Category: Tech

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)

Wall Street Journal Subscriber Database Was Hacked

Dow Jones, the parent company of Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has just released a statement that WSJ subscriber database was compromised by a hack. The company says that it has found evidence of unauthorized access to its systems but claims that it has not uncovered any direct evidence that information was stolen.

AVG Privacy Policy

AVG Says It Can Sell Your Browsing And Search History To Advertisers In Updated Privacy Policy

AVG has updated its privacy policy of its free antivirus software saying that it can make money by selling your non-personal data to advertisers. These non-personal data includes your browsing and search history, your device’s brand, language and apps in use, among other things. The new privacy policy comes into effect on 15 October 2015.

Facebook

Facebook Is Finally Developing A Dislike Button

During a Q&A session today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that Facebook is developing a “dislike” button that will allow users to express empathy or sadness, rather than negativity. This is a welcome news for all those users who are requesting the company to add a “dislike” button alongside its famous “like” feature.

Deep Space Network - Antenna

New Horizons Starts Sending Data Collected From Pluto Flyby

New Horizons has collected tens of gigabits of data from its Pluto flyby and stored them on its digital recorders. Today, NASA started the process of downlink the data from the spacecraft. Due to the distance and the volume of data, it will take about one year to complete the downlink.

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Google Fun Facts To Ruin Your Productivity

Google not only helpful and improve our productivity, but also knows how to makes us waste time. If you have too much time, then go to the google homepage and type in “fun facts,” the search engine will present you with a new type of answer box filled with a curious tidbit or two.