A popular app that diabetics used to check their blood sugar has since stopped functioning on some Apple devices due to an upgrade. A user’s body contains a small sensor that transmits data to an app while they are wearing it. The FreeStyle Libre gadget is made by Abbott, which […]
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Apple has criticized the Online Safety Bill’s provisions that would allow users of encrypted messaging services like iMessage, WhatsApp, and Signal to be forced to check conversations for references to child abuse. Its action follows a letter from 80 organizations and tech professionals to Technology Minister Chloe Smith requesting […]
Meta, the company that owns Facebook, has started a virtual reality (VR) subscription service in an effort to turn that area of its operations profitable. According to Meta, subscribers will have access to two new games each month. The VR division of Instagram’s parent firm lost $4 billion (£3.1 billion) […]
With effect from today, Monday, May 1, 2023, the National Communications Authority (NCA) and the telcos have made a shortcode available for the general people to use to confirm the numbers associated with their Ghana Cards. There have been numerous stories of users complaining about scammers who exploit loopholes to […]
If mandated by the Internet Safety Bill, WhatsApp claims it would prefer to be blocked in the UK than compromise its encrypted messaging system. Will Cathcart, the company’s CEO, declared that if asked to weaken the privacy of encrypted messages, the company would reject. The messaging software Signal previously […]
Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, Meta, is developing a separate, text-based social network app. It might compete with Mastodon, Twitter’s decentralized rival. We’re investigating a standalone decentralized social network for exchanging text updates, a spokeswoman told the BBC. “We think there is a need for a dedicated area where […]
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