Tencent’s WeChat and Kaspersky’s suite of applications have been removed from government-issued mobile devices effective October 30, 2023. Going forward, users of these devices will be blocked from downloading the apps....
In here whatsapp is omnipresent, used for everything & everywhere, no distinction whatsoever, if you don’t have it you’re cut off, doesn’t matter if it’s public or private
Pope Francis: How we deploy AI will be ‘true measure of our humanity’ (thenextweb.com)
O que se sabe sobre o complexo ultrassecreto de R$ 1,3 bilhão que Mark Zuckerberg está construindo no Havaí (epocanegocios.globo.com)
Meta sues FTC, hoping to block ban on monetizing kids’ Facebook data (arstechnica.com)
Meta Outlines New AI Process Designed To Replicate How Humans Perceive Images (www.socialmediatoday.com)
Norway’s Privacy Battle With Meta Is Just Getting Started (www.wired.com)
Brazilian social media habits
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Elon Musk vai ganhar cinebiografia da A24 dirigida por Darren Aronofsky (epocanegocios.globo.com)
No More Phone Number Swaps: Signal Messaging App Now Testing Usernames (www.pcmag.com)
Discussion on Signal’s forum
'Brasil é o país do WhatsApp', diz presidente do aplicativo (www1.folha.uol.com.br)
WhatsApp head Will Cathcart says the chat app could introduce ads in Status (techcrunch.com)
FTC vs. Amazon: Filing reveals more claims about Bezos’ alleged role, Project Nessie, and more (www.geekwire.com)
Canada bans WeChat, Kaspersky applications on government devices (www.reuters.com)
Tencent’s WeChat and Kaspersky’s suite of applications have been removed from government-issued mobile devices effective October 30, 2023. Going forward, users of these devices will be blocked from downloading the apps....
Facebook Finally Puts a Price on Privacy: It’s $10 a Month (www.wired.com)
Brazil's ex-president deletes WhatsApp channel by 'mistake' and loses 81 thousand followers (pledgetimes.com)
Threads (Not That Threads) Tells Meta It Had the Name First (gizmodo.com)
Meta has 30 days to stop using the name
Brazil's ex-president Bolsonaro deletes WhatsApp channel by ‘mistake’ and loses 81 thousand followers (lemmy.eco.br)
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Localsend, software para envio de arquivos e mensagens via WiFi (rede local) (linuxavante.com)
Drought in Brazil's Amazon reveals ancient engravings (phys.org)
FUTO Voice Input, conversor de fala para texto (voiceinput.futo.org) Portuguese
Secure & Encrypted Messengers (Chat, Voice, Video) (stackdiary.com)
I don't want Meta AI in WhatsApp, even if it doesn't snoop on my texts (bgr.com)
Brazil and Argentina turn to blockchain for citizen ID rollouts (www.biometricupdate.com)
Trolling chatbots with made-up memes (www.aiweirdness.com)
Zuckerberg calls India world leader for 'embracing messaging to get things done' (www.businesstoday.in)
Advancements in Genetically Modified Immune Cells: Potential for Tumor Eradication (www.archyde.com)
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