Author: Eunice Montjoy

Facebook Gives Android Users An Option Not Permanently To Share Location

20Feb

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Facebook Gives Android Users An Option Not Permanently To Share Location

Facebook gives Android Users an option not Permanently to share Location. Facebook now offers users on Android phones the opportunity to share their location only when they use the app, the company announces Wednesday. Android users can modify the background location option in the Facebook app to ensure that Facebook can only query the location when the app is in use. Previously, Facebook only had the opportunity to always or never collect the location. Android does not offer an option to determine per app that the location data can only be obtained, when the app is in use, something iOS offers for iPhones. Users who disable location history assure that Facebook only collects the location when the app is in use. If Location History is enabled, users will also share their loc...

YouTube Eases Policy On Violating The Code Of Conduct

20Feb

By Eunice MontjoyNo Comments

International, News, Technology

YouTube Eases Policy On Violating The Code Of Conduct

YouTube Eases policy on Violating the code of Conduct. Users who violate the YouTube rules will no longer be penalised for the first offence. YouTube eases the penalties for misconduct on the platform from Tuesday. At the very first offence, the content that led to the violation is removed by YouTube, but users will only receive a warning from now on. After the first warning, all subsequent violations lead to a strike, which is in the name of the use. A channel is removed for three strikes in ninety days. A strike expires after ninety days. The first warning is not included in that system: it is only sent once and does not expire. Previously, YouTube promptly gave a strike and a live stream ban on the first offence. The first strike now indicates a ban on live broadcasts and ...

United States ‘Miles And Miles’ Away From A Trade Deal With China

25Jan

By Eunice MontjoyNo Comments

China, News, US

United States ‘Miles And Miles’ Away From A Trade Deal With China

United States 'miles and miles' Away from a Trade deal with China. The United States is still "miles and miles" away from a trade deal with China, as US trade minister Wilbur Ross said, according to the reports. According to Ross, that should not be a big surprise, because everything is so "complex". After all, there are a lot of concerns, he stated. Ross also referred to "structural reforms" that the Americans believe are needed in China. There should also be the discussion of punitive measures that can be imposed if parties do not keep to agreements. The US and China have previously agreed on a cease-fire in the trade war, with no new tariffs being forced. The deadline expires on 1 March. In the eyes of Ross, there is also time left to cut through. President Donald Trump ha...

Web Browser Firefox Displays Advertisements On Tabs

31Dec

By Eunice MontjoyNo Comments

News, Technology

Web Browser Firefox Displays Advertisements On Tabs

Web Browser Firefox displays Advertisements on Tabs. The Firefox web browser shows advertisements in new tabs. It is the first time that the program shows advertising in this way. According to the reports, the advertising banner is standing where the browser shows tips typically using the so-called Snippets function. Mozilla, the maker of Firefox, was in the past often critical of ads on websites. The web browser can also automatically obstruct tracking cookies posted by advertisements, to guarantee the privacy of users. By making the advertisements part of the web browser, it is more complicated for adblockers to block them. The company has not stated anything about the new advertising function. At the moment not everyone gets to see the advertisement.

Uber Is Allowed To Leave The Road Again With Self-Driving Cars

18Dec

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Business, News, US

Uber Is Allowed To Leave The Road Again With Self-Driving Cars

Uber is Allowed to leave the Road again with Self-driving Cars. The American city of Pittsburgh has given Uber permission to test self-driving cars on public roads again. The tests were stopped in March after an accident fell in a crash. Uber received approval from the Department of Transportation in the state of Pennsylvania, according to the reports. An Uber spokesperson affirms the approval but states that the tests have not yet begun. "We have not yet put self-driving cars back on the road." Nine months ago, a self-driving car from Uber got involved in a deadly accident. Then the company immediately halted its tests. Research later showed that the human driver, who must intervene when essential, was misled. It was then too late to intervene to avoid the victim. Uber di...

