1+ hour, 48+ min ago   (796+ words) The watch time was once treated as a secondary metric, but now it occupies the middle of the video recommendation systems. Algorithms desire to present the viewer with the content that will retain them on the platform, and watch time…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (579+ words) by Josh T. Smith and Megan E. Jenkins, opinion contributors 09/13/26 12:00 PM ET Remember 2018, when every city council, major airline, and coffee giant suddenly decided that plastic sip-lids were the frontline of planetary salvation? It was the great Plastic Straw Panic. Celebrities made…...

2+ hour, 31+ min ago   (407+ words) Brandcom - Linking the future Five iPhone models are scheduled to lose access to WhatsApp starting November 30, 2026, unless their owners install a software update before the deadline, according to the messaging platform’s revised system requirements. WhatsApp which is owned by Meta,…...

5+ hour, 41+ min ago   (864+ words) Last Tuesday, the Australian federal government announced a long-awaited amendment to the Online Safety Act, outlining a digital duty of care to protect Australians from preventable online harms. The bill will be discussed by parliament before the end of the…...

3+ hour, 10+ min ago   (232+ words) A South African digital creator has left thousands of people wondering how they ever managed without two WhatsApp features they never knew existed. Kara-Jayne Seynisch, known online as @live_savvy_sa and followed by over 105,000 people on Instagram, shared a short tutorial on…...

13+ hour, 28+ min ago   (467+ words) Delhi High Court has directed Meta and Google to take down multiple Facebook pages and YouTube channels that circulated deepfake videos of India TV chairman and journalist Rajat Sharma, while also allowing Sharma and India TV to approach the platforms…...

4+ hour, 45+ min ago   (278+ words) WhatsApp is set to raise its minimum software requirement for iPhones later this year, meaning users of some older Apple devices will need to update their software to continue using the messaging platform. From November 30, 2026, WhatsApp will require iOS 15.5 or…...

6+ hour, 18+ min ago   (1255+ words) An Instagram video downloader gives you a simple way to save publicly available Instagram videos to your device for offline viewing. Grabfy.com works directly in a web browser, so there is no separate app to install, no need to…...

7+ hour, 27+ min ago   (641+ words) LOWELL — Jeff Markley has been building data centers since 1991. Some 35 years later, he still is, but is concerned that opposition to the technology is challenging the commonwealth’s ability to remain competitive and relevant into the 21st century. “If Massachusetts wants to…...

9+ hour, 10+ min ago   (635+ words) How does the public view data centers? Public frustration is rising quickly. A survey conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania in August found that about 61% of US adults oppose the construction of new data…...