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Crutch-user commutes for 6 hours in Mega Manila

Christina Quiambao, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 03:21 PM

A crutch-user spends 6 hours on the road as she faces lack of elevators, high steps on jeepneys, and long waits on her commute in Mega Manila. Read more »

TikTok says Oracle to keep US user data safe

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 18 10:06 AM

The announcement came as the app fended off concerns about the ability of engineers in China to access information about US users that isn't public. Read more »

Tech titans look to ditch passwords

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 06 08:25 AM

Apple, Google and Microsoft said they are looking to get rid of passwords and replace them with a more secure way to access accounts or devices. Read more »

Pandemic surveillance: is tracing tech here to stay?

Umberto Bacchi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Mar 09 04:16 PM

The COVID-19 fight has turned technology into a weapon against the virus but experts now worry that tech will normalize mass surveillance. Read more »

St. Luke's: Drug test results are in 'standard format'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 25 08:53 PM

St. Luke's Medical Center on Thursday said its drug test results on circulating on social media are in "standard format" and are "common" in authorized laboratories. Read more »

Bong Go, Leody De Guzman say willing to take drug test

Wena Cos and Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 08:18 PM

Sen. Bong Go and labor leader Leody De Guzman said they are willing to take a drug test, after President Rodrigo Duterte claimed last week that one of their fellow 2022 presidential aspirants is into cocaine. Read more »

Comelec says can't compel bets to undergo drug test due to SC ruling

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 06:29 PM

The Comelec cannot compel candidates in the May 2022 elections to submit themselves to mandatory drug testing, citing a 2009 Supreme Court ruling. Read more »

Candidates on Duterte cocaine blind item: File charges

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 19 10:13 PM

Some presidential bets are proposing the filing of charges against the aspirant allegedly using illegal drugs, as the President alleged. Read more »

Public warned vs 'smishing,' urged to block unknown numbers

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 07 12:44 PM

The National Privacy Commission is investigating reports of 'smishing' or the unauthorized use of contact tracing details for phishing via text messages, its chief said Thursday. Read more »

Apple doubles down on privacy in new iPhone software

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 08 08:09 AM

Apple on Monday said it is ramping up privacy and expanding features in new iPhone operating software to be released later this year.   Read more »

Goodbye Internet Explorer: Microsoft announces browser retirement

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 21 11:16 AM

Microsoft said it is retiring Internet Explorer, the browser it created more than 25 years ago and which is now largely abandoned as people instead use competitors like Google's Chrome or Apple's Safari. Read more »

Apple moving forward on app privacy, despite pushback

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 25 11:27 PM

An update to the software powering some billion iPhones around the world kicks in Monday with an enhanced privacy feature critics fear will roil the internet advertising world. Read more »

Data from 500 million Facebook accounts posted online: reports

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 04 12:51 PM

Data affecting more than 500 million Facebook users that was originally leaked in 2019, including email addresses and phone numbers, has been posted on an online hackers forum, according to media reports and a cybercrime expert. Read more »

Lalaki patay sa pamamaril sa Ilocos Sur

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 13 04:11 AM

SINAIT, Ilocos Sur - Patay ang isang 33-anyos na lalaki nang pagbabarilin siya sa Barangay Sapriana sa bayan ng Sinait Huwebes ng umaga.   Read more »

Google moves away from diet of 'cookies' to track users

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 07 09:17 PM

Google is weaning itself off user-tracking "cookies" which allow the web giant to deliver personalized ads but which also have raised the hackles of privacy defenders.   Read more »

Twitter accelerates user growth amid pandemic, unrest

Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 24 06:07 AM

Twitter showed strong gains in its user base with more people turning to the short-message social network during the pandemic and civil unrest, according to a quarterly update Thursday that offered positive signs despite a big drop in ad revenues. Read more »

Google users' location, web history wiped after 18 months in privacy update

Paresh Dave, Reuters
Posted at Jun 25 08:13 AM

Alphabet Inc's Google said on Wednesday it would automatically delete some location history after 18 months for new users and make it easier for everyone to access its search, Maps and YouTube apps without being tracked. Read more »

Facebook to face renewed privacy lawsuit over user tracking

Jonathan Stempel, Reuters
Posted at Apr 10 07:29 AM

A federal appeals court on Thursday revived nationwide litigation accusing Facebook Inc of violating users' privacy rights by tracking their internet activity even after they logged out of the social media website. Read more »

Facebook draws on user data to help battle coronavirus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 07 07:29 AM

Facebook on Monday said it is providing anonymous data about users' movements and relationships to help researchers better anticipate where the coronavirus might spread. Read more »

Facebook scrambles as use soars in time of COVID-19 isolation

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 19 11:08 AM

The leading social network said it has nearly doubled server capacity to power WhatsApp as people in isolation place more voice and video calls using the popular messaging service.   Read more »