From CNET: Facebook is building a certification tool that will require advertisers confirm they received user permission before using emails to target advertising on the huge social network.
The tool, reported earlier by TechCrunch, will be part of Facebook's Custom Audiences program, which allows...
From The Verge: Cloudflare is launching its own consumer DNS service today, on April Fools’ Day, that promises to speed up your internet connection and help keep it private. The service is using https://1.1.1.1, and it’s not a joke but an actual DNS resolver that anyone can use. Cloudflare claims it...
When I was growing up, I played the piano, although I was terrible at it and put in little effort to improve. In school, I learned the trombone and the trumpet through the band program, which I think I was a bit more successful at. However, I also picked up a few instruments on my own, including the electric bass, the ukulele, and the cello. I have been asked several times in the past about the instruments I started with and often I do not have a...
I have never really understood the idea behind "diet" or "light" versions of food. Every lunch time at work, my co-workers would pull out a can of Pepsi Zero or Diet Coke. Personally, I do not drink soft drinks on a daily occasion just because I know it is not the healthiest of things. However, if I were to do so, I definitely would not drink the diet versions of those drinks either. To me, they have a weird aftertaste, even with the newer...
From PC Mag: The fallout from the Cambridge Analytica controversy has triggered Facebook to cancel an advertising tool that pulled data from people's backgrounds, like whether you own a home or what products you like to buy.
"We want to let advertisers know that we will be shutting down Partner...
From CNET: The data used by Cambridge Analytica -- data Facebook said had been deleted -- may still be circulating.
That's according to a report from the UK's Channel 4 News, which saw some of the information, which included details on 136,000 individuals from Colorado.
The data, which Cambridge...
From CNET: President Donald Trump is once again calling out Amazon, complaining in a tweet Thursday morning about the e-commerce giant's business practices.
The president took aim at Amazon's tax contributions, its use of the US Postal Service and practices that put "many thousands of retailers out...
From eWeek: Chipmaker Nvidia made a series of big product announcements here at its annual GPU Technology Conference (GTC) for developers highlighted by faster graphics chips, a workstation designed to compete with far more expensive supercomputers and a new high-powered server.
A clearly energized...
From The Verge: If you’ve ever wanted to try out a VR gaming headset but have been put off by the price, we have good news — Sony is cutting the prices of its PSVR bundles in the US and Europe. In the US, the Playstation VR Doom bundle now costs $299.99 and includes a PSVR headset, the Doom VFR game...
From PC Mag: If Facebook's legal team wasn't already on high alert, it certainly is today as the social network is being sued by three Facebook Messenger users for violation of their privacy. The alarm bells will be ringing at Facebook because the lawsuit seeks class action status on behalf of all...
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