Loot boxes: I blew my university savings gaming on Fifa July 7, 2020 techengine comments (18) How one teenager spent nearly £3,000 on his “addiction” to video game loot boxes.
Facebook civil-rights record hammered in own review July 7, 2020 techengine comments (12) Activists are left “frustrated and angry” by Facebook’s approach, a two-year civil-rights audit finds.
Digital divide: Six children sharing one phone for homework July 7, 2020 techengine comments (10) Research has shown an estimated million children have no adequate access to devices or the internet.
How the US caught flashy Nigerian Instagrammers ‘with $40m’ July 6, 2020 techengine comments (14) Dubai has extradited “mrwoodbery” and “hushpuppi” to the US to face cyber money fraud charges.
TikTok algorithm promoted ‘sickening’ anti-Semitic meme July 6, 2020 techengine comments (9) Nearly 100 videos of an offensive song were viewed more than 6m times before TikTok took action.
TikTok algorithm promoted anti-Semitic death camp meme July 6, 2020 techengine comments (24) About 100 videos of an offensive song were viewed more than six million times before it took action.