The Verge

APRIL 30, 2021

English soccer teams and organizations are all shutting down their Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts for the weekend as part of a massive social media blackout to advocate for better policies regarding discrimination and abuse that players and members of clubs receive on those platforms.

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Venture Beast

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

in 2021 to $90.7 Mobile games will grow 4.4% billion, according to the latest report from market researcher Newzoo. Read More.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 31, 2021

You may be thinking to yourself, “Why the hell did LinkedIn, the purgatory of social media, rip off the Stories format?” LinkedIn has asked itself the same question less than a year after doing so and apparently concluded there is no good reason for it to have shamelessly followed every other app with the launch of … Read more.

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Venture Beast

JANUARY 12, 2022

trillion hours on mobile in 2021, according to mobile data and analytics firm App Annie. Smartphone users spent 3.8 Read More.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 15, 2023

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its 2022 Internet Crime Report , which reveals the trends and impacts of cybercrime in the United States. The report is based on 800,944 complaints of suspected internet crime reported to the FBI last year, with losses exceeding $10.3 billion for BEC attacks.

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Venture Beast

JANUARY 26, 2021

Dean Takahashi of GamesBeat talks with Jam City president Josh Yguado about growth opportunities for games in 2021. Read More.

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Venture Beast

JANUARY 13, 2021

Mobile game spending could grow 20% to $120 billion in 2021, according to a report by mobile data and analytics provider App Annie. Read More.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

MAY 31, 2023

The metaverse has been described as the next phase of the internet: interconnected and persistent 3D spaces where we will work, play, and, so it seems, purchase virtual real estate. Sales of VR and AR headsets have fallen short of expectations.

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Venture Beast

MARCH 31, 2022

Tenjin said its survey showed that 39% of mobile advertisers, or two in five, said Apple's privacy moves hurt their revenues in 2021. Read More.

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The Verge

AUGUST 12, 2021

WhatsApp and other apps are reportedly blocked in Zambia during ongoing general elections being held in the country Thursday, according to digital rights organization Access Now and internet monitor NetBlocks. Polls closed as of 12PM ET , but votes are still allowed to be cast for anyone still in line.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Jeff Moss, ICANN CSO and founder of DEF CON/Black Hat, gave the keynote speech at SecTor 2021 in Toronto, Ontario. He said people would write out large text files and share these on bulletin boards “because there was no internet.” It will have social impact. And then AOL came and ruined it for everyone," he said.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Cloudflare senior vice president Dane Knecht notes that Facebook’s border gateway protocol routes — BGP helps networks pick the best path to deliver internet traffic — have been “withdrawn from the internet.”. Facebook App (@facebookapp) October 4, 2021. We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing Facebook app.

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GeekWire

MARCH 7, 2024

million in cash to buy Zulily’s website, domain names, trademarks, customer database, social media accounts, and software, the company said in a press release. GeekWire reported late Wednesday that Beyond appeared to be the new owner following posts on social media teasing a relaunch. Beyond paid $4.5

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Dataconomy

JANUARY 30, 2024

National Security Agency (NSA) has openly acknowledged its practice of purchasing internet browsing records from data brokers. What makes this revelation particularly unsettling is the nature of the data being procured—internet browsing records laden with metadata about users’ online habits. The disclosure, made public by U.S.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Check Point has also observed the sharing of open VPN servers for the purpose of bypassing censorship, as Iran has limited the use of internet and social media. In February 2022, the actors may have exploited a Log4j vulnerability (likely CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2021-45046, and/or CVE-2021) to gain access to the network of a U.S.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

jack) December 21, 2021. That might mean owning a voting share in the next big social network (yes, this is a thing you can already do) or owning a digital item in some upcoming game, which you could then transfer to another game or resell to another player. jack) December 21, 2021. jack) December 21, 2021. Seriously!

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Vox

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Facebook’s total number of users has declined — a first for the social media platform that has experienced seemingly never-ending growth since it debuted 17 years ago. TikTok said it has 1 billion users as of September of last year, and was the most downloaded app in the world in 2021, according to app analytics firm Apptopia.

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GeekWire

MAY 29, 2021

billion has all the makings of a great script, combining a Hollywood icon with an Internet powerhouse. Mayer Pictures merged to form MGM Studios, the Hollywood mainstay best known for its roaring lion mascot is set to join a trillion-dollar business empire best known for selling household items over the internet.” Caldwell. .

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The study looked at posts from the Facebook pages of more than 2,500 news publishers between August 2020 and January 2021. The researchers will share the study as part of the 2021 Internet Measurement Conference in November. But it could be released prior to that, researcher Laura Edelson tells The Verge.

