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US sanctions a Chinese facial recognition company with Silicon Valley funding
FACIAL RECOGNITION: The US Department of Commerce has sanctioned 14 Chinese technology companies for their ties to human rights violations against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, including one backed by a major Silicon Valley investment firm. DeepGlint, formerly Beijing Geling Shentong Information Technology Co., Ltd., is a facial recognition firm with ties to Chinese police surveillance […]
How to use Apple’s Private Relay feature with iCloud Plus
iCloud Plus, Apple’s enhanced iCloud subscription service that provides a few crucial privacy safeguards, is one of the more interesting new features introduced with iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey. One of the most notable of these capabilities is Private Relay, a VPN-like service designed to hide your internet traffic on your devices from […]
How to use video to reply to your comments on TikTok
If you’re a TikTok video producer, your comment area can be really aggravating, especially if someone completely misinterprets what you’ve said (to say the least). You could respond with a text message or make a new video, but TikTok now offers a third option: you can respond to your remarks using video rather than words. […]
How to use the Green Screen effect on TikTok
TIKTOK: Green screens were once only available to those who had access to, well, a green screen. Allowing creators to superimpose a photo or video onto a background in a film or video has been around for a long time. Traditionally, this entails placing the subject behind a huge sheet of (typically) green material. Because […]
How to use transitions to make your TikTok videos more interesting
If you’re a TikTok maker, you’re well aware of how rapidly those minutes of video pass. Using transitions between clips is one of the techniques to carry the plot along. While TikTok has a few styles that seem like slideshow presentation transitions, they don’t appear to be particularly popular. Instead, many users prefer to employ […]
Microsoft is facing a subpoena for millions of documents in Google’s antitrust case
The federal antitrust prosecution against Google has sparked a major battle over Microsoft’s data, with the corporation now facing a subpoena for millions of records that could throw light on its efforts to compete with Google’s search engine. Microsoft could be forced to submit millions of more documents at the request of Google’s defense team […]
Mastodon now has an official iPhone app
Mastodon, the decentralized social network, now has an official iPhone app. Mastodon’s foundation has released an iOS app to complement an existing web version and a number of third-party apps for iOS, Android, and other platforms. The app is free and has a feature set similar to Mastodon’s main service, albeit it lacks Mastodon’s extensive […]
How to use the PS5’s M.2 SSD expandable storage
Sony has begun beta testing the PS5’s initial software update, which includes support for M.2 SSD expanded storage. The long-awaited functionality is now being tested and will be released on all PS5 consoles later this year. With the PS5, we’ll need to test a range of SSDs, although Sony currently demands a PCIe Gen4 SSD […]
You can now use Edge’s password manager to log in to mobile apps
On Thursday, Microsoft will release an update to Edge that will allow the browser’s password manager to log you into your mobile apps. The new version, Edge 92, also comes with new password security features, such as a password health dashboard. The Edge mobile app should be able to access the browser’s password manager in […]
Facebook content moderators call for company to put an end to overly restrictive NDAs
Facebook content moderators in Europe and the United States are urging the firm to repeal unduly restrictive nondisclosure agreements that prevent employees from speaking out about their working circumstances. In a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, and the CEOs of Covalen and Accenture, moderators claim that these NDAs aren’t just for user data, and […]
