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• TWITTER has announced two new settings that will allow users to control what they see in their feeds and what notifications they receive.

The short messaging service says it has modified its notification settings to include the ability to see only notifications from people a user follows. It’s also introducing what it calls a “quality filter” that it says can improve the quality of tweets users see. Twitter says the feature will filter out duplicate tweets or content that appears to be automated.

The announcement from San Francisco-based Twitter comes a month after “Saturday Night Live” and “Ghostbusters” star Leslie Jones publicly called on Twitter to do more to curb harassment on the platform. Twitter banned one user in response to the incident.

• APPLE’S next iPhones may adopt a key feature from smartphones manufactured by its biggest rival and include a curved screen.

According to the Nikkei Asian Review next year’s lineup of iPhones could include three different and distinct variants: a “4.7-inch model, another that will be 5.5-inches and a premium handset that will be either 5.5-inches or larger equipped with a screen bent on the two sides,” the Review reported yesterday, citing a source familiar with Apple’s plans.

The first two phones would sport the traditional flat screen, while the third handset would adopt a curved display similar to the one used by Samsung for its premium phones, such as the Galaxy S7 Edge and the Galaxy Note 7.

• A FAKE messaging app inspired by the USA Network hacker drama ‘Mr Robot’ has been released as a video game for mobile devices.

‘Mr. Robot:1.51exfiltratiOn’ casts players as a stranger who finds a mysterious smartphone and begins communicating with the show’s characters through an app published by the fictional E-Corp.

The game was developed by “Oxenfree” creators Night School Studio and published by Telltale Games. The app’s developers worked on ‘1.51exfiltratiOn’ with

‘Mr Robot’ creator Sam Esmail and show writer Kor Adana.

The developers say the game takes place over the course of a week.

• POLICE and the airport operators’ association in Germany are warning of the potential dangers of playing ‘Pokemon Go’ in some airport areas.

They say so-called Pokestops beyond security controls should be deleted to prevent possible incidents.

‘Pokemon Go’ was rolled out in Germany last month and federal police and airport association ADV said that playing it at airports can bring “special dangers and risks”.

They suggest that players avoiding security checks or opening emergency doors to catch their virtual quarry could cause “wide-reaching police measures and possibly civil damages claims”.

DRIVERLESS taxis could be one of the technological innovations for the next Olympic Games.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, accepting the baton from Rio de Janeiro on Sunday after dressing up as Nintendo’s marquee video game protagonist Mario, officially started the countdown to Tokyo 2020.

His hint towards a more high-tech affair in four years suggested his public backing of self-driving taxis - a project known as Robot Taxi - would bear fruit in Tokyo. The Games will be “a good opportunity and a good reason for Japanese industries to unite and bring about huge change,” a spokesman for a company working on the project said.