The event was to be canceled between 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. It will take place from November 2 to 6 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. A major video game fair organized each year by publishers in the sector, Paris Games Week had to be canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to … Read more
Posts classified as misleading by fact-checkers were promoted on newsfeeds instead of having their visibility reduced. Content identified as misleading or problematic was mistakenly put forward on Facebook users’ feeds because of a computer problem that took six months to be repaired, according to the specialized site The Verge. The article published on Thursdaygreatly exaggerates … Read more
The three tech giants have agreed to build a system to authenticate without a password. The ordeal of passwords could end within a year: Google, Apple and Microsoft announced Thursday an agreement to build a system allowing authentication without having to memorize a series of cabalistic signs. “With the new feature, consumers could authenticate to … Read more
The group also removes required facial recognition data on more than a billion users. Facebook, which is going through one of its worst reputational crises, has decided to do without facial recognition, a technology that has been used since 2010 to identify people present in photos or videos posted on the social network. Read alsoFacebook: … Read more
Advertisers love the ability to target consumers very finely and on a very large scale. Starting January 19, thousands of categories, such as sexual orientation, will be removed. Facebook and Instagram users could soon no longer be targeted with ads based on their interest in certain sensitive topics, such as sexual orientation and political affiliation, … Read more
DECRYPTION – A stock market crash put an end to the irresistible growth of the digital giants. For the first time sowing doubt among investors. Friday, April 29, a wind of panic seized the Nasdaq index which brings together the cream of American technology stocks. In a single session, it fell by 4.17%, the worst … Read more
Google Russia’s bank account has been seized by authorities. The group assures that its services will continue to operate in the country. The Russian subsidiary of the American giant Google, whose bank account was seized by the Russian authorities, announced its intention to file for bankruptcy but to provide its free services in the country. … Read more
Already dominant, the three US players captured 80% of spending growth in 2021. The American steamroller effect on the French cloud market can be summed up in one figure. In 2021, AWS, the subsidiary of Amazon, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud captured 80% of the growth in infrastructure and cloud development application spending in France. … Read more
The announcement comes as Facebook will be heard in the Senate on Thursday following a press inquiry. The political pressure had become too strong. This Monday, Facebook announced its decision to “pause» the development of a children’s version of its famous Instagram application. The project, revealed in the spring by the American press, had provoked … Read more
The subsidiary of the Meta group seeks to counter Tiktok, which is gradually eating away at its market, by pushing its own short videos. Many social networks want to invest in the vein of ultra-short videos dominated by the Chinese application TikTok. Facebook is the latest network to enter the race. Its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, … Read more