Category: Internet

NVIDIA GeForce Now loses support for ‘Borderlands,’ ‘Civ’ and other 2K games

Post author By Randall
Post date March 6, 2020
Categories In 2k, borderlands, civ, Gaming, geforce now, Internet, nvidia, Tech

[ad_1] GeForce Now’s library suffered one tremendous blow after another almost as soon as the service came out of beta. Activision Blizzard pulled its games just a few days after it went public, because it apparently wanted a commercial agreement with NVIDIA. Shortly after that, Skyrim developer Bethesda followed suit. NVIDIA didn’t release an official […]

Researchers: Facebook’s ad transparency tools are ‘easy to evade’

Post author By Randall
Post date March 6, 2020
Categories In Facebook, facebook ads, gear, Internet, misinformation, political ads, Politics, Research, Tech

[ad_1] In a new paper out of New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, researchers found that thousands of advertisers were able to run more than 357,000 political ads without disclosing who was behind them. The researchers, Laura Edelson, Tobias Lauinger and Damon McCoy, studied the company’s Ad Library for more than a year, and […]

Google explains how it’s tackling the coronavirus outbreak

Post author By Randall
Post date March 6, 2020
Categories In alphafold, coronavirus, covid-19, deepmind, gear, Google, Google Maps, google play, health, Internet, knowledge panel, medicine, misinformation, outbreak, search, sos alert, Tech, virus, web, Youtube

[ad_1] What you don’t see will also matter. Google said it was “working around the clock” to stamp out conspiracy theories and other misinformation, including malware and phishing scams exploiting fear of the coronavirus outbreak. It’s blocking all ads trying to exploit the outbreak while helping the WHO and governments run useful ads. YouTube is […]

Facebook removes Trump campaign’s ‘census’ ads

Post author By Randall
Post date March 5, 2020
Categories In census, Donald Trump, election2020, Facebook, facebook ads, gear, Internet, political ads, Social Media, Tech

[ad_1] The move is notable because Facebook has previously been reluctant to apply its rules to politicians. But on Thursday, the company confirmed the ads’ removal. “There are policies in place to prevent confusion around the official U.S. Census and this is an example of those being enforced,” Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone wrote in a […]

Steam’s personalized news hub keeps you updated about your games

Post author By Randall
Post date March 5, 2020
Categories In Gaming, Internet, steam, steam news hub, Tech

[ad_1] It also features announcements related to your games, though, as well as any upcoming events happening in the future. Valve says the hub’s content will be based on the games in your library and your wishlist, as well as the games you chose to follow on their store pages. In addition, it will show […]

EARN IT act targets online child abuse but could threaten encryption

Post author By Randall
Post date March 5, 2020
Categories In csam, earn it, encryption, Entertainment, Internet, Politics, section 230, Security, Tech

[ad_1] The bill has powerful backers in the Senate, including Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R), Richard Blumenthal (D) and Dianne Feinstein (D). In a statement introducing the bill, Blumenthal said “Tech companies have an extraordinary special safeguard against legal liability, but that unique protection comes with a responsibility. Companies that fail to comport with […]

DuckDuckGo shares a list of thousands of web trackers that gather your data

Post author By Randall
Post date March 5, 2020
Categories In data, duckduckgo, gear, Internet, open source, Privacy, public, search history, Security, Tech, tracker, tracker radar, web tracking

[ad_1] Tracker Radar includes the most common cross-site trackers, plus detailed info on things like their prevalence, ownership, cookie behavior and privacy policy. According to CNET, the data set contains details on 5,326 domains used by 1,727 companies to track users online. DuckDuckGo hopes that developers will use Tracker Radar to block online tracking and […]

Facebook, Google and others adopt guidelines intended to fight child abuse

Post author By Randall
Post date March 5, 2020
Categories In abuse, Australia, canada, child exploitation, child safety, department of justice, doj, gear, grooming, guidelines, homeland security, Internet, new zealand, online, Politics, principles, Security, sexual abuse, Tech, Uk, voluntary

[ad_1] The document, Voluntary Principles to Counter Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, includes 11 principles. It covers themes like targeting online grooming, preventing searches of child sexual abuse material and responding to evolving threats. According to a statement published by the DOJ, the principles are “intended to have sufficient flexibility to ensure effective implementation.” […]

HBO is the latest to abandon SXSW because of coronavirus

Post author By Randall
Post date March 5, 2020
Categories In av, business, coronavirus, covid-19, Entertainment, Hbo, Internet, Security, sxsw, sxsw2020, Tech, warner media

[ad_1] At the moment, it seems that SXSW will still happen. According to a statement on the festival’s website, officials are “working closely on a daily basis with local, state, and federal agencies to plan for a safe event.” Even if the festival does start as planned on March 13th, it will be considerably smaller […]