Almost half of antidepressant users could quit with GP support, study finds | Depression
Almost half of long-term antidepressant users could stop taking their medication with the support of their GP and access to online or telephone helplines, a study has found. More than 40 percent of study participants who were in good health and not at risk of relapse were able to stop taking their medication on their […]
‘Clever’ copy-and-paste scam targets Google Chrome users: cybersecurity experts
Google Chrome users are the latest group to be targeted by a scam enticing them into copying and pasting malicious malware onto their computers. Cybersecurity experts Proofpoint have warned users to be on the lookout for pop-up notifications saying there’s an error when trying to open a document or web page. A Proofpoint spokesperson said […]
Instagram urges users to reconsider following Tucker Carlson in ‘insane warning’
Tucker Carlson has over 3.7 million followers. InstagramHe has nearly 13 million followers on X. While his following is likely much higher on X, the platform where Carlson regularly uploads episodes of his show and where there is ostensibly less censorship, there may be another reason that explains the difference. Ashton DeGroot, social media content […]
CoinStats warns users to move funds from wallets created on platform following security incident – The Block
Security • June 22, 2024 at 4:40pm EDT Published 1 minute ago upon CoinStats, a popular app that helps users create wallets and track their crypto portfolios across different chains, has warned users who have created wallets using the app to transfer their funds following a “security incident” affecting the platform. The platform noted on […]
EXCLUSIVE: GOP Reps Probe Zuckerberg, Meta For Hiding ‘Political And Social’ Content From Users’ Feeds
Two Republican lawmakers are pressing Meta over a decision to proactively opt users out of having “political and social” content suggested to them on two of the company’s social media platforms. Republican Texas Reps. August Pfluger and Dan Crenshaw wrote a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s CEO and founder, and Javier Olivan, Meta COO, requesting […]
Instagram recommends sexual videos to users as young as 13: report
The startling findings of a seven-month analysis released on Thursday found that Instagram’s algorithms regularly serve sexually provocative videos featuring revealing sex content creators to teen users as young as 13 years old. The Wall Street Journal Northeastern University researchers investigated the Mark Zuckerberg-led app’s filters by creating an account posing as a fictitious 13-year-old […]
Johnson & Johnson faces new class action lawsuit on behalf of talc users
Fox Business Briefs: Johnson & Johnson has announced that it will stop selling its talc-based baby powder in the United States. A new class action lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson seeks damages and medical oversight on behalf of women who have been diagnosed with or may develop cancer due to their use of the company’s […]
Apple’s new iOS 18 feature for apps has users worried it will allow people to easily ‘cheat’
Apple has announced new features for its upcoming iOS 18 version, but some are worried they could make it easier for their partners to cheat. Users will be able to lock or hide apps on their iPhone home screen once a new update is released in the US this fall, Apple announced on Monday after […]
AT&T Cellular Users Report National Outage
(Photo by PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images) Avril Elfi from OANTuesday, June 4, 2024 5:21 PM AT&T customers are experiencing a nationwide outage that makes it impossible to make calls or access the internet. advertisement AT&T users reported issues Tuesday in states including Florida, Georgia and Texas. Officials in Virginia also reported problems and said […]
ChatGPT down for some users, OpenAI says
Perplexity founder and CEO Aravind Srinivas shares insights about his search engine on “The Claman Countdown.” OpenAI’s popular service ChatGPT is currently down for some users due to an “unresolved incident,” the company announced on Tuesday. “We continue to work on fixing this issue,” OpenAI said on its status page early Tuesday. OpenAI said some […]