Tumblr has added a Sensitive Content toggle to its iOS app. The setting is enabled by default, and it keeps posts with sensitive tags out of recommendations. It also blocks search results and hides blogs that are "explicit in nature" Tumblr banned porn and realistic depictions of human genitals in December.
The way software is developed and functions has changed dramatically in recent years. We’ve moved away from linear software development to more agile methodologies that segment projects into smaller components that can be developed simultaneously. We've also moved away, in many cases, from on-premises applications to the cloud.
From cartoon apes to video clips, sales of NFTs reached some $25 billion in 2021 as the speculative crypto asset exploded in popularity, data from market tracker DappRadar shows, although there were signs of growth slowing towards the end of the year.
2022 promises to be another year of big business in space travel. Amazon's Alexa virtual assistant will travel on a NASA mission to the moon. Elon Musk's SpaceX is planning to put its 400-foot-tall Starship rocket into Earth's orbit. Federal regulators will grapple with what their role can and should be in this new era.
The chief operating officer of electric-truck maker Rivian Automotive Inc. left the company last month as the startup was ramping up production of its first three models. Rivian ultimately produced more than 1,000 vehicles by the end of 2021, a company spokeswoman said Monday. Rivian had warned last month that the company would likely fall a few hundred short of its goal to build 1,200 vehicles last year.
Intel Corp. said it has poached David Zinsner from Micron Technology Inc. to be its next chief financial officer as it also announced the departure of one of its highest-profile executives. The semiconductor giant said that Gregory Bryant, the head of its client computing group, is leaving at the end of the month. The unit is responsible for Intel’s PC-related business and generates more than half of the company’s sales.
Apple says it will pay developers $60 billion in 2021. That's $260 billion since the App Store launched in 2008. Apple says in 2019 it had paid developers a total of $155 billion since 2008. Monday's figures show a jump of $60billion. The statistic came as part of a broader announcement from Apple.
Security threats will likely accelerate in 2022 as cybercriminals refine tried-but-true ransomware methods. US elections will also present a tempting target for spreading misinformation. The expectation of a ramp-up in hacks, attacks and data theft comes after a massive jump in ransomware.
Europol ordered to delete huge store of personal data gleaned from police agencies. Data includes data on at least a quarter of a million current or former terror and serious crime suspects. The total volume of data stored in Europol’s systems amounts to around 4 petabytes. The data has been drawn from criminal investigations conducted by national police authorities in EU countries.