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Tech NewsNewsTrump Plans to Launch a Social Media Platform and It’s Gonna Be Huge
Former President Donald Trump is planning to return to social media with “his own platform,” his advisor said Sunday. And none of those fake news meanies will be invited. Neener neener neener. OK, so that last part was me, but considering how fiercely we know this man-child holds grudges, I suspect any Trump-powered social media platform … Continued
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Tech NewsAppleApple Ordered to Pay $308.5 Million for Patent Infringement of Technology Used in iTunes and App Store
A years-old fight over the technology Apple uses in iTunes, App Store, and Apple Music has a new development. On Friday, a federal jury in Texas declared that Apple had indeed infringed a patent for a digital rights management technology held by Personalized Media Communications. As a result, it ordered the tech giant to fork … Continued
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Tech NewsHellfeedSenate Considering Hauling in Facebook, Twitter CEOs so They Can All Ramble for Hours About Whatever Bullshit Gripe They Have This Time
If you thought last year’s clusterf*ck of a Senate hearing on social media was a good use of everyone’s time, congrats! The Senate is considering calling Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, and the rest of the gang back together for another hearing, this time before the Judiciary Committee. Per Politico, Senator Chris … Continued
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Tech NewsNewsTwitter Might Let You Undo Your Tweets—but Only If You Pay Up
We’re probably never going to get the Edit Tweet button we’ve all been waiting for, but it looks like that Undo Tweet feature will be rolling out soon enough for members of the rumored upcoming Twitter subscription service. On Friday, tech researcher Jane Manchun Wong posted a screenshot from what seems to be a subscription … Continued
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Tech NewsNewsThe Truth About the Zombie MoviePass Site Is That It’s All Very Stupid
A seemingly rogue MoviePass website bearing the same styling of the now-defunct movie subscription service generated speculation earlier this week that the company may be making a comeback. Or, it was an extremely silly prank. It appears now that the latter is most likely the case. While the site bears the same style and appearance … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy and SecurityApple Won’t Budge On Its New Privacy Updates, Even in China
Earlier this week, stories emerged that some China-based advertising groups were coming up with their own clever workarounds for the new anti-tracking tech that Apple’s including with upcoming versions of iOS 14. Now it looks like Apple’s fighting back. On Thursday, the Financial Times reported that Apple sent off warnings to at least two Chinese … Continued
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Tech NewsNewsMarjorie Taylor Greene Temporarily Suspended by Twitter as Congress Considers Expulsion
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, commonly known as the QAnon Congresswoman, was temporarily suspended from Twitter on Friday. The social media crackdown coincided with the introduction of a resolution to expel the congresswoman from Georgia from the House, but Twitter claims its enforcement was an error. Rep. Greene has been a vocal peddler of grievance, victimhood, … Continued
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ReviewsHome Entertainment & Smart HomeAmazon’s Motion-Tracking Smart Display Is Kinda Creepy, but Damn Is It Useful
Amazon’s new Echo Show 10 will track you as you move across its line of sight, which feels strange at first. That’s just one of the device’s many unique features, and its other abilities make it a handy sous-chef while you’re preparing meals. But its limited app support is a disappointing shortcoming of an otherwise … Continued
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Tech NewsFacebookFacebook Working on Instagram Product for Children Under 13 Years Old
Facebook, the social media behemoth that owns Instagram, is developing a new Instagram product for children under 13 years of age, according to leaked documents obtained by BuzzFeed. Instagram users must currently click a button declaring that they’re at least 13 years old, or that the account featuring a kid under the age of 13 … Continued
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Tech NewsFacebookZuck Slowly Shrinks and Transforms Into a Corncob Ahead of Apple’s Looming Privacy Updates
Facebook has pushed back against Apple’s planned rollout of anti-tracking tools at every possible opportunity, but now the social media giant seems to be changing its tune in a last-ditch effort to save face. On Thursday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook may actually be in a “stronger position” after the privacy updates to iOS and … Continued
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Tech NewsTwitterTwitter Stands By, Lets OANN Link to Reporter’s Phone Number, Encourage Users to Harass Her [Updated]
[Editor’s note: After publication, OANN’s tweet was deleted, six or so hours after being published. “This tweet violated the Twitter Rules,” a new message says. Our original story is below.] [Note 2: A Twitter spokesperson said: “We took action on the tweet you referenced for violating the Twitter rules on personal and private information.”] More … Continued
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Tech NewsFacebookFacebook Teases Futuristic Wrist-Based Wearable That Will Let You Control AR With Your Mind
Facebook is really, really serious about augmented reality. Last year, the company showed off a frankly ambitious framework for the future of AR, and now the social media giant has revealed some of the advanced gadgets it’s designing to help people interact with the AR world. The Facebook Reality Labs Research team’s biggest challenge is … