The privacy-centric Brave browser has cited three aspects of Google's new FLoC tracking system that were particularly harmful and concerning. Also, don't miss the profile of startup BAZO for B2B sites; it may just be what the doctor ordered for marketing and sales teams. 

Google has said it had started to implement the alternate to cookie tracking called, “Federated Learning of Cohorts” (FLoC). In other news, Microsoft has announced a host of improvements for its Teams Rooms on Android, including an updated calendar.

In today's tech news: Personal data of 500 million LinkedIn users has been scraped & is reportedly for sale on a hacking forum. LinkedIn said it was investigating the issue. Check Point Research has found mobile malware in an app on the Google Play Store. The malicious software, dubbed "FlixOnline," disguises itself as a legitimate Netflix app.  

Facebook’s internal R&D group, NPE Team has released its latest experiment “Hotline” into public beta testing. Many say this Web app is a mix of Instagram Live & Clubhouse. In other news: Indian social media firm ShareChat has raised more than half a billion dollars to grow its popular short-video app Moj, from Tiger Global, Twitter, Snap & more. 

Commenting on the latest episode of user data leak prior to 2019, Facebook has said it was because of nefarious players deploying scraping tools, not hacking its data base. TikTok has introduced “auto captions”, a feature to help people who are hearing challenged.

In today's podcast: Audio chat app Clubhouse has started to roll out “Payments”, a feature wherein all users will be able to send payments. Also, since its launch 5 weeks ago, 72 million animations have been created by Deep Nostalgia, a tool which brings old photographs come alive. 

In today's podcast: Personal data of over 500 million Facebook users has been posted online in a low-level hacking forum. Although 2 years old, the data includes phone numbers, names, email addresses, etc of FB members from 106 countries. In other news, LG Electronics has decided to close its mobile business unit. In our startups section, we've profiled Freeble, a free online resources' directory. 

From midway Thursday, many of Microsoft services kept going down but were restored early Friday. In other news, a new study by RAVE Reviews now tells us who is making the most money on TikTok. Rave Reviews has, in fact, “identified” 62 users who are estimated to have made a six-figure-plus income from the app in 2020. TikTok’s highest earner is dance & choreographer star Michael Le, who is estimated to have made, hold your breath, US $20,378,000 from 92 ads in 2020.

iOS users can now get to choose their Siri. Apple has decided to add 2 new voices to Siri’s English offerings. Also, in other news, the Periscope App that popularized live streaming from smartphones breathes its last. 

In today's episode: Apple today announced it will host its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) June 7 through 11. LinkedIn has introduced more features, including “Creator Mode”