Facebook’s Name Change Won’t Fix Anything

Can rebranding the company herald a fresh start? Experts, as you might guess, are skeptical. Source: Facebook’s Name Change Won’t Fix Anything WHEN MARK ZUCKERBERG created Facebook, in 2004, it was a mere directory of students at Harvard: The Face Book. Two decades, 90 acquisitions, and billions of dollars later, Facebook has become a household name. Now it wants …

Google admits it lets hundreds of other companies access your Gmail inbox

Ok, so this was written 20 SEPTEMBER 2018 so I’m a bit late with this.. Full article here  Previously Google itself mined users’ emails for personal data in order to target its advertising, but stopped in 2017 after a class action lawsuit accused it of illegal wiretapping. The company continues to scan emails to let …

Rise of the robot therapists and the psychiatry apps vying to replace humans

By Tom Hoggins and Mason Boycott-Owen 28 SEPTEMBER 2019 • 8:00AM via Rise of the robot therapists and the psychiatry apps vying to replace humans As a society, we are increasingly waking up to the stresses and strains everyday life has on our mental health. Research suggests that mental illness is no more prevalent than it was twenty years …