A Consumer Site From The UK Reveals Terrible Review Site Practices From Facebook, Google, And Trustpilot

Consumer services firm Which? conducted a study to identify how good Facebook, Google, and Trustpilot are at filtering out fake reviews.

The answer, in a quick nutshell, is not all that good. Great, that’s the article, everyone can go home now, thank you and goodbye! No, but really, stay because the algorithm needs readers and I need a job. It’s been a kept secret that there are entire firms and small businesses dedicated to generating fake reviews for people or places on review sites, making fake IDs to help bolster an account’s followers, and so on. Such activities range from mildly annoying to ridiculously obnoxious, especially when someone’s trying to figure out a new place to eat.

There are no more gauging reviews, there’s gauging the authenticity of reviews, and only then can one make a decision. It’s quite frankly annoying, and Which?, a U.K.-based consumer services business, agrees. That’s why it decided to conduct a test of sorts to Undercover Boss the whole situation and see just how far down the problem roots itself.

What I mean by to Undercover Boss a situation is that Which? decided to pose as a business online, hire a review-generating firm to make up fake reviews for its brand, and then attempt to see whether any action is taken against either the reviews or themselves by Facebook, Google, or Trustpilot. The brand that it went by is Gold Lion Labs – a COVID PCR testing service, whose website you can still find online. It’s got solid SEO since the website shows up right at the top. The review broker, Xealme, has had a history of creating a total of 16,000 reviews for 570 customers, so it seemed like the right firm for the gig.

On Facebook, Golden Lion Labs suddenly had 19 five-star reviews, which were promptly reported as being fake to the platform. However, Facebook in response removed 18 of the fake profiles and took a literal month to gauge out the rest of the reviews. Naturally, upon being exposed as such, spokespeople from Facebook stated that they were investigating the problem. Of the three review sites that were tested, Which? reported Facebook as being the tardiest in response and action.

Trustpilot and Google review also amassed a total of 19 fake five-star reviews, although the reviews were issued over a relatively long period, and were (mostly) removed after reporting. Finally, to conclude the study entirely, Which? issued a Cease and Desist letter against Xealme, stopping the business dead in its tracks.

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SpaceX Is Upgrading Starlink Satellites To Make Sure They Don’t Bother Astronomers

Starlink satellites are the new talk of the town with high-speed connectivity and non-interrupted service being major salient features.

Now, SpaceX is working on a number of different upgrades that it feels can prevent the satellite from interfering with astronomers.

These upgrades will include a new reflecting sunlight feature that is designed to function while the device orbits the earth. If not controlled, such lighting has the tendency to interfere with and photo-bomb the different observations made by expert astronomers.

This has been a huge concern lately but it now seems SpaceX is doing everything in its power to address the reservations that many put forward from the science community.

The firm says it’s working side by side with different astronomers to help create ways that limit sunlight reflection from striking the earth’s night sky.

The news came in the form of a new document which was published on Thursday. It entailed the various upgrades SpaceX has planned for, including a number of design changes that it hopes to make for various satellites.

If you’re wondering how and when the reflection occurs, well, it’s simple. Each time the satellite makes a round and strikes the darker portion of the boundary of nighttime and daytime, it’s going to reflect the light.

This is one reason why we’re able to witness these devices at ground level during the initial few hours after the sun goes down.

The sunlight would be seen as posing a major concern for all those involved in space research regarding asteroids and comets near the earth’s surface. In case you didn’t know, these sorts of observations are usually made in the hours pertaining to twilight.

At the start, SpaceX started to think of innovative ways through which the problem could be saved. And that included the arrangement of sun visors across their devices. This would surely block any form of incoming light that caused a major reflection.

While it may have sounded great, SpaceX felt there could be better options as this lacked practicality as the visors may end up preventing the entry of laser links seen on its devices.

Let’s not forget how such products also produce a great deal of atmospheric drag, making devices spend a huge amount of their fuel to carry on with orbits.

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Another great solution could have been the use of mirroring films which end up scattering any reflected sunlight from the earth. It’s a great possibility for the future and one that the firm is currently working on for its next-generation products.

SpaceX further detailed how this can decrease the brightness by nearly 10 times when compared to common mirror film seen on first-generation devices.

Starlink’s other initiative to help reduce reflection is the incorporation of darker shaded materials seen on SpaceX that again produce surfaces with fewer degrees of reflection.

Lastly, there is some discussion about solar cell arrays for the upcoming launch of second-gen devices. These would be pointed in a specific direction that’s opposing the sun. Again, this would reduce reflections and has so far been proved to be successful.

There’s a lot of hope and focus attached to all of these measures, with the company promising to make its products invisible to the normal eye.

SpaceX has also gone public with how so many other firms are working on their own satellites to serve as stiff competition for the company. And in the end, we might all be suffering from a huge amount of light pollution, if things aren’t kept in check and balance.

As of now, nearly 3000 satellites have already been launched by SpaceX and there are more to go.

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TikTok Is Planning On Expanding Its Dominating Presence With Music Services After Success With Short Videos

TikTok is undeniably one of the most popular social media applications to be trending around the globe. With a huge user base, the company is always on the lookout for more innovative means to achieve growth and success.

This is why the popular platform is now thinking about venturing into the world of music, after its exuberant success with short-form video formats.

Recently, the app’s parent company was seen filing a new trademark application in May for another breakthrough offering that’s referred to as ‘TikTok Music’.

The news was first highlighted thanks to Business Insider which spoke about the filing and how it’s a major step toward the company’s plans to expand. This particular trademark may be applied across mobile applications that would enable users to buy, share, and even download various music.

In case you didn’t know, TikTok is quite famous for installing music among its user base. Millions use it as a tool to get the latest and trending tracks that they’ve never explored before.

A recent report shed light on how much TikTok is used for music as the app’s 175 tracks songs featured in Billboard’s top 100 list. Other than that, another recent report from the United Kingdom highlighted that tracks popular on the app would end up driving further engagement for both Youtube, Spotify, and more.

Yes, TikTok definitely plays a helping hand in getting these songs and making them go viral. However, it is yet to have its own designated platform through which users can stream their favorite soundtracks.

