Facebook wants to eliminate Whatsapp end-to-end message encryption
Instant messaging applications sell among their virtues the encryption of end-to-end messages. At least that's how it was until now. Encryption is done to guarantee our privacy: nobody but...
The inventor of the Twitter retuit regrets creating it
Chris Wetherell is probably one of the most important people for Twitter users. This developer is the creator of the retuit button, one of the most characteristic tools of...
The new Whatsapp arrives in September with dark mode and fingerprint blocking
Whatsapp is preparing to launch its new updates next September.
Almost a year after the famous 'stickers' appeared, the instant messaging app will include dark mode, a change that has...
FaceApp fine print: What you accept when you install the application
The popular mobile application FaceApp, which has been responsible for the millions of older people's faces that have invaded social networks in recent days, datails in small print that...
Artificial intelligence resolves Rubik’s cube in less than a second
Researchers have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm that can solve a Rubik's cube in less than a second.
The system, called DeepCubeA, was the focus of a study published...
Snapchat hires celebrities like Schwarzenegger or Serena Williams to compete with YouTube
The actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the tennis player Serena Williams will create contents for the social network of videos in Snapchat vertical format. The company thus intends to compete...
Twitter adds “hatred against religion” to its list of banned content
Twitter announced on Tuesday the inclusion of the comments of "hate against religious feelings" to its list of prohibited content on the social network, so that from this Tuesday...
Can you receive data through your smartphone mic?
Researchers have developed a technique for embedding data in music and transmitting it to a smartphone.
Since the data are imperceptible to the human ear, they don’t affect listening experience....
The payment app that didn’t last even three days: almost half a million dollars...
Contrary to what might seem, given its enormous technological and innovation capacity, Japan has one of the lowest penetration rates of mobile payments. This implies that the government should...
Six new features for Whatsapp this fall 2019
Whatsapp has not stopped implementing new functions so far this year, and everything makes us foresee that before the end of 2019 other novelties will arrive to our devices.
Among...
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France warns that the EU will not authorise Facebook crypto currency
The French Finance Minister, Bruno Le Maire, warned on Thursday that the European Union (EU) will not authorise the crypto currency Facebook wants to...
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