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Wait, Facebook had ‘group stories’? Well they’re shutting it down anyway

Sep23
by on September 23, 2019 at 8:25 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media


Just nine months after introducing Stories in Facebook Groups, the social media giant is killing off the feature on September 26, at 9AM Pacific Time. The development was first reported by Matt Navara on Friday, which has since been confirmed by Facebook. The feature — called group stories and available since December last year — allowed a group’s administrators and members to post ephmeral photos and videos that vanish within 24 hours. “We’re sunsetting group stories because we want to make sure that features in groups enable people to connect in fun and useful ways, and we’re always looking at ways…

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Moonday Mornings: Kate Winslet is hunting for Bitcoin scammers

Sep23
by on September 23, 2019 at 8:19 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Good morning Forkies. It’s that time of the week again when we serve you up a fresh plate of blockchain and cryptocurrency headlines from over the weekend. Let’s see what this week has in store. 1. Long Blockchain Corp. formerly Long Island Tea Corp. – the beverage company that for no real reason decided to pivot to blockchain – is selling its beverage subsidiary leaving it with just its loyalty rewards platform. Authorities have long suspected the company changed its name as part of a plan to increase stock price, and is being investigated for insider trading relating to the…

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Chinese subway stations now let you pay for tickets by scanning your face

Sep23
by on September 23, 2019 at 6:14 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, world


Facial recognition technology is used across China for everything from identifying criminals to measuring students’ attention in class. Now, it has debuted a system in its subway that lets you use your face as a ticket. A report from South China Morning Post suggests the subway system in the southern city of Shenzhen has started using facial recognition technology to let folks over 60 years of age register themselves for free subway rides. Other cities such as Jinan, Shanghai, Qingdao, Nanjing, and Nanning are currently experimenting with this system. The technology in Shenzen has been deployed to 18 stations with 28 automatic gate machines and…

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2 malware-infected photo apps with 1.5M+ downloads removed from Google Play

Sep23
by on September 23, 2019 at 6:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google


Google has removed two malicious apps with a combined total of over 1.5 million downloads after they were caught serving adware. The apps in question — Sun Pro Beauty Camera and Funny Sweet Beauty Selfie Camera — were also found to have “more advanced functionality than your average adware,” according to researchers at Wandera. Intrusive out-of-app ads are more of an annoyance than a critical threat, but can also cause battery drain and infect devices with malware. The two apps included requests for more permissions than usual, allowing them to record audio without users’ consent and serve full-screen ads even without…

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