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District of Columbia sues Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica facial recognition scandal

05/27/202205/26/2022 QR Code Press

Washington DC filed a lawsuit against the Meta CEO, regarding the privacy breach to its users. On Monday, the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, aiming to hold him personally liable for the Cambridge Analytica facial recognition company scandal. That scandal involved a privacy breach of the personal data of millions of the social media platform’s users. DC Attorney General Karl Racine filed the civil lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg in the DC Superior Court. In the filing, it accuses Zuckerberg of having a direct role…

How To Select The Right Influencer For Your Brand

04/29/202205/04/2022 QR Code Press

Many business owners are experimenting with different marketing strategies to entice existing and potential customers to avail themselves of their products and services. One of them is influencer marketing, an effective digital marketing strategy that enables you to reach a larger target market and drive sales. At its core, influencer marketing is all about collaboration and partnership. You’re paying a person or a group to advertise, feature, or positively promote your brand to their existing audience. Some people may also see this as ‘paid word-of-mouth.’ However, influencer marketing can only…

Insurance claims related to virtual reality technology spiked last year

02/16/202202/16/2022 QR Code Press

Virtual Reality Technology - Person playing game with VR

According to an insurer in the United Kingdom, filings related to VR rose 31 percent in 2021. As virtual reality technology takes off, so have the number of insurance claims related to the use of VR tech. Though the specifics of how many VR headsets have been sold aren’t known, they’re rising fast. The Reality Labs VR division at Meta hasn’t disclosed how many Quest 2 headsets have been sold so far, but what is known is that their popularity has never been higher. The Oculus app reached the top…

China wants its digital currency to reach greater use

01/18/202201/17/2022 QR Code Press

The country is boosting its efforts to roll out the online yuan to the general population. China is boosting its efforts to roll out its digital currency to the general population, as local tech giants such as Tencent and Alibaba join in with its use. That said, there are a spectrum of challenges in the way of the widespread use of this online yuan. The primary question is whether people across China who are already using two exceptionally popular mobile payments systems operated by Alibaba and Tencent will want to…

Rapid charging smartphone batteries possible in minutes, say researchers

06/29/202106/25/2021 QR Code Press

The University of Cambridge team discovered the method using a low-cost imaging technique. Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a simple and low-cost lab-based technique that makes it possible for them to view the lithium ions moving in smartphone batteries in real time. This allowed the researchers see the movement within the lithium-ion batteries as they were charging. As a result, they could see how the lithium ions moved as the smartphone batteries were charging as well as how they were discharging. This was a first for researchers.…