According to recent survey Twitter is seeing a massive exodus of journalists

According to a recent Muck Ruck poll, featured on Pressgazette, most journalists are on Twitter, yet half are considering quitting.

Journalists, Twitter's most ardent supporters, are leaving in droves. According to a recent Muck Ruck poll, 78% of journalists say Twitter is their most valuable social media tool, and 90% of journalists are on it. Despite this, 50% of respondents claimed they considered quitting the site.

Journalists worldwide are torn between using Twitter, taking a chance on its potential consequences, and forgoing its benefits. The recent Global State of Journalism survey, which received 2,226 responses from media professionals in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, is a focal point for this discussion. In it, participants expressed their opinions on whether or not this well-liked platform should be maintained.

Many other respondents to the study agreed with this viewpoint. The subject of online harassment has previously been brought up, but this most recent study demonstrates how harmful it can be for people on the receiving end. Several other users have reported having similar experiences while using Twitter, so it's not only journalists.

With over 4 billion active users on some of the world's most popular social media platforms, Twitter remains in 16th place with 436 million monthly users. To complicate matters further, a recent survey found that half of all journalists are considering leaving the platform due to rampant online abuse from anonymous trolls and new plans for fee-based verification status. As these issues mount up, it seems only time will tell if Twitter can remain competitive against tech giants like Facebook or Youtube.

Twitter's recent decision to stop users from sharing Substack links sent shockwaves through news publishers' marketing strategies; they had come to rely upon the platform for promoting subscriptions. However, Scroll's 2021 merger into the company reached a renewed commitment to helping create a robust journalism ecosystem. Jo Kelly, the former Mirror journalist and now EME head at Twitter, was also optimistic about this promise - as made evident in Press Gazette's Platform Profile that year.

Journalism faces many pressing issues, with disinformation topping the list at 50%. Funding and trust in media are significant concerns for many respondents. The results also show that lack of time to cover stories, politicization, independence and news literacy are all troubling topics worth attention.

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The future of journalism is uncertain, and for the industry to flourish, a massive shift in how media is accessed, produced, and consumed must occur. We need to ensure that the right incentives are in place to encourage ethical and accurate reporting of news stories. Moreover, news organizations must embrace a more transparent approach to their activities and take steps to reduce the spread of disinformation.

Twitter is an essential tool for journalists worldwide – but if these latest findings are anything to go by, then more needs to be done to address online abuse and harassment if users are going to remain engaged with the platform.

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Alarming New Report Finds 82% Of Open Source Software Risky Thanks To Major Vulnerabilities And Security Issues

A new report by top software supply chain security management firm Lineaje says 82% of all open-source software is inherently risky.

The report further delineates the cause to be a combination of major vulnerabilities, security concerns, issues with code quality, and problems with maintainability.

The authors of the research went on to detail more about how 70% of this kind of software across the enterprise was open source and such elements aren’t usually tracked too often or provided with updates or inventories. And that is what leaves some serious vulnerabilities across the software supply chain so it could be exploited by other threat actors.

This comes just a little short of a week since CISA called the software vendors to take necessary action to put out secure-by-design processes for development that ship codes and ensure secure and out-of-the-box features.

The company similarly found a huge risk to these big open-source solutions after taking into consideration around 44% of the most popular projects for this foundation. This is when they saw a 68% dependency through Non-Apache software and a lot of them had opaque origins and update schemes in place.

The authors feel such reports are a clear warning to companies about open-source software and how it comes with huge risks. This is despite them being super popular and providing established brands.

Similarly, since more software is now getting assembled instead of getting built, it is becoming more pivotal now than ever to create formal tools that discover the DNA of the software. Hence, developers don’t have x-ray visions to witness what is present inside the software component. Similarly, most open-source selectors aren’t even security experts. So you can only imagine the devastation that could arise.

Provided that 64% of such vulnerabilities don’t have a solution in place right now means they cannot be fixed. Therefore, companies need to be made aware of the problem and hence should take proactive measures about managing such risks.

On the other hand, this also provides recommendations for organizations deploying tools for the supply chain management. And in this way, you can assess various dynamic risks as well as the integrity of various projects at hand.

So as you can tell, the risk is mighty and it’s up to firms to take on the warnings before it’s too late.

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Microsoft is working on boosting the traffic for publisher and their revenues, simultaneously, after launching BingChat

Microsoft Bing - a search engine that was launched in the mid of 2009 has given quite of a competition to Google Chrome. These two technological behemoths are distinctive in their own right and give their customers a wide range of alternatives so they may search for any kind of material. But Microsoft Bing is the one we are going to look into.

