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New Instagram and Twitter updates target harmful online behaviours

New Instagram and Twitter updates target harmful online behaviours

The latest Twitter update will prompt users to reconsider the ‘vibe’ of a heated discussion, while an Instagram ‘nudge’ feature aims to steer teenagers away from harmful content. Despite a newfound urgency in recent years to finally address online hate and content tied to adverse mental health, the big social media platforms are still accused of being too reactionary and not proactive enough. When it comes to Gen Z specifically, the...

By London, UK
EU pushing Apple to change its phone ports to USB-C

EU pushing Apple to change its phone ports to USB-C

Despite slowly removing accessories and ports from its devices straight out of the box, Apple could soon be forced to change all its iPhone ports to USB-C to reduce their overall environmental impact. Anyone who’s purchased an iPhone in the last few years (which is, statistically, probably most of us) will have noticed that the box contains less accessories than it used to. Apple no longer includes a charger brick...

By Bristol, UK
Domo reveals how the internet is used every minute in 2021

Domo reveals how the internet is used every minute in 2021

Domo has just released its annual infographic showing how we divide our time online every 60 seconds. With a pandemic-induced shift in digital trends, as well as a 10% rise in those with access to the internet, there are some notable changes from last year. Still reeling from the Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp blackout? Not as much as the conglomerates and billionaire entrepreneurs at their helm you’re not. They’ll be counting...

By London, UK
How Twitter is helping to monitor and save forests

How Twitter is helping to monitor and save forests

To monitor how trees are being affected by changes in their immediate environment, researchers are hooking them up to Twitter using a suite of sensors on and around their trunks. If you’d told me a few years ago that, in 2021, trees would be tweeting, I’d have likely laughed in your face. Alas, given how significantly technology has infiltrated its way into our lives during the last two decades, it’s...

By London, UK