Today’s Tech Sightings: Chinese Government Partially Blocks WhatsApp Service The WhatsApp messaging service ran afoul of Chinese government censors as part of a wider effort to restrict messengers that do not follow the country’s surveillance policies. The government partially blocked messages in China on Monday, with users reporting instances of undelivered messages that contain pictures […]
WhatsApp Partially Blocked in China; Google Overhauls Mobile Search
Posted July 19th, 2017 at 1:31 pm (UTC-5)
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‘Petya’ Spreads as Questions Mount; Facebook’s Hate Speech Rules
Posted June 28th, 2017 at 1:57 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Massive Cyberattack Has Spread to More Than 64 Countries Ukraine has managed to control the latest ransomware strain known as “Petya” or “NotPetya” that started Tuesday and spread to more than 64 countries. Petya showed up last year, but this updated strain has new capabilities. Its predecessor, WannaCry, wreaked global havoc in […]
Getting ‘Personal’ With Google Search; Germany Unveils Robot Priest
Posted May 30th, 2017 at 12:54 pm (UTC-5)
Today’s Tech Sightings: Google Search Just Got a Lot More Personal If you are using any of Google’s products, then everything you do is being tracked so advertisers can pay big money for your data. But the information also allows Google to personalize your search. A new “Personal” tab in the search menu shows you […]