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The data misuse scandal that Facebook finds itself in has led to many problems for the company. It’s facing lawsuits and inquiries by forums such as the United States Congress. The scandal broke about a week ago when it was revealed that a company called Cambridge Analytica had harvested data of more than 50 million Facebook users through a quiz app. While the company says that it has deleted all of the data that was collected at that time, a new report claims that’s not the case.
UK broadcaster Channel 4 reports that it has come across a cache of the data that was harvested by Cambridge Analytica which has information on 136,000 individuals from Colorado. The data includes their personality results and the psychological profiles that were created using that data.
The cache reportedly includes information that was gathered as far back as 2014 which is in the timeframe in which Cambridge Analytica was collecting the data. The broadcaster’s source claims that this data was used by Colorado Republicans to target voters in the state.
It’s even claimed that this list was “passed around using generic, non-corporate email systems, outside of the servers of Cambridge Analytica,” which if true would mean that this cache was distributed to a lot of people and that it’s basically impossible to ensure that it has been deleted.
Cambridge Analytica maintains that it deleted all of the data that was harvested during that time and has even said that it’s having a third-party audit conducted to back that claim. The company has issued the following statement in response to the report:
“We have never passed any data from GSR to an external party. After Facebook contacted us in December 2015 we deleted all GSR (Global Science Research, the research company that had obtained the data for CA) data and took appropriate steps to ensure that any copies of the data were deleted. This includes our lawyers taking action in late 2014 against a number of former staff members who had stolen data and intellectual property from the company. These former staff members each signed an undertaking promising that they had deleted all such material. It is untrue that we failed to take appropriate measures to ensure that GSR data were deleted.”
Some Data In Facebook Scandal May Not Have Been Deleted , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
No Man’s Sky was originally released for the PlayStation 4 and Windows PC but it has now been confirmed that this title is headed to the Xbox One as well. Hello Games, the UK-based indie team behind this title, has confirmed that No Man’s Sky and its upcoming major feature updated titled Next will be released for the Xbox One soon. There’s even going to be a version of this title that’s enhanced for the Xbox One X, it will have support for 4K and HDR.
The developer behind this title was inspired by the adventure and imagination from classic science fiction. Players have an infinite procedural universe to explore in No Man’s Sky that’s filled with unique planets and lifeforms. There’s always constant danger lurking in the shadows which requires brave action.
The title lands on the Xbox One with all three major updates have been released for No Man’s Sky since its initial launch. The updates added base building, freighter ownerships, survival game mode, online base sharing, permadeath, vehicles, a visual overhaul, and a new procedural mission system.
The update titled Next is due soon and Hello Games says that it’s the biggest update for the title so far and that it’s something that the team has been working “ridiculously hard” for. It hasn’t really detailed what the update is going to bring, though, but it promises that No Man’s Sky will be supported with free content updates on the Xbox One as well.
No Man’s Sky Xbox One Release Confirmed , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
HMD Global, the company that’s making Nokia-branded smartphones now, has developed a bit of a reputation for sending out fast Android updates. That’s certainly not a bad reputation to have as customers often want to receive the latest updates as soon as possible which can be wishful thinking on a platform as fragmented as Android. Those who own a Nokia 5 or Nokia 6 (2017) should keep an eye out for an update notification today because HMD Global has released Android 8.1 for the aforementioned devices.
It has only been two months since the Nokia 5 and the Nokia 6 (2017) were updated to Android 8.0 Oreo. HMD Global didn’t conduct a beta test for this update like it did for the Android 8.1 firmware meant for Nokia 8.
Many customers who have picked up these Nokia-branded devices really appreciate the pace at which HMD Global has been rolling out firmware updates. Multiple Reddit users are now reporting that the Android 8.1 Oreo update is being rolled out for the Nokia 5 and the Nokia 6 (2017).
The firmware files weigh in at under 900MB and bring some minor improvements which include a new settings and power menu, battery saving navigation buttons, and the ability to see battery percentage for connected Bluetooth devices. The latest security patch for the month of March from Google is also included in this update.
Nokia 5 And Nokia 6 (2017) Updated To Android 8.1 , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
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Today the average price of bitcoins to dollars dipped below the McAfee bet curve. McAfee predicted back on July 17th of 2017 that one Bitcoin would be worth $500,000 “in three years.” Bitcoin went from around $2.2k to $19k by the end of the year. According to the mathematics behind McAfee’s prediction, bitcoin pricing just went below the curve. Either … Continue reading
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