Sacha Baron Cohen delivered a scathing 24-minute takedown of social media platforms — with particular scorn for Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg — at an Anti-Defamation League summit on anti-Semitism and hate on Thursday.The British actor and comedian, in accepting the civil rights group’s International Leadership Award, also attacked the billionaires who run Google, its... المزيد ←
Facebook Helped Bill O’Reilly Shill For A Company Accused Of Scamming Customers
Brendan McDermid / Reuters Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly boosted a company with a long history of scamming consumers. Bill O’Reilly, the former Fox News host who was ousted from the network after paying at least six women a total of $45 million to settle sexual harassment lawsuits, is making his comeback. Having lost... المزيد ←
Facebook Is Making Millions Off A Nationwide Gun Permit Scam
One of Facebook’s biggest political advertisers is running an elaborate scheme to trick people into believing that a legal “loophole” allows them to qualify for and purchase concealed-carry permits online. The multimillion-dollar ad operation actually sells handgun safety certificates rather than legitimate permits, and urges people to buy them right away before Democrats intervene.Facebook’s lax... المزيد ←
Facebook’s Secret Ban On CBD Ads Is Devastating Small Businesses
Jason Higgins spent the years after he left the military, following nearly a decade of service, struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, panic attacks, a drinking problem and side effects from the prescriptions he had hoped would help him. It wasn’t until he discovered cannabidiol, or CBD — a plant extract with supposed health benefits including relief... المزيد ←
Facebook Rebuffs U.S. Attorney General Over Access To Encrypted Messages
Facebook is rebuffing efforts by U.S. Attorney General William Barr to give authorities a way to read encrypted messages.The heads of Facebook-owned WhatsApp and Messenger services told Barr and his U.K. and Australian counterparts that Facebook is moving forward with plans to enable end-to-end encryption on all of its messaging services. End-to-end encryption locks up... المزيد ←
Amazon launches Audible Suno free app featuring short-stories in India
Amazon is having another go at expanding its reach to listeners in India. The company, which launched pay-to-use Audible in the country last year, today introduced a new service called Audible Suno that offers free access to “hundreds of hours of audio entertainment, enlightenment and learning.”And it’s banking on major Indian celebrities to draw the... المزيد ←
This Week in Apps: Apple Arcade’s new franchise, Fortnite takes on Google Play, the Disney+ app footprint
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all.The app industry is as hot as ever, with 194 billion downloads last year and more than $100 billion in consumer spending. People spend 90% of their mobile time in apps... المزيد ←
RCS messaging has rolled out to Android users in the US
Here’s a nice little surprise for Android users this weekend. It seems that Google’s plans to roll out Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging is slightly ahead of schedule. The company announced in November that it would be making the feature available for all Android users in the country by year-end. A tweet from Android Messages... المزيد ←
Uber all set to sell Uber Eats’ India business to Zomato
Image Credits: CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP / Getty ImagesUber is in advanced stages of talks to sell its food delivery service Uber Eats in India to local rival Zomato as the American ride-hailing giant looks to cut its global spending, three people familiar with the matter told TechCrunch.The deal currently values Uber Eats’ India business... المزيد ←
Photoshop for iPad gains ‘Select Subject’ feature
Adobe’s Photoshop on the iPad got off to a rocky start that doesn’t seem to have left fans of the desktop version very happy, but the company looks intent on incorporating user feedback and releasing meaningful feature updates on a timely basis. Like today, for instance, it’s adding “Select Subject” to the iPad version of... المزيد ←
