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What would this subscription include? Well, reportedly, it would include various exclusive perks, discounts and other enticements for subscribers to spend more on Disney products and services. Of course, the benefit for Disney here – besides you spending more money – is collecting more information on your tastes and habits. This isn’t the first subscription that Disney has done either, since there is already the D23 fan club. Which costs $99 per year for one person or $129 per year for two....

Twitter was actually testing this feature for quite some time, as it was the most requested feature by users. It wanted to implement it properly, and the company believes this is it. The possibility of editing tweets is now rolling out to three countries, coming to the US soon The possibility of editing tweets is now rolling out to three countries, coming to the US soon That feature is now rolling out to Twitter Blue subscribers in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand....

The dispute between Instagram and the EU roots back in 2020 when Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) launched a probe into Instagram’s handling of children’s data. The probe was first sparked by a US-based data scientist who found that Instagram allows underage children to change their account settings to business. This makes their contact information public and could expose them to various threats. The DPC investigation wanted to ensure that Facebook (later rebranded as Meta) did its best to protect children’s privacy....

For clarity, FIDO stands for “fast identity online” and refers to technology such as fingerprint scanners and facial recognition. Specifically, with those and other technologies such as smartphones being used for online identity authentication. It has already been in use, to some extent, for any number of apps and websites. Although the majority of those do not use FIDO, relying on two-factor authentication and passwords instead. The FIDO Alliance, according to its announcement, has been explicitly working with the three above-mentioned companies to get the technology in place for more websites and apps....

First ‘Nothing’ smartphone is expected to launch in Q2 2022 First ‘Nothing’ smartphone is expected to launch in Q2 2022 This timeframe was indicated by Yogesh Brar, a tipster, who shared the info via Twitter. That’s not all, though, as the founder of Nothing, Carl Pei, kind of added some fuel to the fire. Carl Pei tweeted “Back on Android” and “Android 12 is nice!”. Android’s official Twitter handle responded by saying “We’ve got a lot to catch up on Carl”, and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon official Twitter handle added an image that suggested a partnership....