Gaming platform Twitch on Tuesday introduced a tool that detects and blocks users who evade bans

The leader in live videogame streaming has struggled for months to stem a wave of racist and homophobic harassment, which includes so-called “hate raids” against certain content creators. Stalkers have been known to enter chat rooms and flood the moderators or others with insults or offensive images. While the creators or mods can ban such…

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Twitter launched new rules Tuesday blocking users from sharing private images of other people without their consent

Under the new rules, people who are not public figures can ask Twitter to take down pictures or video of them that they report were posted without permission. Twitter said this policy does not apply to “public figures or individuals when media and accompanying tweet text are shared in the public interest or add value…

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A US judge on Tuesday rejected Apple’s request to delay letting App Store offerings bypass its payment system as ordered by the court

Apple wanted the change — ordered to be implemented by a December 9 deadline — put on hold as it appeals a ruling in September by judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in the antitrust suit filed by Epic. Epic filed the lawsuit to break Apple’s grip on the App Store, accusing the iPhone maker of operating…

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Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday announced the parent company’s name is being changed to “Meta”

To represent a future beyond just its troubled social network. the new handle comes as the social media giant tries to fend off one its worst crises yet and pivot to its ambitions for the “metaverse” virtual reality version of the internet that the tech giant sees as the future. Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp will…

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Hundreds of millions of people were unable to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for more than six hours on Monday

underscoring the world’s reliance on platforms owned by the Silicon Valley giant, what does Facebook say happened what actually caused the outage? In an apologetic blog post, Santosh Janardhan, Facebook’s vice president of infrastructure, said that “configuration changes on the backbone routers that coordinate network traffic between our data centres caused issues that interrupted this…

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Google has announced its plan to invest $1billion over five years to support digital transformation in Africa

CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai, announced this on Wednesday at the Google for Africa event. According to him, the investment will include the landing of the subsea cable Equiano which will enable faster internet speeds and lower connectivity costs. It will also include low-interest loans to help small businesses and equity investments in African startups….

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