Disappearing messages, once Snapchat’s selling feature, is becoming more prevalent on almost all major messaging platforms that want to advertise their security and privacy features. Each platform naturally gives it its own spin, mostly in how long they allow messages to stay alive. WhatsApp, for example, is giving users more options to keep messages around as long as they want, … Continue reading
Microsoft Paint is perhaps one of the most iconic first-party apps on Windows. Sometimes derided for its basic feature set, some people have impressed netizens by creating works of art using only those very same basic tools. The app has also been criticized for having remained unchanged over the years since Windows 8 launched in 2012. With Windows 11, however, … Continue reading
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The lines the divide smartphone tiers continue to blur as more powerful hardware components get cheaper and trickle down to lower tiers. It’s easier to make comparisons when phones use the same brand of processors, but not so much when comparing apples and oranges. Take, for example, the latest Redmi 10 from the Xiaomi sub-brand. Billed as an entry-level smartphone, … Continue reading
Ever since it decided to finally retire Internet Explorer, Microsoft has been on an aggressive campaign to push its replacement into everyone’s minds. It took its efforts to the next level when it switched its Edge browser from its homegrown edgeHTML to Chromium. After experiencing legal penalties over Internet Explorer, Microsoft has been more careful about giving its users the … Continue reading
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Aside from smartphones and smartwatches, Android’s other official incarnations have been less consistent, including on tablets. Android Auto and Android TV have undergone shifts that completely change the game, for better or for worse. Android Auto’s history has been rather tumultuous, especially with the launch of a different but related Android Automotive. Now things are taking another turn with the … Continue reading
Back in March, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) published a report linking more than two-thirds of vaccine misinformation online to12 individuals. That statistic has been widely cited since, including by lawmakers and government officials, as proof that Facebook has failed to control lies about COVID-19 vaccines.
Now, five months later, Facebook says it has banned more than 36 accounts, groups, and Pages associated with these misinformation “superspreaders.” The company says it’s taken other actions to make other content associated with these individuals less visible, as well.
“We have also imposed penalties on nearly two dozen additional Pages, groups or accounts linked to these 12 people, like moving their posts lower in News Feed so fewer people see them or not recommending them to others,” Facebook said in a statement. “We’ve applied penalties to some of their website domains as well so any posts including their website content are moved lower in News Feed. Notably, some accounts associated with the group remain online, which Facebook says is because they are either “inactive,” not posting rule-breaking content or have only shared “a small amount” of such content.
Facebook has taken issue with the CCDH’s report since it was first published, disputing its methodology and its conclusion. In its latest statement, the social network said “there isn’t any evidence” to support the report’s claim that 73 percent of vaccine misinformation is linked to the group, which includes Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Joseph Mercola, Del Bigtree and other prominent anti-vaccine activists. Yet the report has become a headache for the company as it was cited by the US Surgeon General last month in a health advisory warning the public of vaccine misinformation online. Overall, the company has removed around 3,000 groups, pages and accounts for repeatedly breaking its rules against COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation during the pandemic, though the company still hasn’t shared stats on how often such misinformation is being viewed.
In a statement, CCDH CEO Imran Ahmed said that Facebook had “grossly misrepresented” the research. “Facebook has grossly misrepresented CCDH and Anti-Vax Watch’s research while continuing to withhold the data that show how many of its users have been exposed to disinformation fueling vaccine hesitancy. CCDH and Anti-Vax Watch continue to be fully transparent about their methodologies, which rely on publicly available tools for tracking audience and content reach.”
When it comes to apps, users have their preferred ones. Like when it comes to browsers, some prefer using Chrome, others prefer Edge, some might prefer Firefox, and so on, and for the most part we all have a choice. However, it seems that in Windows 11, Microsoft is making it a lot more complicated and troublesome for users to set their default browser.
So here’s how it works: when you launch a browser for the first time, you’re prompted with what you want to do and you have the option to click on “Always use this app” to set it as the default. This is similar behavior to Windows 10, but if for some reason you forgot to check that box, you’ll never see that prompt again.
Instead, you’ll now need to dive into the Windows 11 settings to change it, and even then you will have to make multiple changes on how to handle HTML, HTM, PDF, HTTP, XHTML, and etc., types of files. This means that users will need to go through multiple steps in order to set their default browser, so while it is still possible to change your default, the extra steps might put many users off, or they might not know they have to change everything.
Many of Microsoft’s competitors like those from Mozilla, Opera, and Google have since spoken up against these changes. That being said, we’re not sure if this is because Windows 11 is still in beta and that things will change ahead of the final release, or if this is the route that Microsoft will be taking.
Windows 11 Will Make It A Lot Harder And Troublesome To Switch Default Browsers
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