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Facebook explains the backbone shutdown behind its global outage on Monday

The Verge

The massive outage that took down Facebook, its associated services (Instagram, WhatsApp , Oculus, Messenger), its platform for businesses, and the company’s own internal network all started with routine maintenance. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. The DNS servers were still working, but they were unreachable.

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Why Should Associations Invest In Technology?

Kitaboo

For effective advancement and management of a non-profit association, technology plays a crucial role in advertising its services, better communicating its mission, and recruiting volunteers. Some of the areas where non-profit organizations can make use of computers, internet and other networking technology include.

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Why Facebook and Apple are fighting over your privacy

Vox

Apple’s tracking-optional mobile operating system update is coming to iPhones this spring, and the new privacy-preserving features will give users the ability to opt out of being followed around the internet via trackers in their apps. Advertising existed and thrived for decades without it.

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How your browser can make your online life a little more private

Vox

Ashkan Soltani was part of the Do Not Track effort back in 2010 as a staff technologist at the FTC and has spent most of his career researching and investigating internet privacy and tracking. Microsoft Edge: The new and improved Internet Explorer? Microsoft used to dominate the browser market with its problematic Internet Explorer.

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Google Stadia survived a year, but its future depends on games like Cyberpunk 2077

The Verge

Here is a brand-new cutting-edge game, streamed over the internet and playable with the click of a button, no expensive hardware or pricey television required. And even then, you’ll need a fast internet connection, 4K monitor or TV, and want to stay plugged in via Ethernet at all times to get the most of it.

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Digital listening reveals 3 leading innovation drivers

CIO Business Intelligence

Because transactions are transparent, blockchain has the potential to increase trust and enable new types of disruptive applications and services, such as decentralized financial systems, marketplaces, and social networks. Metaverse Opportunities Advertising: Advertisers see the metaverse as a powerful way to connect with and reach consumers.

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Vizio files to go public, has sold over 80 million TVs

The Verge

We will continue our successful hardware business, iterating on models as we’ve done before, and at the same time build our name in smart TV software,” Wang said. The S-1 points out that the company continues to see huge advertising potential from its ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) services like WatchFree and Vizio Free Channel.

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