Facebook users forced to log out unexpectedly due to 'configuration change'
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Facebook users forced to log out unexpectedly due to 'configuration change'
After an unexpected log out activity observed by users on Friday, the American social networking service Facebook explained that a 'configuration change' led to the issue which was fixed on Saturday morning.
A Facebook company spokesperson said in an email to The Verge, which read, "On January 22, a configuration change caused some people to be logged out of their Facebook accounts.
We investigated the issue and fixed it for everyone earlier today.
We're sorry for the inconvenience."The problem began on Friday, with users on the r/Facebook Reddit board reporting they were receiving "sign-in" prompts from their Facebook apps, but they had not signed out.
Facebook also confirmed the news on its official Twitter handle, writing, "So Facebook, heard it was a "configuration change to the engineers who fixed the issue and patiently tried to explain the cause to us to no avail." Engadget found that iPhone users were the most affected by the log-out issue, stating that users of Facebook's iOS app were having difficulty logging back in when using two-factor authentication.
Most of them were able to log back in, but the authentication codes needed were taking a long time to reach users due to the glitch
The world's first personalised mRNA cancer jab for melanoma is being tested on British patients. Steve Young, 52, from Stevenage, joined a clinical trial after being diagnosed with the potentially deadly form of skin cancer. Dr Heather Shaw, an investigator for the trial, said the jab had the potential to cure people with melanoma and is being tested in other cancers.
âThis is one of the most exciting things weâve seen in a really long time," she said.
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Former Post Office boss Angela van den Bogerd has arrived at the Post Office inquiry on her second day of giving evidence. Ms van den Bogerd, who held numerous positions at the Post Office during her 35-year career, opened her evidence yesterday by saying she is "truly sorry" for the "devastation" caused to wrongly convicted sub-postmasters.
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says his government would transfer the 10 remaining privately run rail networks to public ownership âwell within the first termâ by folding existing private passenger rail contracts into a new body as they expire. His comments come during a visit to a train manufacturer Hitachi in Newton Aycliffe, Co Durham. Report by Czubalam. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Superintendent Ross Evans from Dyfed Powys Police says a 13 year girl has been charged with three counts of attempted murder. She was arrested yesterday after three people, two teachers and a student, were stabbed at a school in Wales during the morning break. Itâs an incident thatâs left the local community in shock. Report by Czubalam. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The sister of the headteacher Ruth Perry, who took her own life following an Ofsted report, says it's "depressing" to see the Government has decided to keep one word judgements for school inspections. The government was asked by the Education Select Committee to scrap the single word assessment - such as "outstanding or inadequate" - but said today it's keeping the headline grade because it provides a "succinct" summary for parents and schools. Report by Czubalam. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Reddit Prices Shares , at $34 in IPO.
Reddit will go public on March 21 and has priced
its IPO at $34 a share, Yahoo Finance reports.
That is about a $6.4 billion valuation.
A social media company hasn't gone
public since Pinterest in 2019.
Reddit gained increased recognition
amid the meme stock craze of 2021.
Reddit had 500 million site visitors in 2023.
Its revenue increased 20%
from 2022 to $804 million.
According to an S-1 filing, Reddit said that its "content is particularly important" for the world of artificial intelligence.
We are exploring business
opportunities in licensing data
for purposes including machine
learning, business analysis, display
and training generative AI models, Reddit, via S-1 filing.
1.76 million shares have been set aside for eligible Reddit users and moderators. .
Headline venture partner Kamran Ansar
said the decision lends itself to volatility. .
You may see a big run up in
the stock price and a drop, Headline venture partner Kamran Ansar, via statement.
Because this has such a rabid
community around it, the Reddit
users, you could see Reddit itself
ironically become a meme stock
the way that you saw happen
with like AMC and GameStop, Headline venture partner Kamran Ansar, via statement
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Apple Sends iPhone Users in 92 Countries , a Spyware Attack Warning.
The message was sent on
April 10, Engadget reports. .
Apple detected that you are being targeted
by a mercenary spyware attack that is trying
to remotely compromise the iPhone
associated with your Apple ID -xxx-, Apple's warning, via Engadget.
This attack is likely targeting
you specifically because of
who you are or what you do. , Apple's warning, via Engadget.
Although it's never possible to achieve
absolute certainty when detecting such
attacks, Apple has high confidence in
this warning â please take it seriously, Apple's warning, via Engadget.
Internal information and investigations are used by the tech giant to pinpoint attacks. .
However, Apple couldn't provide any more information about the mercenary spyware attacks because it might "help attackers avoid future detection," Engadget reports. .
Apple has sent this type of message
to customers in the past.
Since 2021, people in over 150 countries
have gotten similar warnings.
Last October, journalists and politicians located in India were among those
who received such a message
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All iOS Users Can Now , Log In to X With a Passkey.
