Facebook comes with new rules ahead of 2020 US election fears

By Europe Times August 29, 2019 No comment

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The social media giant, Facebook tightens the rules ahead of the next US presidential election, reports BBC. The company has introduced new political advertising rules, in a bid to halt exploitation in the US elections. Now, for the political advertisers, to obtain a “confirmed organisation” label, they have to verify their identity. This is marked […]

Job-search tool of Google being investigated by EU

By Europe Times August 28, 2019 No comment

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The job search tool of Google is being investigated by the European Union as they got several claims, saying the competitors has been driven out of the market. Margrethe Vestager, the EU competition commissioner has raised a question whether it was fair the Google had “such control over the success or failure” of its rivals. […]

Flouting of privacy law using facial recognition – School fined in Sweden

By Europe Times August 28, 2019 No comment

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A school in Sweden, which used facial recognition for tracking student’s attendance has been fined 200,000 Swedish Krona (£16,800, $20,700) by the Swedish Data Protection Authority (DPA). The fine has been issued on the school for for flouting a privacy law. The school used a trial session which included 22 high school students being detected […]

Franky Zapata successfully crosses English Channel in fly-board

By Europe Times August 5, 2019 No comment

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Franky Zapata (40), French inventor and creator of Flyboard and Flyboard Air has succesfully completed his attempt to cross the English Channel on a jet-powered fly-board. Zapata, who started his flying from Sangatte, near Calais, at 06:17 GMT on Sunday had landed in St Margaret’s Bay in Dover. A kerosene-filled backpack has been used in […]

Libra – The cryptocurrency of Facebook attacked at Senate hearing

By Europe Times July 17, 2019 No comment

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Facebook’s cryptocurrency – Libra will let you buy things or send money to people with nearly zero fees, has come under further attack at a US hearing. The politicians said that the company is “delusional” and non-trusted. They said that they do not trust Facebook to operate a global cryptocurrency. Facebook executive David Marcus has […]

Be Alert.., the iPhone users !! A powerful spyware app is targeting you !

By Europe Times April 9, 2019 No comment

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A powerful surveillance app, which was first designed for Android is now targeting the iPhone users, says techcrunch. This spy app, dubbed ‘Exodus’ was discovered by the research team at mobile security firm Lookout. They said that its developer abused their Apple-issued enterprise certificates to bypass the tech giant’s app store to infect unsuspecting

Mark Zuckerberg outlines ‘privacy-focused’ plans for Facebook

By Europe Times March 7, 2019 No comment

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The Facebook’s master Mark Zuckerberg said that secure, private messaging services will be having more chances to become popular than open platforms. Zuckerberg, on Wednesday announced that Facebook plans to rebuild its services around several privacy-focused principles: “private interactions,” “encryption,” “reducing permanence,”

Apple teams with Ant Financial, banks for interest-free iPhone financing in China

By Europe Times February 22, 2019 No comment

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Apple Inc has united up with Ant Financial Services Group and several local banks to offer interest-free financing. Apple hopes to revitalize sales in China, by the collaboration with Ant Financial which is the world’s largest financial-technology company. It is its first such move in the country as it looks to boost waning smartphone sales. […]

Do You Really Exist ??

By Europe Times February 19, 2019 No comment

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“Do you really exist?” This question may seem funny or unfair to you. But its time to rethink about the strange facts in such a question. The technology has grown into far distances. Using vast technological areas of the AI (Artificial Intelligence), software engineer Phillip Wang created the website named ‘This Person Does Not Exist’. […]

Here comes the world’s first 5G train station

By Europe Times February 19, 2019 No comment

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Tech giant Huawei is all set to create the world’s first 5G train station this year. It is said that the network will be installed in Shanghai Hongqiao railway station by September. This allows the passengers to to download a 2GB HD film in less than 20 seconds. It is reported that the passengers can […]