Facebook Removes The Like Button From Public Pages

The major changes of the Pages mainly include Redesigned layout, Dedicated News Feed, Easy navigation, Updated task-based admin controls, Actionable insights, and Safety and integrity features. However, one of the prominent change is the removal of the “Like” button from redesigned Public pages. Facebook Pages will now instead show “Followers” that will give public figures a stronger indication of their fan base. “We are removing Likes and focusing on Followers to simplify the way people connect with their favorite Pages,” Facebook said about the redesign in a blog post....

December 2, 2022 · 2 min · 365 words · Thomas Box

Facebook S New Feeds Tab Is Bringing Back Old Chronological Order

The content of the ‘Feeds’ tab will display the latest posts from Friends, Family, Groups, and Pages that the users follow in chronological order. It will not have Suggested For You posts in Feeds and ads are included. “One of the most requested features for Facebook is to make sure people don’t miss friends’ posts. So today we’re launching a Feeds tab where you can see posts from your friends, groups, Pages and more separately in chronological order,” Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, wrote in a Facebook post....

December 2, 2022 · 2 min · 369 words · Tami Scott

Facebook To Audit Its Hate Speech Controls

The move comes amidst concerns of major advertisers, namely Unilever and Starbucks, considering pulling out paid advertisements from Facebook over its refusal to deal with the spread of hateful speeches on its platform. “Continuing to advertise on these platforms at this time would not add value to people and society,” Unilever said in a statement. “We will be monitoring ongoing and will revisit our current position if necessary.” In a blog post posted last Sunday titled “Creating Welcoming and Inclusive Online Communities,” Starbucks announced it would stop all advertising on social media platforms in July....

December 2, 2022 · 3 min · 580 words · Darrell Apaez

Fake Windows 11 Installers Are Infecting Users With Malware

Though Windows 11 will officially become available to the general public in 2021, many enthusiasts are using alternative methods to get Windows 11 on their devices and getting malware instead. According to a report from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, these fake Windows 11 installers that guarantee users to bypass Microsoft’s Insider testing ring contain malware and adware. “Although Microsoft has made the process of downloading and installing Windows 11 from its official website fairly straightforward, many still visit other sources to download the software, which often contains unadvertised goodies from cybercriminals (and isn’t necessarily Windows 11 at all),” Anton Ivanov, vice president of threat research at Kaspersky, stated in a blog post....

December 2, 2022 · 2 min · 357 words · Reyna Edmondson

Fbi Used Metasploit For Illegal Warrantless Snooping On Tor Users

McGrath illegal sites were hosted on onion url and could only be viewed by using Tor or other anonymising browsers. Tor anonymiser network is preferred by not only human rights workers, activists, journalists, and whistleblowers but also millions of normal web users who would like to remain anonymous and not have their traffic snooped upon by anybody. FBI conveniently seemed have forgotten this fact that Tor is used by many people who like anonymity as a matter of practice and were in no way connected to McGrath and his cronies....

December 2, 2022 · 6 min · 1243 words · Sandra Sears

Google Acquires Ai Avatar Start Up Alter For 100 Million

While the takeover was completed about two months ago, both the companies chose not to officially announce it, reported TechCrunch on Thursday citing an unnamed source familiar with the matter. However, last week, Google confirmed the purchase but declined to comment on the financial terms of the deal. Recently, Jonathan Slimak, Chief Co-Founder and Operating Officer at Alter, too confirmed the development by changing his LinkedIn profile. He took to LinkedIn to share that he was starting a new position at Google by adding the comment, “building Avatars at Google,” to his profile without acknowledging the acquisition....

December 2, 2022 · 2 min · 290 words · Gary Bell

Google Enables 360 Degree Videos On Youtube Now Upload And Watch Videos In 360 Degree

Google said in its official Youtube blog that publishers can shares incredible videos with their fans every second of the day, but what if they could share even more in that video? Like, sharing the entire moment that they are filming? The big thing is that you wont need a virtual reality headset to watch 360-Degree Videos On YouTube, on web (chrome) you can scroll around the video with your mouse pointer like you did in Google maps to Zoom in or out....

December 2, 2022 · 1 min · 163 words · Stephanie Johnson

Google Glass Is Dead Google Shuts Doors On Google Glass Explorer Project

Google pools doors on Google Glass commercial production; Google Glass is finally deadishEnd of Google Glass If there is any consolation, the team behind Google Glass said that this is not the end of Google Glass. In a Google Plus post, the team said they are graduating from Google Glass (sic). End of Google Glass The Google Glass Explorer program was launched in US in 2013 and in UK last year was expected to be a game changer in the wearables market....

December 2, 2022 · 3 min · 454 words · Frederick Wright

Google Launches New Job Search Feature Techworm

Fortunately, Google’s latest tool is set to make all of this much easier. Google has launched a feature that will include job searches right into the traditional Google Search. The feature will let you search for jobs from across websites including LinkedIn, Monster, WayUp, DirectEmployers, CareerBuilder and Facebook among others right from its home page. This search will also include job listings posted on the websites of individual companies. The tool The main idea behind this new tool is to allow a user to search for available jobs without having to browse through multiple job portals....

December 2, 2022 · 2 min · 418 words · Keith Mcbride

Google Pulls The Plug On Plex Google Pay App Users Won T Get Mobile Banking

For those unaware, in November 2020, Google had announced that starting in 2021, 11 banks and credit unions, including minority-owned depository banks, in the U.S. will start offering digital accounts called Plex accounts in Google Pay. Back then, the search giant had said that it was working with “trusted financial institutions to create Plex, a new mobile-first bank account integrated into Google Pay.” “Plex Accounts are offered by banks and credit unions, include checking and savings accounts with no monthly fees, overdraft charges or minimum balance requirements and help you save toward your goals more easily,” Google said....