Dutch CEO Of AEX Company Earns 3.2 Million Pounds

12Dec

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Europe, International, News

Dutch CEO Of AEX Company Earns 3.2 Million Pounds

Dutch CEO of AEX company Earns 3.2 Million Pounds. The directors of the largest Dutch companies received an average remuneration of 3.2 million pounds last year, although the differences are significant. The least earning CEO gained 629,000 pounds while the most earning 7.4 million pounds. In 2016, the average remuneration stood at 2.6 million pounds, according to Wednesday from an overview of the Belgian training institute Vlerick Business School. The institution reviewed the remuneration of CEOs of 862 listed companies in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Sweden. In Germany and the United Kingdom, the directors of large listed companies deserve more. The average annual salary in Germany is 5.5 million. In the United Kingdom, it ...

Japanese Minister Of Cybersecurity ‘Not Very Familiar With Cybersecurity’

25Nov

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Japan, News

Japanese Minister Of Cybersecurity ‘Not Very Familiar With Cybersecurity’

Japanese Minister of cybersecurity 'not very Familiar with Cybersecurity'. The Japanese minister Yoshitaka Sakurada recently came into disrepute after saying that he had never used a computer before. Now he states "not very familiar" with cybersecurity problems. "My job as a minister consists mainly of reading answers to questions from legislators audibly without making mistakes," the minister stated while debating in parliament, according to the reports. The 68-year-old minister also had difficulties reading aloud those answers during the meeting. Even, he did not understand questions from legislators, and he reportedly gave some inappropriate answers. Sakurada said earlier this month that he had never used a computer. "I've been instructing staff since I was 25," the mini...

Rabobank Investigates The Sale Of Activities In The United States

13Nov

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Business, News, US

Rabobank Investigates The Sale Of Activities In The United States

Rabobank Investigates the sale of Activities in the United States. Rabobank is investigating the sale of activities in the United States, according to the reports by insiders. The deal could result in more than 1 billion dollars. These were parts of the American branch of Rabobank that are engaged in asset management and services to retailers. Rabobank N.A., as that American branch is called, according to data from the Federal Reserve, total assets worth $ 13.5 billion. In 2014, we also observed at a sale of the same parts, but that was not followed up. It later became known that justice in the US investigated Rabobank because of the processing of different payments. The bank eventually had to pay $ 368 million for that matter.

Transavia Examines Tax On Rolling Suitcases In Hand Baggage

4Nov

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Business, Europe, News

Transavia Examines Tax On Rolling Suitcases In Hand Baggage

Transavia examines Tax on rolling Suitcases in Hand Baggage. Airline Transavia will investigate a tax on larger pieces of hand luggage. That verifies a representative on Friday. Price fighters Ryanair and Wizzair have already started a similar charge on Thursday. Reason for the research is the increasing difficulties with the amount of hand luggage in the aircraft of Transavia. According to the reports, there is insufficient space in the plane, which leads to overcrowding and delays. "We notice an increase in the use of trolleys as hand luggage. It leads to congestion in the cabin and delays, "said Norbert Cappetti, a representative for the Dutch airline. "We are investigating some options to identify this, following our colleagues." Examples of possible options are overco...

Trump Wants To Make A Post From China More Expensive

17Oct

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China, News, US

Trump Wants To Make A Post From China More Expensive

Trump Wants to make a Post from China more Expensive. Donald Trump has reportedly invented something new to hit China in its trade dispute with the Asian country. According to reports, the US president plans to withdraw the United States from a 144-year-old postal treaty. This treaty specifies that Chinese companies can send small packages to the US at an advantageous rate. They say that the White House may already come with an official announcement on Wednesday. Earlier this week, Trump alluded to additional import duties on Chinese products in a television interview. The US has already set tariffs for a total of 190 billion pounds worth of Chinese goods in three different rounds. The idea of tackling this profitable postal treaty for China now falls well in parts of America...