Tag: Bug

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Twitter fixed 'bug' that enables advertisers to reach racists

San Francisco: Twitter has fixed a “bug” on its platform that allowed advertisers to target “Jew haters” and others with racial epithets and terms like “Nazi”, the microblogging site announced. According to a report by The Daily Beast on Friday, Twitter ads returned 26.3 million users who may respond to the term “wetback”, 18.6 million […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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A bug behind your sudden Instagram popularity?

New York: Did your last snap on Instagram earn you hundreds of new followers? Well, that was thanks to a bug. And since the bug has been fixed, you are probably left with the same old figure of followers. Instagram said that a bug had caused some users’ follower counts to increase, but this was […]

  • Tuesday, 22 June 2021
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System to repair software bugs automatically

New York:A new system that repairs dangerous software bugs by automatically importing functionality from other, more secure apps in just two minutes has been found, says researchers. The study was done by researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The system called CodePhage repairs software errors by transferring code from a “donor” application to the […]

  • Tuesday, 22 June 2021
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Apple apologises for FaceTime 'eavesdropping' bug

San Francisco: Apple has apologised for a flaw in FaceTime software that allowed people to eavesdrop on others, even if they never answered a FaceTime call, the media reported. The Cupertino, California-headquartered tech giant said a fix for the bug which will re-enable the group FaceTime feature will be available to users next week, CNBC […]

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
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