Today, most music lovers out there enjoy using Spotify or perhaps Soundcloud, and Apple Music so they can grab a hold of their trending TikTok songs.

But that might be changing very soon. Also, ByteDance has been offering its streaming services for music called Resso in several nations already like India, Indonesia, and more. Hence, we don’t see why TikTok isn’t going to jump on the bandwagon and increase its dominating presence.

On the other hand, there are some reports from the firm’s ex-employee who unveiled how the firm was weighing out a possible launch of Resso to other markets under the new label of TikTok Music.

As you can probably expect, this is sure to be a huge threat to so many other music streaming services in places like the US. Resso is already offering a number of services in different places like commenting on tracks, editing playlists, and more. These are aligned with what the new TikTok music trademark says.

Resso has seen its own fair share of success across the various markets that it operates in. Figures revealed a staggering growth of around 19% from last year, not to mention recording breaking downloads that totaled up to 43 million.

The new filing enlisted plenty of reasons for its existence like live streaming of both audio as well as videos and even editing and uploading images as a potential cover for any user’s music playlist too.

How and when this new venture plays out, well, only time can tell. It’s definitely going to be a challenge for TikTok to translate new services into a market that’s already filled with many leading competitors.

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Apple Plans On Expanding Ads Into Its App Store’s Today Tab And Separate App Pages

Apple is on a mission to expand its ads. The tech giant recently revealed how it had great plans of increasing the number of ads on its Today Tab, which is found on the App Store.

But that’s definitely not all. The company also hopes to add more ads to its separate app pages as confirmed by various leading tech news outlets like MacRumors and 9to5Mac recently.

With the new addition, users would now be seeing more ads across the search tab as well as in the search results.

As far as the Today tab is concerned, ads would pop up across the format used for larger cards that are designed for content. But Apple does plan on labeling the tiny blue-colored box with Ad, right beside the name of the app.

Meanwhile, ads popping up on separate app pages would appear under a separate heading that comes with the label, ‘you might also like.’ Hence, this would help users realize that the ad under question is similar to the content they’re seeing on the specific app.

Again, the label would be made prominent in a blue hue so as to keep it separate from different recommendations found on the app.

Another interesting piece of information that we’ve gotten to know, thanks to 9to5Mac is how ad buyers will not be able to interfere with these particular apps for such ads. However, it will definitely be relevant to a specific app that they’ve appeared under.

While the feature is yet to be rolled out right now, Apple says it’s definitely on a mission to test these ads out soon.

The company announced via a public blog post how these search ads give developers a plethora of chances of various sizes so they can grow and expand their ventures further.

They even compared it to the brand’s other similar offerings related to advertising, adding that they were created using the same format and system. Therefore, only content that has undergone approval from its product pages would be included. Also, they’d be following the same privacy guidelines as before.

We first witnessed Apple displaying ads in its search for the App Store in 2016. At that time, it requested user consent to allow personalized ads to come forward. Now, we’re seeing that expand further, which is a clear indication of how much the firm is keen on making money through new ways.

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The amount of suspended accounts on Twitter has dropped but not in the way you think

Everything has a dark side and the internet is no exception. The internet is filled with all types of people-both good and bad. Most of the social media platforms on the internet have regulations and moderators in place that prevent prohibited content from coming on to the app.

Twitter has these policies that help the platform stay safe and respectful by eradicating all tweets that can be disrespectful to people of any color, race or gender.

The tweets which violate the policies are removed and the user given a warning. If the violations continue the account is temporarily suspended.

A new transparency report from Twitter showed a significant decrease in the number of suspended accounts and the accounts which had content removed due to policy violation. In that report it was also highlighted that there was an increase in government requests to receive information and to check as to how often twitter observes with those requests.

But one specific thing to note is that while the number of violations is decreasing, a number of other violations are on the rise such as child exploitation. There is also an increase in the amount of journalists being targeted by the government. The report includes data from July to December 2021 and found some very interesting things.

This Transparency report showed that there was a huge decrease in the amount of accounts being actioned-this word meaning that an account was suspended because of violations.

The total amount of accounts that had been actioned dropped by 12% and the amount of accounts that had content removed decreased 14% when compared to the time that it was previously reported, but the total number of suspended accounts increased by 2%.

The reason behind this increase was not the use of bad language but it was child sexual exploitation. The total number for suspended accounts for sexual exploitation of minors was 600,000.

The second-largest reason for suspension of accounts is Impersonation. Many people want to take on the identity of famous people but there are some who take the identity of someone in order to ruin their life. The number of accounts suspended for this activity reached 119,508. It was followed by Illegal or certain regulated goods or services and sensitive media with 118,356 accounts suspended.

The last three main reasons for suspension were Hateful conduct with almost 104,565 accounts suspended. The runner up was Abuse and Harassment, which is something that most people think, is the main problem on the internet. Surprisingly violence was the last on the list with 41,386 accounts suspended.

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Median Ransomware Payments Fall by 51% as Victims Refuse to Pay Hackers

Ransomware took the cybersecurity community by surprise when it first started getting used, and it became the bane of businesses throughout much of 2021 with all things having been considered and taken into account. In spite of the fact that this is the case, certain trends have been noted that seem to suggest that the wind has been taken out of this hacking method’s sails. One such trend that Coveware recently noted is that ransomware payment amounts seem to be decreasing.

The average amount paid out to ransomware attackers actually increased by 8% quarter over quarter, reaching $228,125 in the second quarter of 2022. With all of that having been said and now out of the way, it is important to note that this average is likely being inorganically increased by larger than average payments made by big name firms. If you take a look at the median, you’d see that this metric has seen a sharp decline of about 51% during the same interim.

Additionally, average ransomware payments have also decreased by as much as 33% from the fourth quarter of 2021. This suggests that the uptick this past quarter is just a blip, and it also indicates that victims are refusing to pay the ransoms that hackers are demanding.

Tactics such as having data backups on hand allow ransomware victims to avoid paying the demanded ransom, since the deletion of data from their servers would be an easily fixable issue. Also, it appears that ransomware is being used to target smaller and smaller firms. In the fourth quarter of 2020, the median size of companies impacted by ransomware attacks was about 235 employees. In the second quarter of 20220, this median company size plummeted to just 105 employees.

