Technology Quality Affects Online Learning

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
McAfee researchers found 16 clicker apps with adware in Google Play with 20M+ downloads in total; Google removed the apps after McAfee reported them  —  Security researchers at McAfee have discovered a set of 16 malicious clicker apps that managed to sneak into Google Play, the official app store for Android.

The Markup:
Analysis in 38 US cities: AT&T, Verizon, and others offer lower-income and least-white areas slow internet for the same price as faster service in other regions  —  An investigation by The Markup found that AT&T, Verizon, EarthLink, and CenturyLink disproportionately offered lower-income …

Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Analysis finds 16 smartphone apps, used as alternatives to ankle monitors in the US, allow access to wide swaths of information and are frequently unreliable  —  Researchers at the University of Washington and Harvard Law School recently published a groundbreaking study analyzing …

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Canva unveils new products Docs, Websites, Whiteboards, and Data Visualization, brings background removing to videos, and adds a remote control to Presentations  —  Canva is further establishing itself as more than just a user-friendly graphic design tool.  The Australian company announced …

Reuters:
Sources: India’s government and central bank have asked Google to help curb illegal digital lending apps several times in recent months  —  Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google has been asked by the Indian government and the central bank to introduce more stringent checks to help curb the use …

David Klepper / Associated Press:
CCDH: when researchers on TikTok in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia liked self-harm and eating disorder videos, the app recommended more similar content  —  TikTok’s algorithms are promoting videos about self-harm and eating disorders to vulnerable teens, according to a report published Wednesday …