Our digital world ……
“With the popularity of Android, plenty of applications have managed to cross over the one billion installs threshold on the Play Store. It’s a lot more selective in the five billion-plus club, which only two non-Google apps have ever succeeded in joining.”
“WhatsApp users are being presented with something of a good news-bad news situation from the Facebook-owned chat app. A May 15 deadline to accept new privacy terms for WhatsApp is no longer going to be enforced.”
“Facebook’s worries about iOS 14.5 might have been justified. Flurry Analytics (owned by Engadget parent Verizon Media) has determined that just 4 percent of American iPhone users running the the new software opted in to app tracking in the first 12 days after it arrived.”
“Apple has rushed out fixes to two major vulnerabilities in iOS and iPadOS 14.5, last month’s update that implemented its App Tracking Transparency feature. Both bugs could have allowed malicious parties to remotely execute code, possibly leading to the takeover of an affected device.”
“For the second time in several years, Signal has been subpoenaed by federal investigators for data that the encrypted chat app company doesn’t actually collect. In a statement published Wednesday, the company disclosed that it had recently received a summons from the U.S.”
“When Apple released the latest version, 11.3, for macOS on Monday, it didn’t just introduce support for new features and optimizations.”
“SpaceX’s new Starlink satellite internet service is in a very limited beta testing period right now, but the company is already thinking ahead: as first noted by CNBC, SpaceX has filed an application with the FCC for Starlink components that would allow the service to work on moving vehicles.”
“Internet should become a lot more affordable in New York after Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that requires all Internet Service Providers operating in New York state to offer a $15 a month broadband option for low-income consumers.”
“If you are anything like me, you are tired of patching up problems — let’s solve it once and for all. According to Statista, in September 2020, 47% of all emails received were junk mail, also commonly referred to as spam. Junk mail can pile up, too.”
“Cybercriminals have been pushing Facebook users to download a Clubhouse app “for PC,” something that doesn’t exist. The app is actually a trojan designed to inject malware into your computer.”
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