Hence, ransomware attackers are clearly being forced to make do with slimmer pickings. They can no longer target larger firms so they have to target smaller ones, and this is also going to reduce the median ransom since smaller companies won’t have the cash required to pay ransoms that are in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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We’d Need Five Earths if Everyone Lived Like Americans, How Do Other Nations Stack Up?

The planet is quickly hurtling towards a climate catastrophe, and drastic action needs to be taken if we want to prevent the impending damage that can occur. In spite of the fact that this is the case, many nations around the world seem to be doing the opposite of what they are supposed to do. For example, if every member of the human race lived like Americans do, we’d need five whole planets to facilitate that rate of resource consumption.

The US is not the worst offender in this list, with citizens of nations like Qatar and Bahrain using up to nine times more resources than the planet can sustain. With all of that having been said and now out of the way, it is important to note that neither of those nations are nearly as large as the US. With a population of well over 350 million people, the US is perhaps the single biggest contributor to climate change both on a macro level as well as on an individual level.

In spite of the fact that this is the case, there are many countries that are using approximately their fair share of resources such as Indonesia. If everyone lived like Indonesians, we’d only need 10% more resources than the Earth can provide. India performs even better, since despite its rapid industrialization the rising superpower uses 20% less resources than it would ideally be allotted.

Additionally, while China often gets cited as the biggest contributor to excessive resource consumption and carbon output, its per capita footprint is less than half of that of the US. China’s resource consumption rate would require 2.4 Earths if it occurred on a global scale, whereas the US has a per capita resource consumption that would require 5.1 planets if everyone lived that way.

This nation of 350 million people is consuming about as many resources as 1.8 billion should, which surpasses the populations of both China as well as India with all things having been considered and taken into account. Any changes need to come from America first.

H/T: Overshootday

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Investors Fear Meta’s Overly Ambitious Plans For The Metaverse Will Lead To Facebook’s Downfall

Investors are stepping up to the plate and voicing their concerns about CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s overly ambitious plans for the Metaverse and how it would lead to Facebook’s downfall.

Many feel the company will face an identity crisis and falter, similar to that seen by Yahoo in the past which has never managed to recover.

Some are already seeing Facebook align with Yahoo’s disaster. One veteran who has had plenty of experience working with executives from Facebook was recorded calling the current picture a replica of Yahoo from the past.

He even went as far as mentioning that Facebook may have already reached the point of no return, a huge difference from what it was around ten years back.

During the 1990s and the early 2000s, we saw Yahoo as a leading search gate for internet enthusiasts. But then, soon came its downfall, thanks to its slow response to changing trends in the world of digital ads. New archrivals were plenty and they overtook Yahoo’s position swiftly.

When we look at Facebook, the firm is eyeing TikTok as its biggest competitor. All of this has left Meta with no choice but to turn to its Metaverse or shall we say the world of digital reality. It strongly feels like this is the new future and people will love the virtual experience.

An ex-employee of the company even revealed how Zuckerberg feared so much for Facebook’s loss that he was left with no choice but to turn to the Metaverse as the firm was standing at a plateau in terms of its growth.

But he certainly wasn’t lying because if you take the current scenario into consideration, Facebook highlighted its faltering condition in its recent earnings report. Profits plunged by 36% and the firm showed a massive decline in active user accounts too.

As a result, more advertising companies are on the lookout to cut their investments made in the app. And the new thoughts of the metaverse have left so many investors beyond confused as to what’s really going on.

No one is ready to invest in the metaverse and that has forced the firm to cut back on hiring and further growth plans. It’s like reaching a standstill. And to make matters worse, even the company’s own employees are doubtful of what’s next.

They don’t think the newly placed bets on the metaverse will be making any difference or can salvage the organization from default. This includes all of those leading the revenue production departments of the firm.

Facebook has even gone about creating its Metaverse dream team that has members that are solely focusing on the metaverse and how it could make a breakthrough launch and further better the firm’s ambitions.

There is some hope that Meta could soon make the metaverse a turnaround point by focusing on creating hardware for the platform. But let’s not forget how Meta lost out on a whopping $10 billion for the Metaverse, last year.

Keeping the Facebook drama aside, there is also much talk about how investors are more worried about the current controversial regulation policies and the growing competition from apps like TikTok. Then comes issues linked to privacy too. There’s a lot to work on.

As time goes by, many people are losing their confidence in the firm as a new survey highlighted how employees really felt while working in the organization.

Zuckerberg is clear about giving Facebook a second chance or a new chapter with the metaverse. And that is one that wouldn’t be relying on social media. Instead, it would be more ambitious in its outlook. But only time can really tell how successful as many are beyond skeptical.

H/T: BI

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Twitter Gives Its Blue Subscription Users A Heads Up About Its Price Hike For The First Time

It was only last year in June that we saw popular social media company Twitter introduce an innovative monthly subscription service. And now, one year down the line, Twitter Blue is raising its prices for the first time.

In case you’re wondering what benefits the exclusive package offers, well, there is a range of features. These include the likes of undoing a recently sent tweet to unlocking unique theme options across the platform.

The news was first brought to our attention, thanks to Matt Navarra who outlined on Thursday that Twitter officials had sent out a new email to all its Blue account holders. They were informed about the price hike for the monthly plan, which was a heads up before the change actually took place.

When it was initially launched, it was about $3.00 for a monthly plan. Now, it’s going all the way up to $5.00. And to be more precise, that’s a whopping 65% increase.

As it is, the newest version of Twitter’s iOS app is charging users $5.00 every month if they wish to continue with their Blue Subscriptions. So that means, there’s no change for these users as they’re already being forced to do the same currently.

The company revealed that those who took on the Blue Subscription service last year would have until October of this year to avail of prices at $3.00. The rest, or shall we say the new birds, would be paying the increased price soon.

Twitter says such customers would be getting a notification again, one month prior to the change taking effect.

We are still not clear as to why the company has suddenly chosen to increase the prices all of a sudden as no official details were provided in this regard. But they did speak about how it would assist the app in creating some more great and innovative features that have been in the pipeline. This includes tons of new features that users have been pleading for a while now.