For those who may be wondering, Bing is a product of Microsoft designed to guarantee that users of search engines everywhere in the globe have a safe and secure ecosystem. It allows its users to find content they are searching for.

Microsoft has never let us down or fallen short of our expectations. This company has earned a spot on the list of the most reliable businesses due to the fact that it consistently develops innovative solutions to ensure their users would have a healthy environment. However, it recently launched BingChat, an AI version of Microsoft Bing at the beginning of this year.The company believed that this would assist their user in terms of quick searching; nevertheless, they were unaware that they would have to pay for it.

For some context, despite Microsoft's claims that it is "more powerful than ChatGPT," this BingChat is quite comparable to ChatGPT. It enables consumers to receive responses to their searches that are human-like. It not only allow its users to find content they may be looking for but it also enable features like content creation, chat and answers to help fill their user’s search demands.

When this Artificial Intelligence “BingChat” was released, Microsoft didn’t see that coming that their new update would lead to such fewer revenues and gains. This could seem a bit unpleasant to the company, which is why, according to KyaSainsbury-Carter, the recently appointed vice president, the company is considering a number of strategies to be able to offer their people a positive space.

The real issue, though, is how exactly they are planning on doing that. Despite the fact that BingChat was created to provide its consumers with an ad-free experience, this is not a particularly smart choice when you consider the publishers who had been receiving such fewer earnings. The vice president further stated that they are currently working on to balance ad load as well as managing to make sure to match their user’s expectations at the same time.

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70% Of American Smartphone Buyers Wish To Keep Their Devices For Two Years Or More As Per This Study

Smartphone longevity is a topic that many deem to be debatable. But the latest report covering this aspect for Americans is out and we’re diving straight into the details.

Thanks to a new survey by YouGov, nearly 70% of all American smartphone buyers wish to get at least two years, if not more, from their purchase. Meanwhile, one in six wish to attain at least five years from that same device.

The recently conducted poll by the top data company also found zero links between the phone’s price range and the timeframe before the user would opt to move on.

For instance, buyers on the ultra-premium end that ended up spending nearly $1000 on a device are the ones who are more likely among others to use the device for at least one year. Meanwhile, premium buyers that spend between $750 to $1000 are less liable to change devices over so soon.

On the other hand, the recent survey also shed light on how the budget as well as those falling in the middle range are likely to make use of their devices for nearly five years. Meanwhile, those spending $300 or even less than that were outlined to be budget buyers but those spending anywhere between $500 to $750 on devices arise in the middle-range buyers' category.

25% of those taking part in such polls that made claims of not knowing how much to spend on their next device hope to use the phone for at least a five-year period.

As per this new research, the sweet spot for phones was seen to be between 2 to 3 years. And this specific timeline outlined entailed the biggest share among those having a specific price range or budget which they intend to stick to for the next purchase. This was the same choice for 29% of those in the premium range while 31% arose in the ultra-premium category.

Meanwhile, those respondents who wish to use the device for more than two years claimed that the feature that they’re most looking forward to in their purchase is the phone’s durability. And that would really affect the whole process of making decisions.

40% of respondents called durability their main deciding factor. However, one-fifth of those providing a response claim the latest software updates are imperative while making a decision.

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The World Of Entrepreneurialism In Perspective: How Do Trends Vary Among Different Nations Today

A new study by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor is shedding light on how trends of entrepreneurs vary from one nation to the next.

As per the recently conducted poll featuring 170,000 individuals present in 48 different regions, the figures for those who feel this is the best moment for entrepreneurs to make gains don’t correlate with those being brave enough to give their ideas a try.

The study further goes on to show how some countries are better equipped than others in terms of a fearless workforce of entrepreneurs who don’t get demotivated too easily. Meanwhile, other locations have a population that fears failure or is just too shy to begin a business as they lack the confidence of doing so, despite having so many opportunities.

The trend of being more confident or less confident in terms of entrepreneurialism isn’t linked to the country’s income either. For instance, the levels of business opportunities up for grabs are very much similar to the Netherlands as they are to Venezuela. This is where 60% of respondents see it as a favorable endeavor to begin a business.

Nearly a third of those individuals would still refuse to begin a business due to fears of failure. Similarly, patterns of responses were seen in countries like Iran and Switzerland. And that’s despite the fact that both these nations have polar opposite economic conditions.

As per the survey, countries like Indonesia and Saudi Arabia were found to have the most favorable conditions for a startup. Yet, more than 50% of the respondents claim they would refuse to do so in the Arab nation but that share correlated to just a third across Indonesia.

The news comes despite both nations having high shares but people feel there are plenty of bureaucratic hurdles that ensure entrepreneurship stays manageable. Many people in these regions not only know people who began businesses but also had the know-how to begin their own endeavors.

