Society
Internet and telephone should be available to socially vulnerable citizens
Based on international criteria for determining internet accessibility, the price for the socially disadvantaged in Serbia should not be higher than 2.528 dinars
News
The Digital Pillar of Shame: When Publishing Bots' Personal Data Becomes Judgment
If the publication of personal information on social networks is a problem when the target is the opponents of the fallen regime, then it is also a problem when the target is its supporters. Otherwise, the principle is not protected
Internet
Internet Security Alert: Artificial Intelligence Discovers Vulnerability That Could Threaten 30 Million Sites
The UK's National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) has issued a warning to organizations using vulnerable systems to shut them down if they are unable to fix their vulnerability.
Navigator
Life without passwords
More and more people are talking about the technology called passkey, i.e. the access key. The idea is to no longer remember passwords, but to identify yourself with your face, fingerprint or PIN that you normally use to unlock your device
Social media
Due to the dispute over the safety of minors, Meta is paying more than 16 billion dollars
The lawsuit against the company Meta was launched by the attorneys general of 29 US states, claiming that Meta deliberately developed features that encourage young users to stay on Facebook and Instagram for as long as possible.
EPS
Tender worth 14,4 million dinars: Why EPS pays for the fight against "negative narratives"
The largest state-owned energy company plans to allocate 14,4 million dinars for a system that will warn of potential reputational crises in real time. Many see the reason for such a decision in the scandals that followed EPS in previous years.
Media and audience
Dead internet and us, I guess it's alive
The dystopian circle closes like this - the media that are still doing their jobs cannot withstand the unfair competition of those that rely only on artificial intelligence and bots and best follow the demands of the algorithm. Readers stay tuned to artificial "news" or completely give up on it. But there is a way out of it
Navigator
Lubricating internet hosts
There is no better way to a voter's heart than when you are recommended by the first host in the village. Nowadays, that role of host has been taken over by influencers
The dark side of the internet
The digital infrastructure of misogyny
Through the sharing of photos of women without consent and revenge pornography, the website Madrles, nicknamed the "Rape Academy", lives on in the Balkans. These platforms survive thanks to legal loopholes, and are fed by a wider network of misogynistic communities known as the "manosphere".
Social media
Turkey has banned social networks for people under the age of 15 by law
Turkey has decided that children under the age of 15 will not be able to use social networks. Many countries are planning something similar, and Australia is already implementing such a law
Mental health
Digital detox: How to "get off" the Internet and why it is so necessary
Constant exposure to information leads to a drop in concentration, memory loss, increased anxiety, a feeling of being overwhelmed, neck pain, and eye fatigue. Digital detox or fasting is a way to regain control over our own life
Editing Wikipedia
After writing "Vremena": Right-wingers rushed from Wikipedia in Serbian
How certain Serbian right-wingers were permanently banned from Wikipedia, what did they hide and what was their goal
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Dr. Google and Mr. Claude
The problem with Google Medicine is not that it gives wrong answers but that it doesn't understand the context and doesn't know the "patient"
Navigator
Is there a router on the plane?
Airplanes have long been one of the few places where a person can get away from the Internet. Reading a book or newspaper for a few hours seemed like a small luxury in a world of constant notifications. But with the advent of high-speed satellite Internet, that refuge is also slowly disappearing.
Viber
"No one reads the messages": Viber's VP on keyword branding in the app
"Privacy on Viber is not compromised in any way, and no one, Viber or anyone else, is able to read messages," says Rakuten Viber's Director of Product Development Nadav Melnyk
Navigator
Australia is re-educating social media
Why Australia has banned under 16s from using social media
Internet
Global internet outage, Cloudflare causes X and dozens of sites to crash
Cloudflare, a key provider of Internet infrastructure, suffered a global outage that paralyzed many services, including X and ChatGPT. Users around the world have been reporting "500 Internal Server Error" errors, while the company is working hard to fix the problem, the Guardian reports.
Freedom house
Why is the internet not free in Serbia?
After the resolution of the European Parliament, the report of the European Commission and Reporters without Borders, not even Freedom House has a much better opinion of Serbia. For Vučić it is "stupidity"
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Does artificial intelligence know when the balloon will burst VI
Should we pour money into everything that is called artificial intelligence and that, as they announce, will overrun what we do now with ordinary software?
Artificial intelligence
Darknet: You pay $50 and get a fake video
Changing faces for video calls or in chat applications, changing faces for verification, adjusting the color of the voice and facial expressions - all this can be ordered on the Darknet
Navigator
How the internet lost its sound
After more than three decades, AOL is shutting down its dial-up service on September 30. As incredible as it sounds, there are still tens of thousands of users in the US who connect to the network through a dial-up modem. Shutting down this service symbolically closes a chapter in the history of the Internet
Internet censorship
Be careful what you search on the net, lest Putin put you in jail
Are you interested in what the defected Federal Security Service (FSB) officer Aleksandar Litvinjenko wrote in the book "Ljubljanka - Criminal Group"? Or what are Jehovah's Witnesses? You type in a search term and - the police knock on your door
PR
Yettel - the best mobile network and home internet
Again, Yettel received recognition for the best mobile network and the best home internet in Serbia. In addition, cooperation with the Mountain Rescue Service was extended
Online shopping
Online shopping: 225.000 orders per day, what is the most ordered in Serbia?
Preference in shopping on the Internet is given to local online sellers, the most important are the prices, the most frequent customers are women, and the customers' attention is mostly attracted by clothes and shoes of well-known fashion brands
Internet
After the DOS attack: The website of Radio-television of Serbia is working again
As "Vreme" unofficially learns, the cause of the temporary "fall" of the RTS website was a DOS (Denial of Service) attack on the portal of the Public National Service
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Email only fails once.
Recently, phishing scams are back in vogue. Not that they've ever gone out of style as far as scammers go, but defense technology has advanced enough that they haven't been overly successful.
Internet
"Something's Wrong": The Hard Work of Social Network X
Users of Social Network X cannot access the site, nor can posts be uploaded through this application