Twitter starts rolling out ‘voice tweets’ that let users add up to 140 seconds of audio to their posts to give them a more ‘human touch’ The feature is undergoing a small trial prior to full release on the iOS Twitter app Twitter said that it hopes the feature will restore lost ‘conversational nuances’ Users will … Read more
Facebook lets US users turn off political ads following months of scrutiny for allowing misinformation to spread on the platform Facebook is giving US users the power to turn off political ads on the platform The move follows months of scrutiny due to the firm allowing misinformation Certain ads include an option to turn off … Read more
Instagram says it will reassess how harassment policies, verification, and algorithms impact black users The platform will take a look at how many of its policies affect black users Specifically it will look at harassment, verification process, and content Instagram says it will have news on the reassessment in the coming months By James Pero For … Read more
T-Mobile outage hits more than 110,000 users across the US leaving them unable to make calls, text or connect to the internet More than 110,000 T-Mobile users experienced outages on Monday Down Detector showed the issues were plaguing customers in the US Users reported text, calling and internet were not working properly By Stacy Liberatore … Read more
And now the statues fight back! Social media users post pictures of monuments ‘attacking’ THEM in opposition to campaign to tear down Britain’s ‘racist’ landmarks Former British soldier Ian Inglis posted series of images which have gone viral His Facebook post has been shared more than 20,000 times in the last 48 hours Social media … Read more
Apple’s Siri is supporting the Black Lives Matter movement by providing users who say ‘All Lives Matter’ with a link to learn more about human rights initiative. When speaking the phrase to Siri, it will respond, ‘All Lives Matter’ is often used in response to phrase ‘Black Lives Matter,’ but it does not represent the … Read more
Snapchat unveils augmented reality features that let users decorate landmarks in their neighborhood and use voice commands to change effects in camera mode Snapchat announced voice activation for its AR lenses Users can ask the app to change the filters using voice commands It also rolled announced collaborative AR landscapes called ‘Local Lenses’ The feature allows users to … Read more
Twitter may be reviving emoji reactions that let users interact with public posts in their timelines The feature would bring emoji reactions back to Twitter It was previously tested in 2015 when Facebook first introduced the feature It’s unclear if or when the feature will actually go live for users By James Pero For Dailymail.com … Read more
A telehealth app glitch accidentally allowed users to view other patients’ video consultations Babylon Health admitted to exposing some users’ video consultations Three users in the UK were affected, the company says A glitch was introduced after the company added a new feature It has since been patched and affected users were notified By James … Read more
Online GP app Babylon Health suffers major data breach after users are able to see dozens of private consultations between doctors and patients Babylon Health lets its 2.3m users speak to a doctor through a smartphone call One patient found he had access to dozens of video recordings of other users The company found a … Read more