While U.S. iOS users were given the option
to use passkeys back in January, .
global iOS users are now able to do the
same on the social media platform.
The login alternative is considered to be
safer than passwords, Engadget reports.
That's because passkeys aren't susceptible
to phishing and other schemes.
In order to use passkeys on X, open the
iOS app, click "Your account," and then
go to "Settings and privacy.".
Next, navigate to "Security and account access"
and then "Additional password protection.".
Passkeys can be found under
"Additional password protection.".
It is not clear if X intends to make the same option available for Android users, Engadget reports.
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LinkedIn Is Developing , In-App Games.
Networking is about to become more entertaining, Engadget reports. .
The jobs-focused social media platform will soon offer its users puzzle-based games.
The jobs-focused social media platform will soon offer its users puzzle-based games.
Nima Owji, an app researcher, posted screenshots of some of the upcoming games.
LinkedIn also confirmed the development
of the games to TechCrunch.
Weâre playing with adding puzzle-based
games within the LinkedIn experience to
unlock a bit of fun, deepen relationships,
and hopefully spark the opportunity
for conversations. Stay tuned for more!, LinkedIn spokesperson, to TechCrunch.
Upcoming titles include
'Queens,' 'Inference' and 'Crossclimb.'.
Companies will reportedly be ranked in the games based on how their employees score.
A release date has yet to be announced.
It's also not clear whether only
paid subscribers will have access to the
games or if free users can play as well. .
It's also not clear whether only
paid subscribers will have access to the
games or if free users can play as well.
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NVIDIA Sued , Over AI Copyright Infringement.
Authors have sued NVIDIA over NeMo, the company's AI language model that helps to create and train chatbots, Engadget reports.
Authors have sued NVIDIA over NeMo, the company's AI language model that helps to create and train chatbots, Engadget reports.
According to authors Abdi Nazemian,
Brian Keene and Stewart O'Nan, their
books were illegally used to train the AI.
They are seeking a jury trial and want NIVIDIA to pay damages and destroy the dataset that powers NeMo's large language models.
According to the authors, the Books3
dataset copied Bibliotek, a shadow library containing 196,640 pirated books.
In sum, NVIDIA has admitted
training its NeMo Megatron models
on a copy of The Pile dataset. , Via lawsuit against NVIDIA.
Therefore, NVIDIA necessarily also
trained its NeMo Megatron models
on a copy of Books3, because
Books3 is part of The Pile. , Via lawsuit against NVIDIA.
Certain books written by Plaintiffs
are part of Books3â including
the Infringed Worksâ, Via lawsuit against NVIDIA.
... and thus NVIDIA necessarily trained
its NeMo Megatron models on one or
more copies of the Infringed Works,
thereby directly infringing the
copyrights of the Plaintiffs, Via lawsuit against NVIDIA.
NVIDIA responded to the suit, telling 'The Wall Street Journal,' "we respect the rights of all content creators and believe we created NeMo in full compliance with copyright law.".
OpenAI and Microsoft were hit
with a similar lawsuit last year.
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Google Announces Update , Aimed at Reducing SEO , Spam Search Results.
Engadget reports that Google plans to
tweak its search algorithm in an attempt
to weed out automated spam results.
According to the company, the changes will , "keep the lowest-quality
content out of search.".
Google noted that the engine will improve
how it can locate and eliminate AI-generated
content that has become harder to spot.
The company said that the new update will apply
what was learned in a 2022 algorithmic tune-up
aimed at reducing "unhelpful, unoriginal content.".
Google hopes the changes will drive more traffic toward , "helpful and high-quality sites.".
This update involves refining
some of our core ranking systems
to help us better understand if
webpages are unhelpful, have
a poor user experience or feel
like they were created for
search engines instead of people. , Elizabeth Tucker, Google product
management director, via Engadget.
This could include sites
created primarily to match
very specific search queries, Elizabeth Tucker, Google product
management director, via Engadget.
Engadget reports that Google appears to be targeting
AI-generated SEO spam, which includes the growing
problem of sites using AI to generate worthless content.
Today, scaled content creation
methods are more sophisticated,
and whether content is created
purely through automation
isnât always as clear, Elizabeth Tucker, Google product
management director, via Engadget.
Google says the changes,
which go into effect on May 5, .
"will allow us to take action on more types of
content with little to no value created at scale,
like pages that pretend to have answers to popular
searches but fail to deliver helpful content."
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There is outrage in the country over WhatsAppâs revised privacy policy. The messaging app also issued a clarification over the issue but has not been successful in putting a halt to concerns about..
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After Whatsapp's privacy policy update caused many users to worry and shift to alternative messaging servies, the facebook owned company has come out with a clarification. WhatsApp has said the change..
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