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Mainstream media plays bigger role in disseminating disinformation: Meta
According to Pratiti Raychoudhury, Vice President, Head of Research, Meta, research shows that mainstream media plays a bigger role disseminating disinformation than popularly accepted. "Polarisation is decreasing in parts of the world where social media use is rising. More and more research also discredits the idea that social media algorithms create an echo chamber that causes polarisation and political upheavals," she countered.
Jack Dorsey is now Block's Head, drops CEO title
Dorsey co-founded Square in 2009, and the company changed its name to Block in December. According to The Verge, the company filed an 8-K with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announcing the change, and of course, the new title came into effect on 4/20. Despite the new title, the Twitter co-founder's job at Block will ultimately remain the same: there will be "no changes in Dorsey's roles and responsibilities, and he will continue to serve as principal executive officer of the Company".
Twitter working on its own status update feature
The possible feature was first spotted by Jane Manchun Wong, a researcher and reverse engineer with a track record of spoiling upcoming app updates, reports The Verge. Screenshots shared by Wong show a "Set a status" field above the tweet composer box. A dropdown list has five pre-set vibes, none of which sound that fun, including "shopping grocery" and "driving highway".
SpaceX signs 1st deal to provide Starlink internet service on planes
According to Space.com, the service will be available later this year to customers of JSX, a charter airline company that plans to equip 100 planes with Starlink-provided inflight Wi-Fi. "The service will be offered to all JSX customers at no charge, and will not require logging in or other complexities associated with legacy systems," JSX representative was quoted as saying in an emailed statement.
Tesla car on 'Smart Summon' crashes into $3.5mn private jet
The Tesla owner was apparently using the 'Smart Summon' feature that enables a Tesla vehicle to leave a parking space and navigate around obstacles to its owner. With the Tesla app, you can "summon" your car from your smartphone to you from a maximum distance of 200 feet.
Twitter bans misleading climate change ads
The micro-blogging platform said that misleading advertisements on Twitter "that contradict the scientific consensus on climate change are prohibited, in line with our inappropriate content policy". "We believe that climate denialism shouldn't be monetized on Twitter, and that misrepresentative ads shouldn't detract from important conversations about the climate crisis," the company said in a blog post late on Friday.
Lapsus$ hacks into T-Mobile, gains access to internal tools
T-Mobile said "no customer or government information" was accessed during the incident. Krebs said that the hackers were able to steal source code for a range of company projects. "Several weeks ago, our monitoring tools detected a bad actor using stolen credentials to access internal systems that house operational tools software," the company said in a statement.
Android OS loses 8% market share in 5 years: Report
According to StockApps, 7 out of 10 phones run on the Android OS, while two of the remaining three are most likely to be iOS powered. Occasionally, one out of those three will be using one of the other less known OS'. However, Android's dominance is coming under increasing pressure from the other players if we go by market data, the report said.
Samsung unveils Galaxy M53 5G in India
"Designed to keep up with our consumers who are multi-tasking like never before with their smartphones at the heart of it, Galaxy M53 5G is aUp for It All'," Aditya Babbar, Senior Director and Head, Product Marketing, Samsung India, said in a statement.
Spotify rolls out video podcasting in select countries
The company said that visual interactions allow fans to get to know their favourite podcast hosts even better and allow creators to connect with their audiences in a much deeper way."As exciting as Video Podcasts are, we know this is new territory for many podcasters. And since Video Podcasting is more than simply uploading a video, alongside our expansion to more podcasters, we are also enabling new features to help set creators up for success," the company said in a blogpost.
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