Biden Broadband Plan Forces Full Fee Disclosure For Big ISPs
In a recent fact sheet released by the White House, President Biden’s $100 billion broadband proposal is part of the American jobs plan that will connect all Americans to high-speed broadband. It will also increase competition and build more public networks, rather than those that would quickly become obsolete. Although the plan will include community […]
COVID-19 Digital Travel Pass App Available Mid-April
With Covid-19 vaccination rates on the rise, the aviation industry is planning to introduce a digital passport app that is expected to arrive as early as mid-April. The International Air Transport Association announced that the app is now being tested and is expected to be available on iOS on April 15, with an Android version […]
Google Likely To Return To Working In-Office In April
A recent Axios report on an internal email from Google’s SVP and “Chief People Officer” Fionna Cicconi revealed that Google carefully monitors and considers the security of personal work in the United States. While Google’s primary focus, according to the email, is to avoid another wave of COVID-19, the “hopeful improvements” in the United States […]
Google Sets Limits On What Android Sees On Devices
Google recently announced a series of policy updates for apps to be distributed through the Play Store as part of ongoing work to restrict high-risk / sensitive permissions, which include apps that can use QUERY _ ALL _ PACKAGES permission, which “gives visibility into the inventory of installed apps on a given device”. Some applications […]
Apple No Longer Defaults to a Female Voice in iOS
Apple recently added two new voices to Siri’s English offering, eliminating the default selection of female voices in the latest beta version of IOS. Anyone who sets up Siri will now have to choose one voice. The beta version, which recently went online, removes the distortions in the speech interfaces and gives users who now […]
Trump Can’t Avoid Facebook Ban via Daughter-in-law’s Account
Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump was recently warned by Facebook after she promoted a new interview with Donald Trump on Facebook and Instagram on Tuesday. Facebook warned that anything posted “in the voice of President Trump” is currently not allowed on Facebook or Instagram and must be removed. These rules and restrictions on Donald Trump […]
Whistleblower Accuses Ubiquiti of Data Breach Cover-Up
Ubiquiti, a company with prosumer routers that have become synonymous with security and manageability, is now accused of covering up a serious security flaw. After 24 hours of silence, the company has now released a statement that does not contradict the whistleblower’s claims. A company whistleblower claimed that the company itself had been breached and […]
Comedian Created ‘Darla,’ the Anti-Union Amazon Worker ‘Just for Fun’
Over the weekend, a parody account created to mock Amazon’s anti-union army caught the attention of reporters and Amazon critics on Twitter. The Twitter account @AmazonFCDarla had a profile picture that looked fake, but their tweets were eerily similar to those used by real Amazon employees. Twitter eventually got wind of the Darla account and […]