The news comes as reports regarding twitter’s current situation make the rounds. And it’s safe to say that the firm isn’t in the best space at the moment.

There are no guesses as to why that’s happening because we’re well aware of the Elon Musk Twitter acquisition drama that has now been pulled into court for a final verdict.

While Musk had originally signed a deal of $44 billion to acquire the company, he has now backed away, making claims that are beyond the firm’s comprehension. And now, they’re going to make him pay for it because they’ve had enough.

But despite these issues, the firm has been doing everything in its power to work around the tense scenario and release new features that it feels could really engage its audiences.

This includes the launch of new updates on its Spaces, where users can not only record but also replay different recordings too. Then there is a new ‘Circles’ update for close contacts, and lastly, it’s launching a Co-Tweets update as well.

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YouTube adds a licensed Music program followed by Meta and expands the vanishing community posts testing process to help creators grab more audiences

Google’s streaming app, YouTube, will soon launch commercial Music availability for video content creators to add Music to their content without copyright issues. Along with this, the platform plans to expand the introductory test of disappearing community posts on the app.

A while ago, Meta rolled out a Music profit-sharing initiative that would create an opportunity for most of Facebook’s content creators to add allowed Music into their videos. The purpose was to encourage creators to create content with Music in it and, in response, generate revenue for that as well. However, it can also raise concerns from song composers that their composition is used in tendentious content. Well, it is quite a challenging opportunity due to strict standards and guidelines for creators to use Meta’s Music program.

Likewise, YouTube plans to follow a similar approach. With this in mind, YouTube is experimenting with plenty of ways to build music options for creators and is introducing the license of using partners’ Music in YouTube videos. At this time, it is only available for some creators and will further expand in the future. So, if the music industry agrees to sign a deal on one platform to grow revenue, it will extend the same on every other platform. Creators will have a broader opportunity to explore more music options and legally use them in their videos. Consequently, more audiences will appear to engage in viral music trends. In addition, it will also be helpful for businesses to use Music in their promotion videos and target more audiences.

Coming on to the second part, YouTube says that they heard from many creators to work on the ability to share stuff for a limited time. Besides channels’ YT videos, creators can upload text on the community post option, including quotes, GIFs, photos, polls, etc. YouTube had already announced that they are testing a disappearing community posts feature a month ago. Now, they have decided to expand their test further. A minor detail about community posts is that they are opened for a channel with over five hundred subscribers, and the creators can set a time limit on their posts to disappear after one or three days.

In addition, the audience will see that a particular post will vanish after some time at the top of it, and channel creators will see the same thing under the Archived option in the Community section, which they too can’t re-share. But, YouTube will allow re-sharing later on after incorporating the functionality. As of now, the disappearing option is available for selected creators but we don’t know exactly when it will be accessible to the masses.

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Instagram Is Allowing Some Users To Make Reels And Stories Using The Same Camera

Instagram is updating its interface, adding a new feature via which people can make Reels using the platform's default Story camera.

Reels has evolved from a taking-off feature to being a fully self-stabilizing rocket that's frankly redefined Instagram's success in new ways. Reels, which is essentially just a TikTok ripoff, have been taking off massively across Instagram handles. Between massive creator programs that pay healthy sums of money depending on the views a Reel generates, and the younger generation's affinity for such short-form content, Instagram makes Reels come together effectively.

I genuinely never thought someone would be able to emulate even a quarter of TikTok's success; watching Instagram get pretty close despite itself evokes mixed feelings in me. Sure, there's the fact that TikTok has healthy marketplace competition now, but that competition comes from a platform owned by Meta, which is a company I truly despise. Oh, well, not much we can do but pet Zuckerberg earns billions.

Naturally, Reels lends itself rather effectively to short-form content. However, there's another Instagram feature that does the same: Stories are essentially just small snippets of day-to-day updates and activities, crammed into an easy-to-scroll-through interface. Making the jump from this to Reels is honestly not a bad decision to come to. Instagram noticed this as well and decided to bind the two features together. That's right: Instagram will now allow users to film Reels using the same camera used for Stories.

Off the bat, compartmentalizing the two features might make it easier for the average individual to make it through Instagram. However, adding Stories and Reels into the same camera makes for a much smoother, cohesive interface. It's the ultimate short-form, two-one combo; or at least I imagine that's how Instagram sees the feature. I'm relatively indifferent, honestly.

The feature, revealed by social media leaker Alessandra Paluuzzi, is currently being A/B tested and will be released to the general public soon after.

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Smartphone Industry Sees 20% Decrease in Consumer Price Index, Here’s Why They’re Still Expensive

Inflation can be a tough concept to understand, but it is basically just the averaged out prices of a basket of goods and services that people tend to buy. All of these figures are put together to create the Consumer Price Index (CPI), and an increase in a product’s CPI means that it will cost more for people that want to purchase it in the market. Smartphones have actually managed to see a 20% decline in their CPI, but in spite of the fact that this is the case they are more expensive than ever.

Additionally, overall increases in the CPI have been at around 9%, so the gradually declining CPI of smartphones can leave some scratching their heads. With all of that having been said and now out of the way, it is important to note that the CPI is an imperfect metric since it fails to reconcile discounted prices among various other outliers that can inorganically make the CPI lower than it should be.

Indeed, while many smartphone brands have tried to be competitive with their pricing, in most cases they have been compelled to increase the normal retail price of their flagship devices with all things having been considered and taken into account. One contributing factor to the price increases is the use of more advanced components because of the fact that this is the sort of thing that could potentially end up costing more in the long run.

Additionally, the severe shortage of components which was caused by a complicated holdup in the global supply chain has further complicated matters and forced OEMs to increase their prices to cover basic costs and still manage to turn a profit.

A more accurate representation of smartphone prices can be seen in the USA Channel Share Tracker by Counterpoint, which revealed a 20% quarter on quarter increase in retail smartphone prices. Currency devaluation in countries like Japan are raising alarm bells since Apple and other smartphone retailers might increase prices further to mitigate and offset potential losses that might be incurred by rapidly depreciating currencies.

