Security researchers found a dozen vulnerabilities in 5G baseband chips found in phones made by Google, OPPO, OnePlus, Motorola, and Samsung.

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Elon Musk’s X is planning to make a change to how the block function works, breaking from the established standards of other social media apps. When the policies around blocking change, people who have been blocked by someone will still be able to see that person’s posts, so long as they’re public. They just won’t […]

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X is rolling out its controversial update to the block feature, allowing people to view your public posts even if you have blocked them.

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“For You” algorithms that promote the most interesting content across a social network, personalized to the individual user, offered a disjointed, outdated, and nearly unusable experience on election night in the U.S. as they highlighted hours-old posts that no longer reflected the current state of the race. Frustrations were particularly high on Threads, Meta’s X […]

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X, formerly Twitter, is no longer the “digital town square” it once promised to be. Following the results of the U.S. presidential election, floods of users unhappy with the app’s latest direction are moving over to a competing app, Bluesky. Bluesky’s decentralized social media platform has steadily grown from 9+ million users as of September […]

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Africa-focused payments startup PalmPay raised a $100 million Series A round last year. TechCrunch spotted this news in Partech Africa’s latest end-of-year report on venture capital investments in Africa. Further checks in Crunchbase and Tracxn — platforms that track funding rounds in startups and private companies globally — reveal that the company closed the round […]

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1. Google rolls out new features in Chrome for iPhone users  Moneycontrol
2. 4 new Chrome improvements for iOS  The Keyword
3. Stop Using Chrome On Your iPhone, Warns Apple—Millions Of Users Must Now Decide  Forbes
4. Chrome 131 for iOS adding new Google Drive, Maps integrations  9to5Google
5. Chrome for iOS now lets you add text to Google Lens visual searches  Engadget

Google is expanding Gemini Live to free users on Android after initially offering it to Advanced subscribers. This feature allows users to have interactive conversations, including the ability to interrupt responses with new information or directions. Gemini Live Features

WhatsApp has revealed a significant update to its contact management system. Previously, contacts were tied to the phone where WhatsApp was installed. This posed issues for users who lost their phones without backups or those sharing devices. Managing multiple accounts with

A new scam is making its way through the Gmail ecosystem, using AI-powered tools to trick users into handing over access to their accounts. Security expert Sam Mitrovic, founder of CloudJoy, recently shared his experience with the scam, shedding light on

Voice assistants have become indispensable tools for tech enthusiasts. These AI-powered helpers can streamline event planning and scheduling, making them essential for both personal and professional use. With the right commands, you can transform your voice assistant into a powerful organiser.

On Tuesday, the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, experienced significant service disruptions that affected users across multiple regions. Downdetector, a popular outage tracking website, reported that more than 36,500 users in the United States were impacted at the

WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature that Android users have been eagerly anticipating: a shortcut to mark all chats as read with just a single tap. This update is designed to simplify message management, which previously required multiple steps and

X, the platform once known as Twitter, recently began rolling out a new version of its block function, prompting significant user concern. The change, first announced by company owner Elon Musk in September, allows blocked users to view the profiles, posts,

Amazon is reportedly gearing up to increase the number of ads on Prime Video by 2025. After introducing ad-supported content earlier this year, the company has observed minimal subscriber backlash, prompting it to gradually roll out more advertisements. While this move

Apple users in India are being urged to take immediate action after a cybersecurity alert from the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) warned of critical vulnerabilities across several Apple operating systems. These flaws, spanning iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS,

The plans come with free voice calling and free access to over 800 TV channels and several OTT apps.

Twitter launches the functionality for web users

Snapchat has over 750 million monthly active users globally

Meta’s Threads app, seen as a formidable competitor to Twitter, has garnered over 10 million sign-ups within seven hours of launch, offering features similar to Twitter and attracting users from Instagram.