December 2, 2022 · 2 min · 372 words · Mary Inabinet

Google Reportedly Working On Android Virtual Reality To Meet Facebook S Virtual Reality Competition

People familiar with the project said, Google has “tens of engineers” and other staffs working on the project. The project will be freely distributed like Google did with Android and will be available for smartphones, tablets, and wearables running on Android operating system. Google refused to comment on the reports or anything about how the Android Virtual Reality headset will look like. While very less is known about Google’s plan on this project it is believed that the move comes following Facebook Inc....

December 2, 2022 · 1 min · 138 words · Tina Hough

Google S Public Dns Servers Hijacked Traffic Redirected For More Than 22 Minutes Techworm

Google’s DNS server serves the queries of 150 billion users a day, Now you can Imagine the amount of traffic which might be redirected within the 22 minutes time.For the time being primary investigations have been initiated but due to the anonymous nature of the attack the questions like why? who? and how the DNS was hijacked is still a mystery.

December 2, 2022 · 1 min · 61 words · Ruth Molnar

Google Sees Red In Secret Censorship Plans By Mpaa And Sues Them

Jim Hood, Mississippi State Attorney General launched a secret campaign to restore SOPA-like censorship efforts in the United States. After the controversial law failed to pass, the MPAA and Hood want internet services to bring search engine filtering and website blocking start all over again. Last December, Google filed a complaint against Hood in reply to the rising danger and asked the court to stop Hood from forcing upon a subpoena that deals with Google’s failure to block access or to take down illegal content, including pirate sites....

December 2, 2022 · 2 min · 396 words · Mark Pritchard

Hacker Leaks 15 Million Records From Tokopedia Payment Info Secure Reports

“We found that there had been an attempt to steal data from Tokopedia users. However, Tokopedia ensures that crucial information such as passwords remains successfully protected behind encryption,” a spokesman for the company said in a statement late Saturday. “At this moment, we continue to investigate further into this matter and there is no additional information that we can share,” the statement added. Under the Breach, a data breach monitoring and cybersecurity intelligence firm was the first to tweet about the Tokopedia user data leakage....

December 2, 2022 · 2 min · 407 words · Shirley Macomber

Hackers Using Startling New Ways To Steal Your Passwords

Hackers can speculate PINs by interpreting video of people tapping on their smartphone screens even when the display itself is not visible, according to the presentation shown by the researchers at Syracuse University. Software used to interpret such video relies on “spatio-temporal dynamics” to measure the distance from the fingers to the phone’s screen, and then guess exact which characters the fingers tap on a keypad. “It’s like lip reading,” says Vir Phoha, an engineering and computer science professor at Syracuse and co-author of a paper on the technology....

December 2, 2022 · 4 min · 669 words · Pamela Brady

Here Are The Worst Things About Working In Google Techworm

Dmitry Belenko, an ex-Googler writes that once he started working for Google, he had a difficult time coming to terms that he was no longer a big fish in a small pond and that he was no longer the best at everything: “The overarching disadvantage is that your ego will be bruised quite thoroughly. Google hires some amazing people, and until you realize that you can’t be amazing at everything, you will feel like an imposter....

December 2, 2022 · 3 min · 562 words · Katherine Obiesie

Hollywood Studios Sue The Operator Behind Popcorn Time In Us Court

However, the shutdown did not stop other developers from forking the application over and over. While many of these forks were shut down, there were still some which continued to operate. Popcorn-Time.to, originally operating from Popcorn-Time.se, is one of the longest standing forks that is operational since 2014 until today. For those unaware, Popcorn Time software is in itself legal, but if the app is used to share copyrighted content that they don’t own rights to, it becomes illegal....

December 2, 2022 · 3 min · 585 words · Lewis Mitchell

How To Add Bots To Your Discord Server In 2023

Well, adding bots to discord server makes the messaging service even more feature-rich. There are bots dedicated to specific games that show updated stats and scores or music bots that will play music in your discord server. But managing your server and adding these important bots might look like a tough job, So here’s how to add bots to your discord server easily. How To Add Bots To Discord Server Adding bots to a discord server is a straightforward process....

December 2, 2022 · 2 min · 370 words · Delana Lamphier

How To Block Your Computer From Reading Usb Drives Techworm

How To Block Or Unblock USB Drives In WindowsUninstalling USB Mass Storage Drivers Changing the Registry Step 1: Hit the Windows button + R key to open the run dialog box. Step 2: In the dialog box, type regedit and hit enter. Step 3: This will open the Registry Editor in which you need to navigate to HIKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SYSTEM -> CURRENT CONTROL SET -> SERVICE -> USBSTOR Step 4: Within USBSTOR, you will find Start at the right....

December 2, 2022 · 2 min · 337 words · Christian Roberge

How To Edit A Pdf Five Methods To Cover Pdfs Completely Techworm

Here are five ways for you to understand how to edit PDFs quickly. Hopefully the next time you need to make changes or adjustments to the contents of PDFs, it will give you some inspiration. Method 1: Edit PDF Using PDFelement This is a PDF editing tool that combines editing, annotation, conversion, protection, signature, and protection functions. You can make changes to PDF text and images without leaving the PDF....

December 2, 2022 · 6 min · 1114 words · Jeanne Cushman