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PC Shipment Sees Its Largest Decline In The Q2 Of 2022, Ever Since Its Lowest Decline In Q2 Of 2013

According to Counterpoint data, PC shipment saw its largest decline in Q2 of 2022. They have fallen up to 11.1% YOY and that is such a lower percentage with the sales of 71.2 million, the lowest ever since Q2 of 2022. This decline was due to the lockdown imposed in China, Shangai, and Kunsan. It is also being said that this decline is not permanent, and the PC sales will start regulating after some time.

This turbulence is majorly affecting the world's consumption and PC shipments are the worst. There are a lot of reasons why this decline is happening. The main reasons reported are world conflicts and the insane inflammation in the whole world. Due to this, companies and enterprises are also putting off their new products with upgrades because if they do not sell out, they can have a great loss.

In China, the huge decline in PC shipment was due to the malfunctions in ODMs, Quanta, Compal, Wistron, etc. The most decline was seen in April and May when it reached 40% and 20% YOY for ODMs. Now the companies are trying to get back on track, starting from mid-May and some changes can be seen now with the sales.

Although all the top PC brands showed a decline in Q2, their ranking remained the same. Lenovo is at the top and contributes a share of 24.4% in the Global Market in Q2. The shipment of this brand fell up to 12.7% but it has remained at the top of all brands on a shipment basis.

HP was the one that suffered the most from this decline. Its decline rate is approximately 27% YOY. It was due to the low consumption rate. Dell observed the lowest decline difference. It was all due to its shipment performance. It works with a professional commercial/premium-focused strategy that attracts customers.

Acer saw a 14.1% decline but it has a relatively high base in Q2 of 2021. Despite its low sales, its mainstream-level laptops helped to put this brand in the fourth spot for the highest PC shipments. Apple saw a decline of 20%, all because of the supply chain disruption in China. As a result, the company has got off from its fourth position in Q2 of 2022.

Due to the commercial segment focus of Asus, its shipment decline was just 7.7%. It now holds the fifth position in PC shipment in Q2 of 2022.

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Pandemic Helped European Marketers Improve Their Skills, New Study Shows

The pandemic caused widespread economic havoc around the world, but it also provided a net negative to marketers based in Europe with all things having been considered and taken into account. According to a new report released by WARC, Europe based marketers managed to use the pandemic as an opportunity to advance their skills, with 70% of marketers in that region who were surveyed saying that they learned new skills and improved the ones that they already have.

With all of that having been said and now out of the way, it is important to note that 41% of marketers still seem to think that they don’t have enough skills to advance their careers. 39% of the marketers who participated in this survey also stated that measurement was an obstacle for them.

As for the strategies that these marketing specialists are implementing, 73% of them stated that they use insights that they obtain from consumer data to develop them. Also, 38% of marketers appear to be taking Web3 seriously, and 44% said that the metaverse was going to change how they market their products and brands moving forward.

Two forms of marketing, namely audio and gaming marketing, used to get ignored and they only got 4% and 3% of advertising budgets respectively. In spite of the fact that this is the case, marketers are expecting more budgets to be allocated to these marketing types because of the fact that this is the sort of thing that could potentially end up catering to customers that are taking more of an interest in them.

Marketers were also asked what they felt would impact their future marketing decisions to the greatest extent, and 53% stated that machine learning is likely going to have the biggest impact. Personalization can be made easier with these AI based processes, and that has resulted in the percentage increasing from 49% last year to 53% this year. It will be interesting to see how new and better forms of AI change marketing and allow marketing experts to reach a wider subset of the demographics that they are targeting.

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Twitter Is Incorporating New Tweaks On The App And Here’s What Users Can Expect

Twitter has no plans on holding on to the past and that’s why we’re seeing the app move ahead with some new updates for users of the app.

For starters, Twitter is modifying its content options for Notes and its associated long-form content. This feature has been rolled out for only a few selected users for now, but a possible expansion is up on the cards soon.

The feature was first unleashed last month for a selected few as a part of a test where writers were the definite target audience. In case you’re not quite familiar with the feature, Notes is more or less another name given to a tool used for blogging.

It can be found widely on the web, having the great ability to produce nearly 2,500 words. This would be easily embedded across the app for obvious purposes like sharing with others.

Hence, the biggest benefit involved means ridding the tiresome process linked to screenshotting huge text chunks and then clipping them onto a particular tweet so others can see it. Also, those who used to spend so much time sharing long threads on the app would now be able to do so with ease using Notes.

Twitter says the whole idea is to assist creators on the platform with an easy way out, instead of forcing them to resort to links. Previously, audiences used to go to various platforms to grab a hold of long-form content.

After users were seen making use of the new Notes update, we can well say that the app is definitely a valuable change for those that adore posting long threads.

Every note will have the app focusing on each author and we think that’s a great step toward both personal brand as well as engagement with different audiences. But there are also some reports about the app adding a separate section for quotes too.

While we do feel this tweak might be small, it definitely shows how much effort Twitter is putting into helping its writer community get better exposure.

Next up, the app has introduced a series of updates for iOS users, which is being looked upon as a strong push to get more users on board.

Twitter says users will soon be seeing a revamped bar that displays all of its chat rooms across the iOS app. This way, users would have more clarity in terms of deciphering who is actually hosting, not to mention a glance at Discussions, and also a strong emphasis on Spaces too.

this is now live on iOS! https://t.co/FTpwyasR5b

— Spaces (@TwitterSpaces) July 27, 2022

While the update was launched last month for users with Android devices, we’re finally seeing it make its way to iOS users now. These individuals would be allowed to access Twitter Spaces too, where they can witness various changes on every timeline’s top part.

Twitter is definitely on a roll because it has proven over time that it’s here to gather more in-app user engagement and for that, they’ll need to be making some changes.

The most noticeable one has to do with its audio chatrooms that once appeared very in line with Clubhouse but now, it’s proving to be tough competition.

So, what new features have Twitter Spaces introduced for fans? Well, firstly, hosts can now record and even playback recordings, moments after the Space comes to an end.

Next, users will be allowed to clip their favorite part of Spaces and share it with those that mean the most. And lastly, we can expect to see more people use Spaces as the startup process has been simplified further.

