Fazeel Ashraf
Noor Imtiaz
Jessica Baron, PhD
Amnah Fawad
Facebook bans pages that spread Russian-backed videos targeting American millennials
On Friday, Facebook suspended several pages that published viral “news” videos viewed by millions that failed to disclose their Russian affiliations. After years of failing to suspend or close accounts potentially…
Apple bought PullString: The AI for voice apps
On Friday, a report by Axios revealed that Apple has purchased the AI company PullString. When PullString (also known as ToyTalk) started in 2011, its main focus was on creating…
Autonomous Vehicles: The Future of Transportation
Autonomous vehicles are no longer simply the future of transportation; smart cars capable of driving themselves are already here. The real challenge is their integration into the everyday fabric of…
Drone shuts down Dubai International Airport
On Friday morning, a drone sighting forced authorities to ground flights to and from the Dubai International Airport. The halt remained in effect for half an hour. Between 10:13 to 10:45…
Instagram users lose followers due to bug
Several Instagram users woke up on Wednesday to see a follower count much smaller than the day before. Users initially believed Instagram had deliberately shut down dummy accounts, but Instagram…
Facebook might face a multi-billion dollar fine from the FTC
According to The Washington Post, Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission are negotiating a multibillion-dollar fine. The FTC is planning to fine the social network over its privacy violations. This would…
Spotify has revealed the price of its deal for Gimlet and Anchor
We finally know the price of the Gimlet and Anchor acquisition. Spotify paid $340 million to buy the podcast networks. The announcement of the deal, which occurred last week, did…
Twitter CEO makes drastic statements in latest interview
Kara Swisher from Recode interviewed Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Tuesday and got some surprising responses to her questions. Several of Dorsey’s statements from the online interview, which took place…
Jeff Bezos accuses tabloid of extortion and blackmail
Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, has accused The National Enquirer’s publisher American Media Inc. (AMI) and it’s CEO David Pecker of blackmail and extortion. On February 7th, Bezos wrote in…
Microsoft warns users to not use Internet Explorer
Microsoft is telling people to stop using Internet Explorer. Microsoft cybersecurity expert Chris Jackson recently published a blog post on the official Windows IT Pro blog titled “The perils of…
Handwriting goes high-tech with Rocketbook’s Everlast reusable notebook
My love of writing goes well beyond composing stories and writing tech news – I actually love the action of writing words and literally putting pen to paper. If you’re…
Google is now making it easier to encrypt cheap smart devices
Data encryption has become a key feature of smart devices. It ‘s an underrated feature, and it’s key to understanding one’s privacy. Not every smartphone offers data encryption because it…
Twitter shares quarterly earnings and loss in active users
Twitter reported on Thursday that its monthly active users had fallen from 326 million in the third quarter to 321 million. In its earnings report, the company also revealed that it…
Facebook faces a strict ruling in Germany
In Germany, a ruling on Thursday has declared that Facebook abused its dominance in the social media market. A German antitrust watchdog had been investigating Facebook for apparent violations of…
UK government issues report with new guidelines for autonomous vehicle testing
The UK’s Department of Transport said that it wants to test autonomous vehicles on roads in order to get the technology up and running by 2021. In a new report,…
Musiio is using AI to make music more accessible
AI is the next big thing to happen to music (and everything else, it seems). The latest news is that Musiio, a Singapore-based startup that provides AI solutions to digital music…
Spotify buys Gimlet and Anchor to push its podcast service
Spotify is looking to change the face of the podcast industry. In a massive push towards catering to podcast listeners, the music streaming service confirmed yesterday that it has bought two…
SpaceX’s and Boeing’s commercial spacecraft tests postponed again
SpaceX and Boeing have suffered another setback in their quests to dock the first commercially built spacecraft at the International Space Station. NASA announced on Wednesday that the first test launches…
