & Tech News
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People who want to visit pornographic websites in the US state of Louisiana must now provide legal proof they are over 18. Any porn sites that do not check users are adults can now be sued in the state. The legislation, which has been criticised by internet privacy campaigners, came into force this week after…
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Meta fined for forcing users to agree to personalised adverts | Science & Tech News
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Meta has been hit with a €390m fine (£343m) fine by European regulators for forcing users to agree to personalised adverts. The penalty has been handed out by Ireland’s data protection commissioner, which has also banned the tech giant from forcing users to sign up to such ads. The promotions were based on people’s online…