Tag: Internet

Facebook to launch independent body for calls on content

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook announced Thursday it is creating an independent body to make potentially precedent-setting calls on what content should be yanked from the social network. The announcement came as Facebook reported it has ramped up its ability to quickly detect “hate speech” and other posts violating community rules, with the leading social network under pressure from regulators in various countries and activists to root out abusive and inappropriate content. “I […]

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Facebook shuts more accounts aimed at political meddling

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Tuesday said it shut down more accounts aimed at influencing the US midterm election and that it is exploring a possible link to Russia. “As we’ve continued to investigate, we detected and removed some additional Facebook and Instagram accounts,” head of cybersecurity policy Nathaniel Gleicher said in an update posted at the social network. While stressing the challenge of identifying the culprits, he noted that a website […]

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Google touts progress in fight against piracy

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Google said Wednesday it is making strides in helping internet users legitimately get songs, films and apps while choking off revenue to websites with stolen digital content. A 64-page report released by Google claimed progress in the war on piracy, but also noted a new battlefront in the form of “add-on” software that can be installed on legitimate open-source media players such as the Kodi box to illicitly stream […]

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World Wide Web inventor wants new ‘contract’ to make web safe

    by Daniel Silva and Julie Jammot Agence France Presse LISBON, Portugal (AFP) — The inventor of the World Wide Web on Monday (Nov. 5) called for a “contract” to make internet safe and accessible for everyone as Europe’s largest tech event began in Lisbon amid a backlash over its role in spreading “fake news”. Some 70,000 people are expected to take part in the four-day Web Summit, dubbed “the Davos for geeks”, including […]

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Web pioneer wants new ‘contract’ for internet

LISBON, Portugal (AFP) — The inventor of the worldwide web, Tim Berners-Lee, on Monday announced plans for a “contract” to ensure the internet remains “safe and accessible” for all. “All kinds of things have things have gone wrong,” the computer scientist, who in 1989 invented the Web as a platform, said at the opening of the Web Summit, Europe’s largest tech event. “We have fake news, we have problems with privacy, we have people being […]

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Kumpanya ng pamilya Villar, umatras na sa bidding para maging 3rd telco ng bansa

(Eagle News) — Umatras na sa bidding para sa ikatlong telecommunications player ng bansa ang Streamtech Systems Technologies Incorporated na pag-aari ng pamilya Villar. Ayon sa pangulo ng kumpanya na si Manuel Paolo Villar, anak nina dating senador Manny Villar at kasalukuyang Senador Cynthia Villar, nagpasya silang huwag nang tumuloy sa bidding at sa halip ay pagtuunan na lamang ng atensyon ang expansion programs at strategies ng kumpanya. “After extensive discussions by management, Streamtech has […]

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Google workers walk out in global protest over harassment

  by Catherine TRIOMPHE  Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Thousands of Google employees joined a coordinated worldwide walkout Thursday to protest the US tech giant’s handling of sexual harassment, staging protests from Singapore to London to New York to the company’s California campus. The “Google Walkout For Real Change” account that sprang up on Twitter on Wednesday called for employees and contractors to leave their workplaces at 11:10 am local time […]

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Typical tweet shorter since character length doubled

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Twitter on Tuesday confirmed that a year after doubling the character limit for tweets, the average length of messages fired off in English actually got a smidge shorter. The news promised to allay concerns that raising the character limit from 140 to 280 last year would ruin Twitter’s succinct comment style and lead to rants, rambles and diatribes. “We made this change because we want every person around the […]

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Tesla reports ‘historic’ profitable quarter

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Electric car maker Tesla on Wednesday reported a “historic” profitable quarter driven by demand for its Model 3 aimed at the mass market. Tesla said net income reached $311.5 million on revenue that more than doubled to $6.8 billion in the quarter that ended September 30. Shares in the company leapt 12 percent to $323.25 in after-market trades that followed release of the earnings figures for its fiscal third […]

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BIR to DICT: Why does the bureau still experience “erratic” network connections?

(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Internal Revenue has asked the Department of Information and Communications Technology to explain why the BIR continues to experience “erratic network connections in all its systems and electronic services in August this year” despite the supposed interventions made by the DICT. In a letter to DICT Acting Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr., BIR Deputy Commissioner Lanee Cui-David asked the agency to provide an update on the measures it has taken so far to resolve the “bureau’s […]

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Instagram ramps up battle against bullying

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Instagram on Tuesday added more weapons to battle cyber bullying, using artificial intelligence to scan photos for abusive content at the Facebook-owned service. The move comes after Facebook also increased anti-harassment measures, following a survey which said young victims of online abuse feel social media firms aren’t doing enough to fight the problem. Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said artificial intelligence is being used to detect signs of bullying and […]

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Instagram co-founders resign from Facebook-owned company

  by Julie Charpentrat Agence France Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have announced they are leaving the photo-sharing app bought by Facebook six years ago, setting a new test for the parent company as it works to quell mounting turmoil. “Mike and I are grateful for the last eight years at Instagram and six years with the Facebook team,” Systrom said in a statement late Monday, […]

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