ads promoting climate change denial Google cracks down
LONDON (AP) — Google is cracking down on digital ads promoting false climate change claims or being used to make money from such content, hoping to limit revenue for climate change deniers and stop the spread of misinformation on its platforms. The company said Thursday in a blog post that the new policy will also apply to YouTube, which last week announced a sweeping crackdown of vaccine misinformation. “We’ve heard directly from a growing number of our advertising and publisher partners who have expressed concerns about ads that run alon…
Google Images to show new icons on desktop that provide useful information
By Arhama Altaf - Web Editor Tech giant Google has announced fewer changes showing its image results replacing the images’ size tags with new icons. Google’s image usually shows a photo’s dimensions on the bottom left corner, along with its source page’s title and URL. Now, image results on desktop will be a bit more informative, according to the company. The new icons indicate whether the image you’re clicking leads to a page with products for sale, to a page with recipes or to video content. The images at first,…
Apple 'to introduce 5G iPhones in 2020' but is unlikely to increase cost
A 5G iPhone would come at a time when the US company is going through one of the toughest phases in its recent history Alkesh Sharma Apple will launch four iPhones in September next year but will not "significantly" increase the cost, according to a Hong Kong analyst from TF International Securities, which follows the company closely. The technology giant is predicted to release a 13.7 centimetre iPhone, two 15.4cm models, and one 17cm version with 5G connectivity in the autumn. Fifth generation components will raise the production c…
Now stream live together on Twitter
Twitter is considering the possibility of adding support for editing tweets on the app. Micro-blogging site Twitter on Tuesday globally rolled out the "Go Live Together" feature to its live-streaming app, Periscope, allowing users to go live and even add people from the audiences to the chat. The chosen guests could be heard by everyone and can drop off at any time and broadcasters would be able to read and respond to chats, the company said. "With this launch, we're enabling richer conversations by allowing viewers to call …
WhatsApp adds Touch, Face ID for iPhones
Users need to go to the settings, account, privacy and then screen lock and turn on Touch ID or Face ID. Aiming to keep its messages on iPhones safe from prying eyes, Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp on Tuesday introduced Touch ID and Face ID functionality on the devices. "At WhatsApp, we care deeply about private messaging and today, we're excited to introduce Touch ID and Face ID on iPhone to help prevent someone from taking your phone and reading your messages," the company said. To enable the feature in WhatsApp, iPhone …
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