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Dataconomy

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Speculations are rife, with social media buzzing about the possibility of an e-commerce scam. Bitcoin Exchange Startup Buttercoin to Shut Down The Duo Behind Jane Boutique Founded in 2011 by Mike and Megan McEwan, Jane Boutique has undergone a transformation, rebranding itself in 2021 to emphasize a boutique-style shopping experience.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 6, 2021

From ransomware to the social media power outage, our news feeds are already full to the brim and this is just the beginning of October. October 4, 2021. September 30, 2021. Cybersecurity Awareness Month started off with a bang due to the social media outages. October 5, 2021. March 14, 2021.

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The Verge

JULY 30, 2021

If you’re invested in the story of Master Chief, Cortana, and the fate of the Halo universe, you might want to keep your head down and start muting some keywords on social media until Halo Infinite arrives later this year — because vast spoilers for the game’s entire story are now floating around on the internet.

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TM Forum

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The results of the iQmetrix 2021 Trends in Telecom Retail survey were extremely revealing. When asked how they planned to improve the online shopping experience, a whopping 87% said that they have increased, or plan to increase, investment in social media strategies. ” A buy-anywhere reality.

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The Verge

APRIL 1, 2021

These include various Yandex apps, an email app from Mail.ru, a video live streaming service called OK Live, and popular Russian social network VK. pic.twitter.com/QOUwwIGSnx — Khaos Tian (@KhaosT) April 1, 2021. A “Get” icon appears next to each app, giving the user a shortcut to install them. Here is how it looks in the actual setup.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 18, 2023

of total internet traffic in 2022, marking a significant 5.1% These findings shed light on the escalating prevalence of bots and the shifting dynamics of internet users. Internet Traffic in 2022 2. of advanced bad bots observed in 2021. Advanced Bad Bots 2021-2022 3. rise compared to the previous year.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 20, 2021

This week, KnowBe4 released a report detailing the top-clicked phishing email subjects, which it breaks down into three categories: social media related subjects, general subjects, and "in the wild" attacks. In its report, the company says it reviewed tens of thousands of email subject lines from simulated phishing tests in Q2 2021.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Health misinformation on social media needs to keep moving to stay alive, dodging platform enforcement by changing keywords and adapting euphemisms , or funneling the believers and the curious into newer groups or platforms where their posts are less likely to be removed. Addressing it will take more than takedowns and account bans.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 28, 2021

pic.twitter.com/HgGgrLbdS8 — Kristin Livdahl (@klivdahl) December 26, 2021. soft) October 16, 2021. It turned out that the social media firestorm was overwhelmingly caused by people talking about threats , far more than any threats that may have existed. Amazon didn’t immediately reply to The Verge ’s request for comment.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Ransomware has been a hot-button topic in 2021 due to its impact on critical infrastructure , hospitals , and computer manufacturers. It’s hard even to comprehend how it could affect a student’s social life if their grades, medical info, or free or reduced-price lunch benefit status leaked online.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

And, as my guest will say later in this podcast, these virtual SOCs are like pen testing the internet. We can't just, you know, bust things up into small parts and say this is my world because again, internet is a pen test and we're all in this together. GRAY: The Internet is a penetration test. That's an example of AI.

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Dataconomy

JULY 10, 2023

A number of TikTok trends frequently gain popularity on social media, and the most current one, “Boat Jumping,” has taken the internet by storm. Videos of TikTok users attempting the boat jumping craze have gained widespread popularity on social media. But there can be a negative aspect to social networking.

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Vox

MARCH 30, 2022

The initial success also suggests Reels is poised to do the same thing past Meta products — including copycat features like Instagram Stories, which were clearly inspired by Snapchat — have done: reshape how billions of people communicate and share information, and help Meta remain the biggest social media company in the world.

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The Verge

APRIL 1, 2021

Today is April 1st, one of the worst days on the internet every year. As it stands, there are only four options for a brand in 2021 pulling this nonsense: Don’t do an April Fools’ joke. Illustration by James Bareham / The Verge. Unfortunately, today — as happens every year — the brands will almost certainly refuse to learn.

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Kitaboo

JANUARY 30, 2024

The potential of Digital Publishing Platforms encompasses content quality and relevance, user experience and design, SEO and analytics, social media and email, monetization and diversification, and community and collaboration. billion in 2021 to USD 186.77 Digital Publishing Market size has grown from USD 170.24

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Cryptocurrency payments made up the largest fraction of the $547 million lost to scammers in 2021, with victims losing $9,770 in crypto on average. Some scammers pretend to be “financial experts” who promise to invest their victims’ money.

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The Verge

APRIL 14, 2021

“I tried to reach out to Facebook in every possible way, through different forms, but there’s nothing [I could] do,” Degouy said, explaining that she had already run into similar issues with the social media company when creating the page back in 2016. Towns are renaming themselves online to stop their Facebook pages from getting taken down.

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Vox

MAY 13, 2021

The sudden shift — one among a slew of changes Twitter began testing in March — gave many people the impression that the social media site had done away with automatic image cropping overnight. (In Here is a favorite that I took recently in NYC pic.twitter.com/uJUu3S2gaT — Rishi (@rishi_kara) May 5, 2021. vyxnilla) May 6, 2021.

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