In places like the US, there was a low reluctance to begin a business against the perceived chances of doing so. But we need to mention how the pattern for the US was similar to the UK. However, a clear difference was seen in terms of really starting a firm as that meant social trends engrained in the society was quite different in both these regions.

When we looked at global comparisons in places like China and India, it was obvious that despite the booming economy, people were just timider to be entrepreneurs as compared to their global counterparts. But the lowest hesitation was seen in South Korea.

Then, the study shed light on female entrepreneurs and which nations were moving ahead when compared to all others. Overall, all countries had fewer female entrepreneurs but those having the most were developing countries like Togo and Guatemala.

On the other hand, developed nations like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait also had some great figures as did nations such as the US and Chile. But it’s interesting to note how several developed nations in Europe had lower figures for female entrepreneurs, similar to their Asian counterparts.

The authors of the study delineated how many low-income places have a certain type of activity called necessity-driven entrepreneurship. This arises due to very few employment chances in a nation. But when you look at developed countries, such activity is driven by innovation and it coexists with the sufficiently developed job sector.

Still, both kinds of economies have huge differences among them and that may account for the big differences in figures for female entrepreneurs.

H/T: Statista Charts

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What US State Has the Best Internet?

Internet speeds can vary dramatically from place to place, and sometimes even from province to province. In the US, there can be a startling difference in internet speeds based on what state you are living in. Surfshark recently conducted a study that tried to determine the value of internet connections in each state. They did this by first seeing maximum internet speeds and then comparing that to how affordable the internet connection was.

With all of that having been said and now out of the way, it is important to note that New Jersey was at the top of the list, along with New York and Massachusetts. Each of these states offer broadband speeds of around 37 Mb/s, although New Jersey offers it at a cheaper price which makes it more valuable than might have been the case otherwise.

As for the states with the worst internet, they were largely centered around the American South. Mississippi came in dead last, with Arkansas coming at the third worst place. Wyoming had the second worst internet in the entire US, which makes sense considering it is also the least populated. In spite of the fact that this is the case, Mississippi has a relatively large population which makes its lack of adequate internet quite concerning with all things having been considered and taken into account.

All in all, the Northeast region of the US seems to be the best place for internet. Remote workers might flock there because of the fact that this is the sort of thing that could potentially end up allowing them to get their work done without any disruptions caused by internet connections.

This list reveals the enormous disparity in internet speeds that can be seen in just one nation. The West and South clearly have a lot of catching up to do, otherwise the terrible internet connections in these regions will make the existing states start to fall behind. The lack of high speed internet could lead to an increase in social disparity as well as inequality, and that might get even worse as the years go by and the internet becomes ever more critical.

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WhatsApp users will soon be receiving updated interfaces along with animated emojis

According to Wabetainfo, WhatsApp is planning to introduce three new updates for its users. Its developers are playing with the code to introduce a new interface along with a tool bar at the bottom. In addition to this, they are also working to add animated emojis to the platform.

Starting off with the first update, WhatsApp is bringing Lottie’s library on board, aiming to provide an enhanced user experience while chatting. With the addition of this feature, it will be easier for a user to express their feelings.

Initially, the animated emojis will be delivered by default, so the users won’t have the option to turn them off. As a result, it is believed that some people might lose their focus due to their preference for plain conversation without any animation.

The update is currently being planned for desktop users, but it is believed that it may also be released for both Android and iOS versions as well. Since the feature is still in its initial stage, the pilot variant hasn’t been released yet.

Moving on to the second one, the developers have added a new toolbar at the bottom in order to offer an updated media picking feature. The updated interface will make it easier to share media files, as initially users would have to scroll through every piece of selected media content, but now all the content will be available on a single screen in the form of a bottle toolbar, making it more user-friendly.

Recently, a number of updates have been announced, highlighting that the developers will keep working to improve the interface of the application. The testing version of the feature has already been released to some iOS pilot testers, and it can be expected that soon the update will be available in future versions.

And lastly, a new interface for locked screens is about to be rolled out for the iOS audience. Based on the snapshot posted by Wabetainfo, the difference between the previous and upcoming interfaces is clearly visible, with the latest one appearing to be more modern. In previous announcements, it was also announced that the application developers were working to introduce round edges.

However, some audience members might complain as the locked interface can appear even when it should not. It is expected that developers will look into it and fix the issue. The flight version has already been rolled out to a number of testers, and the number of beta audiences is expected to grow.

Once again, no official date for the global release has been shared by any of the WhatsApp officials. Though it can be expected that the update might be available at any time in the upcoming versions.

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