Technology

The United States is looking at the possibility of banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok.

Twitter users have long asked for the ability to edit their tweets, and now the company has offered to provide one — but there are strings attached. 

The social media giant announced the ban on June 30.

“The policies we’re implementing today are designed to address the reality of the challenges our country is facing and how they’re showing up across our community,” Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook page announcing the changes.

Consumers have generally consented to their phone location data being collected for marketing purposes, but not necessarily for government surveillance.

The watch can pick up signs that the wearer is at a sink, based on motion sensors and the sound of water.

A tweet by president Donald Trump vowing that "There will never be an 'Autonomous Zone' in Washington, D.C.," was flagged on Twitter for violating the company's "abusive behavior" guidelines. 

Thousands of employees are asking the company to stop selling tech to law enforcement.

The feature will allow people to turn off all social issue, electoral or political ads from candidates, Super PACs or other organizations that have the "Paid for by" disclaimer on them.

The feature is being tested on Android "to help promote informed discussion," the company said.

Twitter has blocked a Trump campaign video tribute to George Floyd over a copyright claim.

Alexis Ohanian said he also intends to use future earnings on Reddit stock to serve the black community and pledged to donate $1 million to Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp.

Apple is watching the looters who have pillaged its stores during the protests.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg isn’t budging over his refusal to take action on inflammatory posts by President Donald Trump that spread misinformation about voting by mail and, many said, encouraged violence against protesters.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted, "We'll continue to point out incorrect or disputed information about elections globally."

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University analyzed more than 200 million tweets discussing coronavirus or COVID-19 since January.

Apple and Google on Wednesday released long-awaited smartphone technology to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus.

Two Texas women are suing ADT Security Services in a pair of federal lawsuits over a breach that allowed an employee for the security giant to allegedly view footage from indoor security cameras installed in hundreds of homes over several years.

The companies did not disclose financial terms. Citing unnamed people familiar with the matter, Axios said the deal is valued around $400 million.