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South Korea allows Google to export map data after years of frustration over Google Maps
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (430+ words) A woman walks by a giant screen with a logo at an event at the Paris Google Lab on the sidelines of the AI Action Summit in Paris, on Feb. 9, 2025. Credit: AP/Thibault Camus SEOUL, South Korea " South Korea's government…...
Musings: Our online lives become digital trails
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (107+ words) Beware of what cellphones can do. Credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams Jr. The most disturbing aspect is permanence. Once images or metadata enter these markets, they are copied endlessly. Even if a post is deleted later, the data often persists. What…...
WhatsApp says Russia has tried to fully block the messaging app
2+ week, 1+ day ago (649+ words) Russia has attempted to fully block WhatsApp in the country, the company said, the latest move in an ongoing government effort to tighten control over the internet. A WhatsApp spokesperson said late Wednesday that the Russian authorities' action was intended…...
Instagram chief says he does not believe people can get clinically addicted to social media
2+ week, 1+ day ago (432+ words) LOS ANGELES " Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta's Instagram, testified Wednesday during a landmark social media trial in Los Angeles that he disagrees with the idea that people can be clinically addicted to social media platforms. The question of addiction…...
Bid for 140-foot cell tower in St. James draws backlash
2+ week, 1+ day ago (499+ words) An aerial view of The Knox School, seen here on Monday, where a140-foot wireless cell tower is proposed. Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr. A proposal to build a 140-foot cell tower on the grounds of a private boarding and day school…...
Social media 'addicting the brains of children,' plaintiff's lawyer argues in landmark trial
2+ week, 3+ day ago (791+ words) Young people use their phones to view social media in Sydney, Nov. 8, 2024. Credit: AP/Rick Rycroft LOS ANGELES " Comparing social media platforms to casinos and addictive drugs, lawyer Mark Lanier delivered opening statements Monday in a landmark trial in Los…...
Arguments to begin in landmark social media addiction trial set in Los Angeles
2+ week, 4+ day ago (718+ words) Young people use their phones to view social media in Sydney, Nov. 8, 2024. Credit: AP/Rick Rycroft LOS ANGELES " The world's biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children…...
Apps to boycott US goods gained traction in crisis over Greenland
2+ week, 5+ day ago (938+ words) The mobile app "Made O'Meter", developed to help shoppers to identify and boycott American goods, is shown on a smartphone in a grocery store in Copenhagen, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. Credit: AP/James Brooks COPENHAGEN, Denmark " The makers of mobile apps designed…...
EU accuses TikTok of 'addictive design' that harms children, seeks changes to protect users
2+ week, 6+ day ago (644+ words) The icon for the TikTok video sharing app is seen on a smartphone in Marple Township, Pa., Feb. 28, 2023. Credit: AP/Matt Slocum LONDON " The European Union on Friday accused TikTok of breaching the bloc's digital rules with "addictive design" features…...
Digital marketplaces are a scammer's hotspot. How to protect yourself.
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1289+ words) Steven Mauro, 45, of Massapequa Park,lost a Rolex to a scammer in a Facebook Marketplace transaction that went awry. Mauro still uses the platformbut said his trust in othershas been "diminished." Credit: Barry Sloan Steven Mauro, 45,had no idea things…...