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Facebook Begins Tests With Hiding Like Counts

It's confirmed - today Facebook starts tests of a tool that allows you to hide like counts under Facebook posts. Initially, the option will be made available to residents of Australia. In addition, Facebook recently confirmed that politicians are a privileged group on the portal.

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Barth Faryna

September 27, 2019

Facebook Begins Tests With Hiding Like Counts

Closed Beta of Incognito Mode in Google Maps Has Been Launched

A few days ago a closed beta of incognito mode in Google Maps has begun. Currently, it is only available to owners of Android devices and members of Google Maps Preview.

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Paul Wozniak

September 22, 2019

Closed Beta of Incognito Mode in Google Maps Has Been Launched

Two Popular AdBlocks Used by Millions of People Accused of Fraud

The team responsible for creating one of the AdBlocks has recently published a text that makes it clear that two popular ad-blocking plugins do some other things as well, about which the user is not informed. The worst part, however, is that they were installed by millions of people.

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Barth Faryna

September 18, 2019

Two Popular AdBlocks Used by Millions of People Accused of Fraud

HackerOne - Organization That Enables Hackers Earn Millions of Dollars

HackerOne is an organization that brings together hackers from all over the world to keep them busy. Thanks to the cooperation with the company, many of them have already earned dizzying sums, sometimes exceeding one million dollars. All is takes is will and a lot of skill.

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Barth Faryna

September 9, 2019

HackerOne - Organization That Enables Hackers Earn Millions of Dollars

Facebook: 419 Million User Phone numbers Leaked

Facebook's got another big flop. A total of 419 million Facebook user phone numbers were found on a server, which could be accessed by almost anyone because it was not even password-protected.

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Barth Faryna

September 6, 2019

Facebook: 419 Million User Phone numbers Leaked

Facebook Limits Facial Recognition and Tests Removing of Likes

Facebook has changed its facial recognition settings - the option will no longer be active by default. As before on Instagram, the corporation is also conducting tests to remove the like counter and reactions to posts.

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Julia Dragovic

September 4, 2019

Facebook Limits Facial Recognition and Tests Removing of Likes

FIFA 20 Ultimate Team Web App and Companion App Release Dates

Electronic Arts revealed the release dates of FIFA 20 Ultimate Team Web App and the mobile FIFA 20 Companion App, an application that allows you to control FUT in this year's edition of the cycle.

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Adrian Werner

August 27, 2019

FIFA 20 Ultimate Team Web App and Companion App Release Dates

Chinese Company Baidu Bests Google in the Smart Speaker Market

The name Baidu may not tell you much, but in fact it is the largest search engine used in China and Japan. The company also produces smart speakers and has just outpaced Google in this sector.

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Barth Faryna

August 27, 2019

Chinese Company Baidu Bests Google in the Smart Speaker Market

Open Beta-tests of Chromium-based Microsoft Edge Have Started

Tests of the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge began in April this year, but only now did it enter official open beta-tests, and can be downloaded from the developer's website.

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Barth Faryna

August 22, 2019

Open Beta-tests of Chromium-based Microsoft Edge Have Started

YouTube Considers Robot Fights as Animal Abuse?

YouTube has recently removed hundreds of videos depicting robot fights. However, the most interesting thing about this whole matter is the reason for the decision: the videos violated the rules on cruelty to animals.

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Barth Faryna

August 22, 2019

YouTube Considers Robot Fights as Animal Abuse?

Twitter Tests Automatic Filtering of Offensive Messages

Twitter has just started testing a special tool to ensure that users no longer receive offensive messages - at least in theory. If everything goes according to plan, we will soon have it at our disposal.

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Barth Faryna

August 16, 2019

Twitter Tests Automatic Filtering of Offensive Messages

Chrome 76 Blocks Flash and Prevents Sites From Detecting Incognito

The latest update to Google Chrome automatically blocks Flash Playback media and does not allow sites to detect when you are in incognito mode.

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Paul Wozniak

July 31, 2019

Chrome 76 Blocks Flash and Prevents Sites From Detecting Incognito

Free Browse Game Enables You to Replay Battle for Winterfell

An interesting browser game has appeared on the web, which allows us to replay the battle for Winterfell from the eighth season of Game of Thrones. The creator of the production is an independent Polish dev Arek Rebacz (Rarykos).

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Bart Swiatek

July 31, 2019

Free Browse Game Enables You to Replay Battle for Winterfell

9 Million Users Spend More Than 3 Hours a Day in Candy Crush Saga

According to King's senior vice president, more than 9 million players spend between three and six hours a day playing free-to-play title Candy Crush Saga. However, the studio representative assures that the production does not have addictive properties.

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July 1, 2019

9 Million Users Spend More Than 3 Hours a Day in Candy Crush Saga

Fans Ressurect Super Mario Bros Royale

The popular Battle Royale mod for Super Mario Bros has disappeared from the web due to Nintendo's intervention. However, this did not prevent the fans of this unusual gameplay from resurrecting the mod and releasing it as an open-source project.

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Paul Wozniak

July 1, 2019

Fans Ressurect Super Mario Bros Royale

First-Gen AMD Vega Chipsets in Google Stadia?

It looks like the GPUs used by Google's Stadia servers will be the first-generation AMD Vega GPU. At least that is what we know from information published by Khronos, who is responsible for the development of the Vulcan API.

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Conrad Hazi

May 19, 2019

First-Gen AMD Vega Chipsets in Google Stadia?

Google Announces New Types of Advertising on Mobile Devices

Google has announced the introduction of new types of advertising on mobile devices. Advertising galleries will be found in search results and on YouTube, while Google Discover ads will appear in the form of thumbnails of articles.

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Conrad Hazi

May 16, 2019

Google Announces New Types of Advertising on Mobile Devices

Euro Truck Simulator 2: Road to the Black Sea Announced

SCS Software team has announced Road to the Black Sea, the next DLC to Euro Truck Simulator 2. The expansion will focus on Romania, Bulgaria and the European part of Turkey.

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Adrian Werner

May 11, 2019

Euro Truck Simulator 2: Road to the Black Sea Announced

Google Maps and Google Search Soon With Incognito Mode

During the I/O 2019 conference, Google announced the extension of incognito mode to other applications, which will allow more private use. This feature will soon appear in Google Maps and Google search engine.

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Milosz Szubert

May 8, 2019

Google Maps and Google Search Soon With Incognito Mode

YouTube Exceeds Two Billion Logins Per Month

At last week's Brandcast conference, YouTube boasted exceeding the limit of two billion logged-in users per month. Platform users are more and more willing to use TV sets to watch content.

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Conrad Hazi

May 6, 2019

YouTube Exceeds Two Billion Logins Per Month