All in all, these are some pretty cool changes and some that we feel Twitter needed.

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by Dr. Hura Anwar via Digital Information World

Google Makes Huge Changes In Its Play Store Policies To Try And Combat Growing Concerns In The App Landscape

The digital world is always changing and with each passing day comes a new series of challenges that can’t be overlooked. This includes the fluctuating social media app landscape that needs particular attention.

Therefore, it makes sense why Google is working toward changing its Play Store’s policies and while some amendments may be minor, others are worth a mention.

The company says that some of the changes would be seen rolling out soon while the rest would follow in the upcoming months. All in all, the tech giant seems confident that it can tackle the growing concerns of its stakeholders with these steps.

Effective 8/31/2022: Google Play won't "allow apps containing misleading health claims that contradict existing medical consensus, or can cause harm to users." Examples include: pic.twitter.com/S4MjZZdbPY

— Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) July 27, 2022

Effective 9/30/2022: Unexpected interstitial ads are prohibited. These include full screen interstitial ads of all formats that show unexpectedly or that aren't closeable after 15s. Interstitials that don't interrupt the user or the user opted into can persist > 15s.

— Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) July 27, 2022

Google added how some changes are public while others are limited to developers. There was also great stress put on app subscriptions being canceled as well.

In the same way, a special mention was put out for users having apps that might not align with such policies. For those cases, apps would be provided with respective grace periods of 30 days, at a minimum. This way, they can take the time to get well equipped with the new changes.

But what exactly do those policy changes include? Well, for starters, there’s one limited to developers. The whole idea is to target those working with API level number 32. Google says the apps here would now be forced to meet specific criteria such as it being limited to alarms or simply calendars.

Google spoke about how the change would come into play when permissions were revealed.

Another major policy change is restricted to the spread of misinformation linked to health. The idea is to put a limit on impersonation and any misleading claims linked to drugs, treatments, vaccines, and dangerous practices.

Anyone that tries to prove their identity as some that they’re not would also similarly be penalized.

Google’s new policy will also have zero tolerance for those that deal with interstitial ads. Hence, all developers would be limited in regards to their use across various apps. But how exactly can ads be displayed by developers now? Well, the firm has delineated a particular protocol linked to just that.

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Firstly, full-screen ads linked to different formats that appear out of nowhere and for no purpose wouldn’t be allowed. Similarly, ads popping up during the start of gameplay wouldn’t be allowed either. Lastly, ads that last for more than 15 seconds without having an option of being closed wouldn’t be allowed.

Google also hopes to make the cancellation of subscription processes an easier affair too by making them more visible across different apps.

The search engine giant has also decided to take action against apps that are designed to track people and while the situation might be a difficult one, others are loving the action by Google.

But this comes with the issues of many who feel they’re helpful as parenting tools, where kids can be tracked easily, in case they fail to tell their whereabouts to their own mom and dad.

Therefore, Google has changed the policy for such apps by enlisting an entire guideline that helps limit surveillance for malicious purposes.

There was much talk about ads making use of VPN services that Google has been forced to look into in the past as well when people citied reservations on the matter.

The firm says that now, it’s going to make sure apps linked to remote servers would only be functioning through effective VPN services. Obviously, this comes with exceptions like user tracking, parental control, browsing, and remote access too.

Lastly, Google has delineated how there is no room for any dodgy apps but we feel some good ones might be deemed guilty during the intense crossfire. Clearly, the change is plenty and we hope it’s all for the good.

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by Dr. Hura Anwar via Digital Information World

Apple May Soon Face Ban Over Its Default Apps But This Is How The Company Hopes To Respond

While there isn’t a whole lot of progress being made with the current American antitrust legislation, there is a constant threat looming on Apple's shoulders.

Apple does fear that if things don’t work out in its favor, it could soon be seeing default apps banned.

Hence, its fate actually lies in the Senate so we just need to wait and watch what happens next in terms of what bills are passed in this regard. But Apple isn’t waiting for the last moment. Yes, the tech giant already has a backup plan in store.

So worst-case scenario, the ban does happen to take place and that means Apple wouldn’t be able to install its own company’s stock applications. Therefore, the only way out is to offer customers a wide array of core applications.

Thanks to 9to5Mac, we get to witness a possible graphic illustration of what a possible way out could look like by Apple or in other words, what its immediate plan of response could be.

Users would witness a list of basic apps while they set up their iPhones initially. They can pick their favorites but obviously, Apple’s own apps would be at the top of the list.

US lawmakers have been noticing for a while how so many leading tech giants are exerting their dominance in the market, restricting others from getting a chance to survive and possibly excel. For this reason, the US Congress says it’s trying to do everything in its power to tackle the matter.

While the rest are under development, there are two that could soon be passed and that’s why Apple, among others, are losing sleep over the decision as one of them will be more threatening for the firm than the other.

It would enlist huge changes in the company’s App Store and overall systems, as well as causing a great deal of uprising among third-party derived app stores.

But the biggest worry again is linked to the company not being able to favor its own stock apps. How will users gain benefits from the classic iPhone systems when they remove it out of the box?

Bloomberg revealed that one way is to ask users to do their own setup by guiding them on how they’ll now need to select a browser, and other functionalities themselves.

Another way is to allow for third-party in-app purchases to become a norm which the company has been against for obvious reasons, since day one.

Hence, we might just be seeing the tech giant play a strategic move and establish warning messages against third-party apps, adding a level of fear to users so they stick solely to Apple’s apps.

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by Dr. Hura Anwar via Digital Information World

Microsoft and Facebook Top Most Popular In A Report Regarding Impersonation Phishing Scams

Scams and phishing attacks are growing day by day, especially brand impersonation phishing scams are found to be the fastest spreading scams on the internet. The people behind these scams impersonate a big tech corporation and ask users to enter their login issues to solve a problem with their account. Their main goal is to get the person’s financial information and private data to either steal or blackmail them.

In the latest report done by Vade, researchers say that Facebook and Microsoft were the most impersonated tech corporations when it comes to phishing scams done in the prior half 2022. Approximately 11,000 fake links were created for Microsoft and a similar 10,000 fake URLs with Facebook.

