Instagram users in Australia can no longer see how many ‘likes’ a post has a received under a trial designed to “remove pressure” on the digital platform’s users. Instagram began rolling out the trial update on Thursday morning, removing the total number of likes on photos and viewings of videos on user feeds and profiles, and permalink pages. Users can still …

WhatsApp messenger users are urged to upgrade the app and their operating systems after hackers were able to exploit a flaw in the platform to remotely install surveillance software on phones using it. After discovering the flaw, platform owner Facebook released its fix this week. All the hackers had to do to get into the app was to call it …

Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has called for regulators and governments to play a “more active role” in establishing rules that govern the internet. Mr Zuckerberg, whose company is under pressure for failing to adequately police hate speech and protect user privacy on its platform, wrote in an opinion piece for the Washington Post that a “standardised approach” …

Concerned with the possibility that the Chinese government could swipe American intellectual property through its dealings with Google and use it to advanced its military, US Joint Chiefs Chairman General Joseph Dunford said Thursday that he will be addressing the matter at a meeting with executives from the tech company next week. Speaking at an Atlantic Council event in Washington, DC, Dunford …

Thousands of students have taken to the streets across Australia to call for action on climate change in defiance of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s advice for them to stay in school. Crowds of thousands of students blocked busy city streets in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane, with smaller gatherings also taking place in regional centres. Up to a thousand children packed Sydney’s …

China is reportedly in the process of creating an “artificial moon” that would be bright enough to replace the streetlights in the south-western city of Chengdu by 2020. The illuminated satellite is said to be eight times brighter than the real moon, according to state media People’s Daily, and forms part of the country’s growing ambitions in space. Chinese scientists …

Americans William Nordhaus and Paul Romer have won the 2018 Nobel Economics Prize for work in integrating climate change and technological innovation into economic analysis, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said. Proceedings have been overshadowed by the absence of the literature prize, postponed to give the Swedish Academy time to restore public trust after a sexual assault scandal. Mr …

While many Facebook users’ hearts skipped a beat when the company’s founder was testifying before the US Congress on the Cambridge Analytica case, Twitterians were laughing their heads off, wondering if Zuckerberg was human. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has testified before Congress over a data breach scandal: the Cambridge Analytica consultancy firm managed to obtain the social network users’ private …

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