https://techxplore.com/internet-news/ en-us The latest news on the internet, world wide web, web 2.0 and science technology. You're running late at the airport and need to urgently access your account, only to be greeted by one of those frustrating tests—"Select all images with traffic lights" or "Type the letters you see in this box." You squint, you guess, but somehow you're wrong. You complete another test but still the site isn't satisfied. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-12-human-bot-longer-ai-agents.html Internet Wed, 25 Dec 2024 09:20:01 EST news654167583 The world's deadliest tsunami hit nations around the Indian Ocean two decades ago before social media platforms flourished, but they have since transformed how we understand and respond to disasters—from finding the missing to swift crowdfunding. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-12-blogs-bluesky-social-media-shifts.html Internet Tue, 24 Dec 2024 07:50:01 EST news654248119 Finland is consistently ranked as Europe's most media-literate country and the skills needed to spot online hoaxes are on the school curriculum, amidst a boom of mis- and disinformation campaigns. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-12-finnish-youth-disinformation.html Internet Tue, 24 Dec 2024 07:40:01 EST news654247893 The emergence of generative artificial intelligence tools that allow people to efficiently produce novel and detailed online reviews with almost no work has put merchants, service providers and consumers in uncharted territory, watchdog groups and researchers say. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-12-internet-rife-fake-ai-worse.html Internet Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:23:54 EST news654179029 Are you helping an elderly parent with some holiday shopping and need to get reimbursed? Have they asked you to pay some bills or e-transfer funds to the grandkids from their accounts? You aren't alone. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-12-password-common-older-adults-door.html Internet Thu, 19 Dec 2024 10:10:01 EST news653824895 OpenAI on Monday said it is making ChatGPT-powered internet search available to all users, escalating its threat to Google's dominance. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-12-chatgpt-users-google.html Internet Tue, 17 Dec 2024 05:13:47 EST news653634819 Nearly half of American teenagers say they are online "constantly" despite concerns about the effects of social media and smartphones on their mental health, according to a new report published Thursday by the Pew Research Center. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-12-teens-online-constantly-pew.html Internet Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:28:24 EST news653232499 Australia will force Meta and Google to pay for news shared on their platforms under a new scheme unveiled Thursday, threatening to tax them if they refuse to strike deals with local media. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-12-australia-tech-titans-pay-news.html Internet Thu, 12 Dec 2024 04:30:02 EST news653200097 After a sprawling hacking campaign exposed the communications of an unknown number of Americans, U.S. cybersecurity officials are advising people to use encryption in their communications. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-12-tech-communications-encryption.html Internet Thu, 12 Dec 2024 04:23:09 EST news653199783 Social media giant Meta announced Monday a worldwide anti-scam awareness campaign aimed at protecting users from fraudulent schemes during the holiday shopping season. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-12-meta-holiday-scams.html Internet Tue, 10 Dec 2024 12:30:01 EST news653055682 Spotify has just released its 2024 Spotify Wrapped, the music streaming site's annual presentation of each user's yearly listening habits. It gives you a fun recap of your most listened to songs, artists and genres from the past year—complete with stats like how many minutes you listened and your top genre "phases" or "moments." https://techxplore.com/news/2024-12-spotify-songs.html Internet Thu, 05 Dec 2024 13:29:21 EST news652627757 What would you say at Twitter's funeral? https://techxplore.com/news/2024-12-bluesky-isnt-twitter-resemblance-millions.html Internet Thu, 05 Dec 2024 12:50:01 EST news652624408 Social media giants on Friday hit out at a landmark Australian law banning them from signing up under-16s, describing it as a rush job littered with "many unanswered questions". https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-social-media-companies-slam-australia.html Internet Fri, 29 Nov 2024 03:30:01 EST news652073038 An Australian teenage news boss says landmark legislation barring under-16s from social media is a "really bad idea" that will stifle young people's creativity. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-teen-news-boss-criticizes-australian.html Internet Fri, 29 Nov 2024 03:21:50 EST news652072898 People determined to spread toxic messages online have taken to masking their words to bypass automated moderation filters. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-unmasking-hidden-online-tool-nasty.html Internet Thu, 28 Nov 2024 15:20:01 EST news651932187 A team of computer scientists at Technical University of Darmstadt, working with a colleague from the University of Glasgow, and another from Humbold University of Berlin, has found evidence via experiments they ran, that when asked to build a web page, LLMs often include manipulative design practices. The group has posted their research on the arXiv preprint server. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-web-pages-llms.html Internet Thu, 28 Nov 2024 13:00:01 EST news651834463 Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday started examining four cases that turn on how far social media should be regulated, and what responsibilities platforms have in cracking down on illegal content. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-brazil-court-social-media.html Internet Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:44:15 EST news651944650 Australian lawmakers moved a step closer to banning under 16s from social media platforms Wednesday, threatening companies that fail to comply with multimillion-dollar fines. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-australia-16s-social-media.html Internet Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:29:28 EST news651904162 In the digital age, personal data is hugely valuable. Companies are eager to access this data, but regulations like the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) require users' explicit consent. What GDPR doesn't specify, however, is how firms should ask for that consent. Some lean on transparency, while others sweeten the deal with persuasive tactics, like offering discounts in exchange for personal information. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-opt-maze-transparency-persuasion-consent.html Internet Tue, 26 Nov 2024 15:43:03 EST news651858181 Australian celebrity and "public relations maven" Roxy Jacenko has said she regrets turning her daughter, Pixie Curtis, into a child social media influencer. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-online-world-isnt-safe-photos.html Internet Tue, 26 Nov 2024 11:15:37 EST news651842131 Thousands of Microsoft 365 customers worldwide reported having issues with services like Outlook and Teams on Monday. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-outlook-thousands-microsoft-users-outage.html Internet Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:37:46 EST news651767863 Google and the US government will face off in a federal court on Monday, as each side delivers its closing arguments in a case revolving around the technology giant's alleged unfair domination of online advertising. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-arguments-google-antitrust-trial-ad.html Internet Mon, 25 Nov 2024 04:34:34 EST news651731668 US antitrust lawyers are calling on a judge to force the sale of Google's Chrome browser to limit the company's market clout in a move that would shake up the internet giant. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-google-chrome.html Internet Sat, 23 Nov 2024 04:15:56 EST news651557748 A new book has outlined why public institutions should recognize a new human right to free internet access and what such a right could look like. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-free-internet-access-human.html Internet Thu, 21 Nov 2024 09:24:29 EST news651403462 Social media companies could be fined more than US$30 million if they fail to keep children off their platforms, under new laws tabled before Australia's parliament Thursday. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-australia-30m-fine-social-media.html Internet Thu, 21 Nov 2024 04:50:01 EST news651386835 The US government late Wednesday asked a judge to order the dismantling of Google by selling its widely used Chrome browser in a major antitrust crackdown on the internet giant. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-breakup-google-chrome.html Internet Thu, 21 Nov 2024 04:41:12 EST news651386465 Looking for a new social media platform because X, Threads and Mastodon just aren't cutting it? You could try Bluesky. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-tech-bluesky.html Internet Thu, 21 Nov 2024 04:33:14 EST news651385984 How do you remove children from the harms of social media? Politically the answer appears simple in Australia, but practically the solution could be far more difficult. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-australia-children-social-media-popular.html Internet Wed, 20 Nov 2024 04:40:01 EST news651299806 How will the internet evolve in the coming decades? https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-year-short-story-borges-portends.html Internet Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:02:34 EST news651243742 The US will urge a judge to make Google-parent company Alphabet sell its widely used Chrome browser in a major antitrust crackdown on the internet giant, according to a media report Monday. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-google-chrome-browser.html Internet Tue, 19 Nov 2024 03:46:08 EST news651210363