Tag: content
Apple now lets you easily move iCloud Photos content to Google Photos
Apple has quietly launched a tool that lets you automatically transfer all of the photos and videos stored on your iCloud account to Google Photos. This will be especially useful if you decide to ditch your Apple-made smartphone for an Android alternative and need to move your media to your new device. Trending in Mobile: […]
‘Rainbow Six Siege’ keeps getting new content. Will it keep getting new players?
At the Six Invitational 2018, “Rainbow Six Siege” developer Ubisoft announced an ambitious plan: The developer wanted to put 100 operators in the game over 10 years of dedicated support. On Sunday, now five years into that 10-year vision, Ubisoft continued that effort by adding a host of new features for its new Crimson Heist […]
Google will pay Murdoch-owned News Corp for the right to distribute some of its content
Google on Wednesday struck a deal with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp to pay the news publisher when posting some of its stories across its vast online empire, underscoring an ongoing shift in the years-long battle over whether tech giants should pay for news. The deal is part of Google’s News Showcase product, which lets publishers […]
Google Play bans open-source Matrix client Element, citing “abusive content”
Enlarge The latest app to catch an illogical ban from the Google Play Store is Element, an open-source, end-to-end encrypted messaging client for the federated Matrix chat protocol. Google banned Element late Friday night, a ban which Element said “is due to abusive content somewhere on Matrix.” Matrix has millions of users, and as a […]
Apple doubles down on Fitness+ with new “Time to Walk” Apple Watch content
Time to Walk will display photos to match speakers’ stories and talks while you walk. Apple It will of course provide you a workout summary at the walk’s conclusion. Apple Watch Dolly Parton is one of four people in the first four episodes. The others are… Apple …Draymond Green… Apple …Shawn Mendes… Apple …and Uzo […]
Social media giants grilled on hate content
EPA Social network executives have been grilled by MPs on the role their platforms played in recent events in Washington which saw a mob break into Congress. All said that they needed to do more to monitor extremist groups and content such as conspiracy theories. But none had any radical new policies to offer. The […]
AMD claims new Ryzen 5000 mobile CPUs best Intel for gaming, content creation
Enlarge AMD As expected, AMD took to the CES stage this week to announce new laptop CPUs. Most of the new Ryzen 5000 mobile family of chips share similarities with the desktop CPUs the company announced a few months ago, and they’ll start shipping with laptops from some of the bigger computer-makers in February. The […]
NDI launches Nvidia-optimized Screen Capture HX for content creators
Vizrt Group’s NDI launched a new application today for PC that may eliminate the need for a capture card for high-quality video content. NDI Screen Capture HX is available now, and it uses Nvidia’s GPU compression tech to send production-level video over a network. NDI says Screen Capture HX supports 4K at 120 frames per […]
The Technology 202: NYU report calls social media titans to stop outsourcing content moderation
A New York University report published today is calling for social media companies to stop outsourcing content moderation. The report says big social media companies like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube need to use more of their own employees – instead of the outside contractors on which they currently largely depend – to make calls about […]
The Complex Debate Over Silicon Valley’s Embrace of Content Moderation
The existential question that every big tech platform from Twitter to Google to Facebook has to wrestle with is the same: How responsible should it act for the content that people post? The answer that Silicon Valley has come up with for decades is: Less is more. But now, as protests of police brutality continue […]
Roblox believes user-generated content will bring us the Metaverse
Roblox vice president of developer relations Matt Curtis believes that the future of gaming is user-generated content (UGC), and he delved into the gaming world to show why in a talk at our GamesBeat Summit 2020 event this week. In fact, Curtis said in his talk that this could explosion of UGC lead us to […]
Virgin Media breach disclosed details about adult content and gambling habits
British telecom provider Virgin Media experienced a data breach that allowed unauthorized access to highly personal information about hundreds of customers. “We recently became aware that one of our marketing databases was incorrectly configured which allowed unauthorized access,” Lutz Schüler, CEO of Virgin Media said in a statement. “We immediately solved the issue by shutting […]
Facebook Can Be Forced to Delete Content Worldwide, E.U.’s Top Court Rules
LONDON — Europe’s top court said on Thursday that individual countries can order Facebook to take down posts, photographs and videos not only in their own countries but elsewhere, in a ruling that extends the reach of the region’s internet-related laws beyond its own borders. The European Court of Justice said Facebook could be forced […]
The Technology 202: Facebook and YouTube content pushing steroids raises more platform policing questions
Content moderators work at a Facebook office in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Ilana Panich-Linsman for The Washington Post) Ctrl + N Drug dealers are using Facebook, YouTube and other social networks to push steroids, raising new concerns about Silicon Valley’s content moderation investments as the tech industry faces increasing pressure in Washington. Steroids and other performance […]