WhatsApp unveils the new feature for beta users

Threads has started with some built-in defense mechanisms for harmful content, as its user policies are the same as Instagram’s

WhatsApp channel notification feature is available for both iOS and Android users

X’s updated privacy policy seeks to collect biometric data, job history of users

Musk didn’t specify how much users will have to pay but described it as a ‘small amount of money’

Reports from Downdetector.com revealed access issues, with X users unable to view posts and encountering a “Welcome to X!” message, while X Pro (previously TweetDeck) experienced loading problems displaying a “Waiting for posts” pop-up.

The problem, reported around 9 p.m., affected users in India and beyond

This new functionality complements the existing “Delete for Everyone” option, allowing users to undo message deletions within a brief window of five seconds

Zomato’s order scheduling is available at more than 35,000 restaurants across 30 cities

Google is expanding its generative AI-powered email drafting tools to more users with new and enhanced shortcuts on web and mobile

Google Maps is heading down a new road steered by artificial intelligence

The issue began at approximately 5.14 pm on Tuesday.

The feature will work for Gmail users on the web, on Android, and on iOS

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Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with AWS | Online gamers have the potential to create entire worlds - but when a surge of players join, the processing power needed for the game to run increases dramatically. AWS EC2 helps these world-building games - like Fortnite from Epic Games - scale seamlessly so players get an uninterrupted, immersive experience with cost efficiency, allowing anyone to be the creator of the next biggest game.

A new study led by researchers at McGill University finds that people who get their news from social media are more likely to have misperceptions about COVID-19. Those that consume more traditional news media have fewer misperceptions and are more likely to follow public health recommendations like social distancing.

In a study published in Misinformation Review, researchers looked at the behavioral effects of exposure to misinformation by combining social media analysis, news analysis, and survey research. They combed through millions of tweets, thousands of news articles, and the results of a nationally representative survey of Canadians to answer three questions: How prevalent is COVID-19 misinformation on social media and in traditional news media? Does it contribute to misperceptions about COVID-19? And does it affect behavior?

The coronavirus pandemic boosted social media usage around the world, as many people stayed home for weeks or months. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter are all gaining new users, though not all will benefit equally from 2020s growth.

How many internet users worldwide visit social platforms regularly?

An estimated 3.23 billion people, or 80.7% of internet users worldwide, will use a social network at least once per month in 2020.

Which countries have the largest populations of social media users?

China and India continue to rank first and second. As a result, Asia-Pacific remains the leading region, with 1.89 billion people using social networks in 2020.

Where will the most new users emerge?

China will post the most sizable increase, with 58.3 million more users than in 2019. India will gain 31.8 million social network users, while Brazil will add 10.0 million.

The onset of the coronavirus pandemic ramped up social media usage across all major platforms across the globe—and there's no sign of a decline anytime soon.

social network users worldwide
The coronavirus pandemic ramped up social media usage across all major platforms. eMarketer
But just how many people actually use social media? Insider Intelligence analyzed social network usage trends across multiple platforms and localizations. Here are some of the key social media stats to help navigate this shifting landscape.

How many people use social media?
Over three billion people, or 80.7% of internet users worldwide, will use a social network at least once per month in 2020. This is nearly 150 million more global social network users than Insider Intelligence's pre-pandemic estimate.

There was a time not all that long ago when Facebook was considered to be the absolute pinnacle of social media in general. Because of the fact that this is the sort of thing that could potentially end up being no longer the case without widespread innovation, Facebook has worked quite hard to diversify its offerings. However, recent data suggests that in spite of the fact that this is the case, Facebook has now lost its dominance among key demographics as well as social media users in general.

According to research conducted by the EdisonResearch, two very intriguing statistics have emerged. The first is that Facebook is no longer the social media platform of choice for people between the ages of 12 and 34. This is arguably the single most important demographic out there due to the reason that these are the people that the vast majority of advertisers are going to want to target at any given point in time. Only 21% of users between 12 and 34 years of age say that Facebook is their social media brand of choice.

There is a need to provide consumers with a transparently derived domestic reference rate which is under regulatory supervision

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