Today’s Tech Sightings: Study: Kids Who Use Touchscreen Devices Sleep Less at Night Earlier research has linked television and video games to sleep problems, but for the first time, a new study appearing in the Scientific Advances journal, looked at the use of mobile touchscreen devices among children. The study found that infants and toddlers […]
Kids Lose Sleep With Touchscreen Use; an Argument for Editing Tweets
Posted April 13th, 2017 at 12:03 pm (UTC-4)
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Twitter Eyes India Expansion; Facebook Goes After Fake News – Again
Posted April 6th, 2017 at 1:52 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Twitter Pushes Into Countries With Poor Connectivity Twitter’s latest “Twitter Lite” mobile service, a faster, more data-efficient version of the microblogging service, will target parts of the world where connectivity is spotty in an effort to add new users. Twitter Lite will be rolled out globally, but is primarily aimed at India, […]
Window’s Data-collection Explained; Facebook Expands in Africa
Posted April 5th, 2017 at 11:53 am (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Microsoft Opens Up on Windows Data Collection It’s no secret that Windows 10 has been collecting all sorts of “analytics” data and raising privacy concerns in the process in the absence of clarity. Microsoft has now provided more details about the sort of data its Windows 10 Creators Update will be collecting […]
iOS Spyware Pegasus Returns for Android; Apple’s Mac Pro Faux-pas
Posted April 4th, 2017 at 12:43 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: State-backed Spyware Is Using Android Phones to Eavesdrop, Grab Data A new incarnation of spyware previously used to snoop on activists on iPhones now targets Android smartphones. Lookout and Google researchers announced the original strain, also known as Pegasus, last year, when it was being used by a state to monitor Middle […]
Apple Denies iCloud Breach; Facebook Rolls Out Fake News Alerts
Posted March 23rd, 2017 at 12:19 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Why Is Apple Afraid of Forcing Users to Reset Their Passwords? A few days ago, a hacking collective based in Turkey claimed to have access to more than 600 million Apple accounts. The group, Turkish Crime Family, threatened to destroy the iCloud accounts if Apple fails to pay thousands of dollars in […]
Alleged Rape Streams on Facebook; Brain Interface Lets Paralyzed ‘Talk’
Posted March 22nd, 2017 at 1:20 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: 40 People Watched Alleged Live Sexual Assault on Facebook, Did Nothing Six men are being hunted in Chicago for allegedly assaulting a 15-year-old and live-streaming the attack on Facebook. Authorities told AP none of the 40 people who reportedly watched the live video reported it to police. The girl’s mother reported her […]
Google Pushes to Close Education Gap; Smart Cities’ IoT Challenge
Posted March 21st, 2017 at 12:20 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Google Commits $50 Million to Close the Education Gap Google.org is looking to slash the number of students around the world who have no basic math or reading skills, estimated by UNESCO to be around 130 million individuals. Google.org plans to grant $50 million to nonprofit groups in the next two years […]
Asia Takes Brunt of 2016 Hacks; High-profile Twitter Accounts Hijacked
Posted March 15th, 2017 at 12:53 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: APAC Bore Brunt of Cyberattacks in 2016 The Asia-Pacific region took the lion’s share of cyberattacks in 2016, according to security firm Trend Micro. The region attracted three times more malware infections than North America and six times more than of Latin America. APAC experienced up to 500,000 unknown threats each day, […]
More Ads Stray Into Windows 10; Backup Files Before Next iOS Update
Posted March 9th, 2017 at 1:14 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Microsoft Ads Invade Windows 10’s File Explorer Microsoft is spamming Windows 10 systems with ads that are appearing in the file system. Some users report an ad about Office 365 hidden in an offer to expand cloud storage. Writer Ian Paul shares a tip to turn these ads off if you are […]
Getting More Women Into Tech; Millions of Android Devices at Risk
Posted March 8th, 2017 at 1:03 pm (UTC-4)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Microsoft, LinkedIn Encourage Girls to Pursue STEM on International Women’s Day The World Economic Forum notes that only 16 percent of female students graduate from STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) curricula. In the U.S., only 26 percent of employees in computer and mathematics jobs are women, according to the Department of […]