Twitter has also found itself following comments from users that its photo-cropping algorithm has a slight preference for white people and women. The company, therefore, gives users more control again. Photos on Twitter were automatically cropped for timeline uniformity. However, users found that the algorithm, introduced in 2018, did […]
The French government is accelerating on Wednesday in the program to lift the corona restrictions step by step. Curfew starts two hours later and then starts at 9 pm, and patios and non-essential businesses reopen. This is admittedly with limitations concerning the number of people and the available surfaces. […]
Hugo Barra, the vice president for augmented and virtual reality at Facebook, is leaving the company. He posted that on Facebook himself. Barra worked for Facebook Reality Labs for four years, where he helped develop Facebook’s planned intelligent glasses, which should be released sometime this year. Before joining Facebook, […]
The Irish data regulator may resume its investigation into data flows between the European Union and the United States from Facebook. An attempt by the tech company to block the investigation was rejected by the Irish Supreme Court on Friday. Irish data watchdog DPC had previously started investigations into […]
Microsoft has discontinued its Azure Blockchain Service. Existing projects will receive support until after the summer. The termination, noted this week by Belgian Tom Kerkhove on Twitter, means that you can no longer roll out new projects with the service since May 10. For existing projects, support will stop […]
Yes, you should be able to cancel your taxi insurance. But depending on the policies of the taxi insurance company and how long it’s been since you bought your policy, you may or may not receive a refund. Do keep in mind that it’s unlikely in any case that you’ll […]
Inflation in the United States rose much faster than expected in April, driven in part by the economic recovery from the corona crisis and higher commodity prices. Rising inflation may prompt the Federal Reserve, the US umbrella organization of central banks, to increase interest rates more quickly to avoid […]
The United Nations has expressed grave concern about the escalation of violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said the UN condemned “the violence, any incitement to it, all ethnic divisions and provocations”. The Arab League has held emergency consultations in […]
Sony cannot keep up with the high demand for the PlayStation 5 game console (PS5). The Japanese tech company warned a group of analysts that there would be a shortage in supplies until next year. Sony sold 7.8 million copies of the PS5 in the past fiscal year, which […]
IBM is taking a breakthrough in chip technology. It was the first in the world to produce chips at 2 nanometers in a test lab. This ensures more powerful and economic performance. Computer chips are a collection of millions (now billions) of transistors. The smaller they are, the more […]
