social media
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Zuck Just Entered The Fediverse: Here’s What That Means
Mark Zuckerberg made his first post in the “fediverse” on Thursday. If you have no idea what the hell that means, join the club. The fediverse is a relatively new concept for social networking, and Threads became the largest member of it this week. Millions of Threads users will soon be able to opt in…
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How to Prevent X’s Audio and Video Calls Feature From Revealing Your IP Address
X owner Elon Musk is dreaming of a world where people ditch their cell phones and instead make audio and video calls on the social media platform. Musk’s vision has elicited nearly collective horror from users of his platform—as well as potential risks to their IP addresses. X began rolling out the audio and video…
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Apparently, Apple’s iMessage Is Not a ‘Gatekeeper Service’ After All
iMessage, once considered an exclusive messaging service for Apple users, was just deemed too lame to regulate by EU officials. The European Commission said it would not regulate iMessage as a “gatekeeper service” on Tuesday, along with Microsoft’s Bing and Edge, which allegedly have a similar level of importance. Oof. “The Commission found that iMessage,…
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Your Phone Is Not Listening to You
The tech myth has pervaded all corners of society, but its origins show it was never true to begin with.