The Irish Data Protection Commission found that Meta illegally required users to consent to personalized and targeted advertising. Meta will pay about $223 million for violating Facebook’s privacy policy and about $191 million for its actions on Instagram. Meta announced plans to appeal the decision, stating that it believed that its approach to data protection respected user privacy. As a…

Everyone starts the new year thinking it will be the time when they finally change their lives . Maybe it's time to start a new project or say goodbye to an old one. Or maybe it's a goal to lose weight or read more books. Whatever the new year brings, chances are good that one thing that will help you…

Tesla, one of the worst shares of 2022, jumped on Thursday, leading a broader stock market growth that is likely to end a not-so-good and very bad year on a positive note.Markets grow on the strongest consumer confidence data since AprilTesla rose by 7.9% to $121.57, gaining 3.3% on Wednesday and largely offsetting the 11.5% Tuesday loss caused by supply…

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was released from custody on Thursday after his attorneys negotiated a $250 million bail agreement with prosecutors, as former cryptocurrency titanium awaits federal criminal prosecution, but he didn’t actually contribute any of his own money to the plea agreement, despite an astronomical figure. HIGHLIGHTSBankman-Fried was released on personal recognizance, requiring his parents to contribute capital to…

Meta introduced several new programs and features in 2022 designed to improve security and safety on its platforms, the company said in its year-end news release . Last year, parent company Facebook and Instagram continued to focus on initiatives aimed at eliminating covert influence operations and spyware, as well as bug detection. Reprisals against coordinated misbehaviorAmid concerns about Russian interference…

AirTags are useful devices to help you find keys and other items. However, there have been some concerns about AirTags being used for stalking - after all, it's pretty easy to slip them into someone's bag. That was the subject of an article in The Washington Post , which found that by placing one of the small devices in a…

Instagram is releasing four new Reels templates that allow users to create videos with comments about their 2022 highlights. With this launch, Instagram still allows users to customize their year's highlights to share with subscribers. Traditionally, Instagram users would end the year with a post highlighting the top nine photos and videos. Last year, Instagram switched to video, encouraging users…

Finally, the business is introducing a number of new features for Android smartphones and Wear OS smartwatches. These features are expected to become available soon, and they will add many interesting new features to the Android user interface.Enhance your holiday images and publications with holiday editingMore recently, Google Photos updated its collage editor with new styles, making it easier to…

Meta is introducing new ways to make money on Facebook, as well as an update that allows authors to get paid faster.Meta includes Stars for all publicly available Facebook content, including Reels, and runs events throughout the month to encourage users to buy Stars.Meta also lowers the threshold that creators need to meet to receive their first payment. Here's how…

Shoppers may have started their holiday gift shopping early this year - but they still turned out for deals. Online sales for Black Friday hit a record $9.12 billion -- up 2.3 percent from last year, Adobe Analytics, the Web analytics division of Adobe, reported. That was higher than the 1 percent year-over-year sales growth forecast. Cyber Monday sales hit…

Artificial intelligence may soon disrupt a new area of your business: how your employees get into the office.Biometric authentication is a type of touch-free technology that uses biometric identifiers at entry points into a building, rather than ID cards or access codes that can be stolen. Using biometric indicators for frictionless access control to reduce the spread of germs, as…

At the iPhone 14 event in September, Apple talked a lot about the new features of the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro that could save your life. If, say, you ever have an accident or if you ever find yourself without cell service, your iPhone 14 now has a failure detection and SOS via satellite, which will transmit a…

Google's new guide to ranking systems will inform you about which systems Google uses to rank search results and which are obsolete.Google also introduces new terminology in its latest guide, distinguishing between "ranking systems" and "updates" to rankings.A system such as RankBrain is constantly running in the background. An update, on the other hand, refers to a one-time change in…

Twitter is launching three new advertising options designed to get people to visit and take action on companies' websites.Twitter's new advertising products include:Website Conversion OptimizationDynamic product adsCollection ads.Twitter said in a blog post that its new ad units "will provide middle and bottom funnel results for advertisers and increase relevance to people on Twitter."Here's how the new ad options can…

Google's handling of user data has long been a concern for data privacy enthusiasts. While the tech giant has undergone relatively few data breaches in recent history, its control over the Android platform allows them to collect an unprecedented amount of data. Now Google is taking additional steps to ensure that user data is collected on non-mobile devices as well.…