Results also indicate that Microsoft ranking top of the list is related to the 288% increase in its number of fake phishing URLs.

But these scams aren’t just limited to tech brands, instead big corporations offering financial services are the ones most affected. This makes sense as the main target of these scams is to steal money from the victims' bank accounts.

Moreover, the report shows that among all internet services, financial service companies were the most popular among impersonation scams. Among top 25 brands, eight of them were offering financial service. Among these eight brands, there were popular brands such as PayPal, MTB, and Credit Agricole which were the most popular when it comes to the greatest number of phishing URLs.

This was oddly reminiscent of Facebook and Microsoft’s huge increase in fake links overall. Similarly, Credit Agricole saw 203% phishing emails than usual, and MTB saw an astronomical 332% increase. Lastly, PayPal saw an increase in such URLs of up to 305%. This was in the first quarter of 2022 which has led to the numbers we’re seeing in the overall first half of 2022.

Even then, the cloud service apps and companies such as Netflix, Microsoft, Adobe, Google, Sharefile and Docusign. It was also brought to attention that phishing attacks were most devastating on the days of Tuesday and Wednesday. More specifically, the timings of 2 PM and 6 PM were observed to be the most popular hours for scammers. This is true as most people are stressed out from working all day and wouldn’t bother checking anything suspicious on these emails.

These scams and the people behind them are getting smarter and more efficient day by day. So double check any links and emails that you find suspicious.

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Twitter tests Delegate to substitute a former feature of the dying Twitter Deck

For the past 6 months, Twitter has been working on a new feature on Twitter Delegate to replace the Team feature originally present on Twitter Deck.

Back in December, a researcher found out that Twitter is working on this new feature and predicted it to launch soon. Six months later, the discoverer, Nima Owji is back with some news. He claims that this time around, the feature has two different sections to it.

The sections are more like user profiles. One is the Contributor while the other is Admin. Both the roles have different powers. A Contributor can send Direct Messages, post Tweets, and lastly, form lists. They can also view all of these activities on the account. It is all the basic things a Twitter user can do.

However, an Admin has more power than that. While the admin can perform all of these tasks, that is sending Direct Messages, publishing Tweets, and making lists, they can also control the Contributors. An Admin's greatest power will be to decide which Contributor to invite or remove. They can also view the account's analytics.

You'll be able to invite someone as a “Contributor” or an “Admin”! pic.twitter.com/14sb2tbB5j

— Nima Owji (@nima_owji) July 26, 2022

What Owji was unable to inform us, or discover, is how Twitter will look once the Delegate feature has been enabled. Since it is a work still under process, we have no way of knowing it. We do suspect that it might look like what Tweet Deck looked like. But we can't be sure until we see any more updates.

Another thing we’re not sure about is how many people will be able to use a Twitter account at once. Once accepted or invited by the Admin a contributor will be able to make tweets however the number of team members is still unknown.

This has been an active year for Twitter and we expect even more new features from the platform. But since most of these new features, and a few of the old ones, have been confined to the US only, we would like to see some regional diversity.

For now, we are impatiently waiting for Twitter Delegate to launch, and we are sure you are too.

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Phishing Attacks Take LinkedIn By Storm, And Affect Facebook Business Accounts In The Process

A series of phishing attacks are cornering LinkedIn users, attempting to single out Facebook Business accounts for hacking and exploiting them.

Phishing attacks continue to rise at alarming levels and continue to infect social media platforms like ghouls haunting abandoned houses or, well, a virus. At any rate, social media platforms have their work cut out as well, considering how vast their user bases are. A few thousand individuals are manageable with a large enough team. Over 100,000 monthly users, and we’ve suddenly gotten ourselves the recipe for certain cybersecurity disasters. It’s why the likes of Facebook and Twitter had such difficulty in monitoring misinformation spreads across their platforms during the 2020 pandemic and lockdown period.

Social media platforms have also evolved to the point where they’re no longer just elaborate chatrooms with the occasional special feature. They’re comprehensive databases that harbor a metric ton worth of private user information. Phishing actors often conduct deep dives across Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to gleam phone numbers, addresses, and credit card numbers off of specific accounts. Telegram even had entire private groups dedicated to black markets being set up where such information would be sold.

So, what’s the current phishing nightmare that social media sites are attempting to deal with? It all starts with an adorably named phishing campaign by the moniker of “Ducktail”. Doesn’t that just remind you of the popular Disney series starring Huey, Dewey, and Louie instead of, well, real-life criminals? The campaign is being conducted by either a singular threat actor or an entire troupe of them, originating from Vietnam. This information was compiled by and commented upon by cybersecurity firm WithSecure; the platform even states that these attacks have been ongoing since at least the end of 2021 December.

With an approach that seems sober and innocuous enough for LinkedIn, the phishing attack was carried out via a PDF file that contained hidden malware. Downloading the file opened the floodgates to informational exposure; threat actors could harvest 2FA codes, IP addresses, addresses, birthdays, numbers, and user IDs. Associated Facebook Business accounts were also exposed in the process, leaving users vulnerable on multiple fronts.

The easy methods of avoiding such attacks would be to carefully download sent files, and also keep scanning new files with malware detectors and whatnot.

Via: FreePik
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Google Gives Law Enforcement Agencies The Green Light To See Users’ Video Without Any Warrant

Following in the footsteps of Amazon, Google has reportedly granted full permission to respective law enforcement agencies to view users’ videos without any warrant.

The news comes as we saw a number of tech giants come forward and confirm to CNET how they would not be granting permission to authorities for the same purpose. Common names included the likes of Arlo, Anker, Eufy, and Apple.

The companies felt it was a huge violation of users’ privacy to grant footage belonging to users’ smart home devices, unless and until a specific warrant was provided in this regard or in the case that an order was granted by the court of law.

But despite the announcement being made public, Google and Amazon continue to defy people’s reservations and continue to behave in the exact opposite direction. So that means the police can show up without any warrant and take the data, in the case of an emergency situation.

It’s actually really very interesting to note how Amazon, which is the main leading organization behind most smart home hardware devices like doorbells, cameras, and even security systems managed to get the police involved with warrantless actions.

