WhatsApp Starts Beta Testing Novi Digital Wallet, Special Community Groups

WhatsApp might be Meta’s least controversial app, and the tech giant has been focusing on trying to make it as streamlined and optimized as possible. One aspect of this has involved trying to incorporate WhatsApp into ecommerce, something that the messaging app has already unofficially been...

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Meta Builds Its New Metaverse Platform, Even As Complaints About Harassment In The VR World Get Public Attention

While Meta keeps on hard at work developing its 3D technology for the Metaverse social media concept, complaints regarding VR-based harassment increase. The company formerly known as Facebook has been quite busy at work, proudly announcing the Metaverse along with its new name just over a month...

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TikTok’s crucial product decisions are still controlled from China staffers

Bytedance, a Beijing-based technology startup, owns TikTok and also runs a Chinese version of the site called Douyin. TikTok and Douyin are two distinct companies. They keep their data in various locations and follow distinct sets of rules and business processes. TikTok is geared toward the...

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Twitter Spaces Is Being Used By The Far-Right As A Vessel For Racist And Derogatory Content

It’s been just over one month since Twitter Spaces was rolled out to all users across the board and, surprise, surprise! It’s being used as a font of misinformation and supremacist rhetoric. A journalist from Logically, named W.F. Thomas has two Twitter accounts. One is a basic account, used...

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This New Windows 11 Feature Gives You Voice Control

Voice commands have slowly become commonplace in the world of tech, and with virtual assistants like Siri and Google Assistant it is now pretty easy to complete basic tasks without having to do anything significant. With all of that having been said and now out of the way, it is important to note...

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Meta’s New AI Moderator Can Tackle Harmful Content Faster

One of the most important things that a lot of social media platforms have started looking into has to do with content moderation and the like. With vaccine hesitancy becoming much worse due to the widespread nature of misinformation and disinformation, it has become clear that the use of human...

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Facebook And Instagram Congratulate Their Communities With A Year Well Spent Via A Pair Of Year-End Appreciations

Facebook and Instagram have rolled out Year in Review features respectively, allowing users to reminisce about their time on the platform over this past year. Well, it’s that time of the year again; and no, I do not mean the holiday season, this is a tech journal, sir. No, I’m referring to it...

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