Hi, everyone. Glad to hear from Joe Biden that the pandemic is over. But who’s going to tell the coronavirus? The Plain View The linguist George Lakoff is famous for his theory of “framing” in political speech. The words people use to describe an issue can end a debate even……

Support local journalism. Unlock unlimited digital access to floridatoday.com Click here and subscribe today. Voters in the seaside city of Cape Canaveral will have a chance to choose from among four City Council candidates to fill two seats in the upcoming at-large election. The candidates are incumbents Kim Davis and……

An overwhelming majority of respondents are concerned about Beijing being able to access Australian users’ personal information through TikTok, a poll has found. Victorian Liberal Senator James Paterson commissioned pollster Tele Town Hall last week to survey attitudes toward TikTok among nearly 630 people in the northern Melbourne constituency of……

As digital platforms work to find new, privacy-safe solutions for ad targeting, in line with rising consumer expectations, Google has developed a new process for Display and Video 360 campaigns which will facilitate personalized ad targeting on selected websites, where consumers have given explicit permission for both the advertising brand……

Takeaways: DeSo, a new blockchain that has raised $200 million from Coinbase, Sequoia, and Andreessen Horowitz, just launched decentralized on-chain end-to-end encrypted group chats, a first-of-its-kind innovation. On-chain messages are resistant to censorship and can be used pseudonymously without supplying personal information, just like Bitcoin or Ethereum. DeSo is the……

Takeaways DeSo, a new blockchain that has raised $200 million from Coinbase, Sequoia, and Andreessen Horowitz, just launched decentralized on-chain end-to-end encrypted group chats, a first-of-its-kind innovation. On-chain messages are resistant to censorship and can be used pseudonymously without supplying personal information, just like Bitcoin or Ethereum. DeSo is the……

Meta is holding its Connect conference for 2022 today, where it’s announced a range of new, cutting-edge VR features, including a new Quest headset, new professional integrations to facilitate workplace collaboration, updated interaction tools, control devices, and this… Yes, soon, your VR avatar will actually have legs, so you won’t……

Pipeline offers users an 18+ social platform that allows content pertaining to legal marijuana, amidst mounting censorship and deletion from other social media companies. DENVER, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — WeedTube, the video-sharing app developed in 2018 as a response to the strict censorship of marijuana content from YouTube, has……

Business owners with public social media accounts are easy targets for scammers who lift information to create fake accounts. The arduous process for removing fraudulent accounts leaves victims frustrated and vulnerable to further data privacy issues. Victims say platform providers, particularly Facebook and Instagram, must improve their responses to reports……

Young adults are the most likely age group to have been scammed in recent months. Photo: PA Fraudsters using social media to sell goods that will never arrive are targeting younger people, as one in four scam victims is aged 21 to 30, according to Barclays(BARC.L). Purchase scams, where people……