Monthly Archives: September 2022

Google search can help you buy train tickets in select countries

Google rolled out new features in Google Travel | Illustration: The Verge Google announced a new feature that will allow you to buy train tickets through search in select countries, including Japan, Germany, Italy, and Spain. The company says this could make it easier for users to choose more emission-conscious travel options when booking travel….

Clicking ‘dislike’ on YouTube probably doesn’t do much to customize your feed

Photo by NordWood Themes on Unsplash A new report from Mozilla, the makers of the privacy-focused Firefox browser, suggests that YouTube’s user controls are ineffective at controlling what people see on the platform—despite what Google claims. Using data from almost 23,000 volunteers, Mozilla was able to show that YouTube kept recommending similar videos even when…

Your Microsoft Teams or Zoom calls could be getting hacked in a really bizarre way

Your humble eyeglasses could give hackers a secret window into your company’s valuable data on video calls, security experts have claimed. Researchers from the University of Michigan in the US and Zhejiang University in China recently published a report in which they explain how eyeglasses reflections could be used to steal sensitive or private data,…

Study suggests YouTube’s dislike button isn’t doing what you want it to do

A new study from Firefox developer Mozilla suggests that YouTube’s video moderation tools are ineffective as the website will continue to recommend videos you aren’t interested in. The way it’s supposed to work is that users have several tools to teach YouTube’s enigmatic algorithm what they don’t want to watch. You have options like the…