Month: June 2024
Opting Out on Political Content on Meta
Meta introduced the opt-out setting that limits recommendations of “political content” to Instagram and Threads in March. At the time, the company said it wasn’t limiting political content from reaching people on Instagram but instead simply giving users the ability to stop seeing posts that don’t interest them. The opt-out setting, however, was on by
App security threats
The broad nature of web application and API threats requires specialized approaches to stop specialized attacks. However, a consolidated approach helps ensure better security, latency-free connectivity, and business growth. The distributed denial-of-service attacks, bot traffic, and accelerated exploitation of zero-day bugs have been the primary cybersecurity threats against web apps and APIs over a year-long.
China investment on 5G internet
China is at the forefront of the world in the field of mobile communication and has undertaken significant innovative exploration. China has provided experience in 5G+ vertical industries, such as intelligent manufacturing, transportation and medical treatment etc. There were more than 3.8 million 5G base stations in China by the end of May 2024 and
Preserving Biodiversity
Biodiversity loss isn’t just an environmental concern; it’s also an economic one. The intensifying climate crisis impacts us in many ways, including the erosion of biodiversity. The world is rightly focused on greenhouse gases and net zero targets, and as part of our work to preserve and protect our future. Given the intricate link between
Israel spreading war throughout the region
The Lebanon border violence erupted after Hamas militants staged an unprecedented attack on southern Israel, triggering a massive Israeli retaliatory operation, which is ongoing. Netanyahu has said Israeli forces are now winding up the most intense part of the Gaza war and will redeploy to the northern border, casting the move as defensive. Turkish President
Bitcoin Currency
BTC had very humble beginnings when it was launched in January 2009. Fifteen years later, the world’s first cryptocurrency has completely shifted global financial markets and amassed a global market capitalization of $1.21 trillion. The crypto is also becoming a popular alternative to government-backed fiat currencies, such as the U.S. dollar, which tend to lose
TapSwap Populurity
TapSwap is a tap-to-earn game, a genre of games with simple mechanics in which players tap on a screen to earn rewards. This category was popularized by Notcoin, which previously conducted the largest gaming airdrop in history. Despite its relatively recent entry into the market, TapSwap’s Telegram channel has quickly become the second-largest, only behind
Growing AI Tech companies
Nvidia, maker of accelerator chips that are at the core of generative artificial intelligence (AI), is now duelling with Microsoft, a tech giant of longer standing, to be the world’s most valuable company. Like Microsoft, it is investing in a diverse ecosystem of startups that it hopes will strengthen its lead. When ChatGPT took everyone
Taking Silicon Valley’s efficiency mantra even further.
Bosses in China are upping the pressure on workers after the country’s top five tech companies lost around $1.3 trillion in market value since 2021. Chinese tech workers have been no strangers to aggressive work policies over the years. During their growth in the 2010s, several tech companies in China adopted a so-called “996” working
Delivering aid to Palestinians via US-built pier
Israel’s war against Hamas, now in its ninth month, continues to face growing international criticism over widespread destruction in Gaza and a huge toll in civilian lives. Aid groups have regularly criticized the plan to deliver aid to Gaza by sea as ineffective and a distraction that has taken pressure pressure off Israel to open