And if that wasn’t bad enough, it has got Google on board in terms of following in its footsteps with a similar privacy policy getting generated for law enforcement agencies who can get their required details via the firm’s Nest goods and services or in reality, any other place on Google without permission.

Meanwhile, the policies do mention how they would, in most cases, be liable to present legal orders or warrants, whenever they choose to hand the date over further. And in case they don’t, they would be subject to penalization as it would be against the law.

Like any other policy, some exceptions are made like those pertaining to an emergency situation. But surprisingly, Google, which promises to behave with great transparency, is yet to include any form of a clause that delineates an emergency request.

When asked to comment on the matter, the search engine giant revealed how it would never think twice before acting in a matter that involved a person’s life and death. Hence, in such exceptional scenarios, they were ready to give data to respective government agencies.

It even specified the situations to include those shootings, bombings, missing victims, and kidnappings among others.

On the other hand, one unnamed spokesperson from Google was seen shedding light on how the firm does its level best to try and inform users beforehand about their data being used in certain cases but again, no sign of emergency cases being outlined. Meanwhile, Amazon failed to respond to any comment related to such situations so we feel Google at least is doing a better job at that.

As far as things are concerned from a legal perspective, the firm is given full permission to share the types of data with the police, in case an emergency arises. But after carrying out thorough research on the prevailing laws in the system, there is no mandate that forces anyone to share.

Some tech companies against the policy argue that if the case is so urgent then getting a court order or a relevant arrest warrant shouldn’t take too much time either and hence that needs to be mandated into policy.

Another interesting twist in the story is how leading companies like Anker that are actually protesting against such policies have actually gone on to share user data in other ways with law enforcement agencies. And the same stands true for Meta as well.

Yes, they might not be giving your video access but they’re still guilty of the practice through other means.

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by Dr. Hura Anwar via Digital Information World

YouTube Introduces New Changes On The App For Creators Including A Safety Center And New Shopping Tab

For starters, YouTube (via its Creator Insider channel) provided an update for those recipients who applied for YouTube’s Shorts Fund in June. According to them, any creator who fulfilled the eligibility criteria was sent out notifications last week.

Next up, YouTube gave an update in regard to the launch of its Creator Safety Center Site. YouTube acknowledge how big of a risk it is for creators in today’s day and age, thanks to their very public presence.

Therefore, the platform plans on going the extra mile to make sure creators are well aware of proactive tools and steps required to combat any issues that they may be facing. Hence, to guarantee better safety online, the app launched a new online resource called Creator Safety.

This center can be seen as a webpage that’s centered around topics, information, and all sorts of resources that generally talk about safety online. However, they are specifically for those creators and content makers on the app.

Common topics that have been stressed include how users can protect themselves from online abuse, and how to combat issues like channel hijacking, and impersonations. Similarly, a list of proactive steps was also provided to help users protect their privacy online and which help organizations can be reached out to, in case there is any major crisis.

For the time being, YouTube says the new and helpful functionality is only available for content creators in the English language. However, it does have plans on expanding to other languages in the near future too.

Similarly, the platform does hope to collaborate with other regional organizations that are designed to help tackle such matters so YouTube can be a safe platform for all around the globe.

To gain access, creators can simply log into YouTube.com and click on the Creator Safety tab.

Last but not least, YouTube shared with its users an exciting launch pertaining to the renaming of its Merchandise under Monetization, in the Studio where users can click on the respective Shopping tab.

This new tab is being looked upon as the app as a new hub for all types of shopping features on YouTube. Therefore, all channels that have fulfilled the eligibility criteria in the past would be allowed to take part as before.

YouTube is asking its creators in particular, for feedback on the updates so it can better their user performance on the app in the near future.




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by Dr. Hura Anwar via Digital Information World

New Map Pinpoints Where Starlink Satellites Re-Enter Earth’s Atmosphere For Their Disposal

Have you ever wondered where Starlink's satellites burn on earth? Well, to many people's surprise, it's all across the atmosphere.

An astronomer by the name of Jonathan McDowell has recently launched a map that features the exact locations where Starlink satellites burn up across the earth’s atmosphere. And contrary to many people’s thinking, it takes place all across the planet.

The astronomer gained viral fame when he announced how diligently he was going to be tracking the exact locations pertaining to SpaceX’s satellite deathbed. And this exclusive report is providing so many of us with a clearer understanding of the unknown.

For a while now, the devices were seen burning up at different destinations in the atmosphere as confirmed by the constellations’ latest pathway.

The map was tweeted by the famed astronomer on Sunday and it featured the plotting of several re-entry locations from a whopping 100 different satellites. These were seen de-orbiting and then falling back into the earth.

McDowell was seen explaining how the locations are very random but go in line with the simple knowledge that the last week of orbital decaying and entering back to the atmosphere is not uncontrolled.

Their locations are vastly spaced out and very random with no fixed pathway being followed, he confirmed.

A lot of people were definitely concerned about the news as they feared that such incidents could result in various types of debris slamming into buildings or striking humans on earth.

But there is not a lot to worry about in that respect as SpaceX claims satellites can immediately break down when they make an entry back into the earth’s atmosphere. That is the specific way in which they have been designed by a firm that takes great pride in the safety of its devices.

SpaceX had also spoken about how the falling of satellites is such a quick and intense process because the atmospheric drag and the build-up of heat could result in small things falling apart immediately by burning up.

Speaking to media outlets, the astronomer says he never intended to make a post that would cause the public to worry unnecessarily.

In fact, he only wished to share the news to debunk myths about satellites falling at a specific location or following a specific path. All in all, it’s a great effort we believe, and one that’s gaining applause from those interesting in such astonishing findings.

When we look at stats from last December until now, around 110 satellites belonging to SpaceX have fallen back, as confirmed by the FCC. But the firm says that it makes sure there is zero risk to humans on the ground because it believes in following nothing but conservative techniques while satellites de-orbit.

Today, figures show how there are nearly 3,000 different satellites belonging to Starlink. And within their due time, of five years, we should see them burn up in the air, followed by the immediate introduction of next-generation devices as their replacements.

But the SpaceX company says this is just the beginning. It hopes to launch thousands more to help give users the best and fastest internet service around the world.

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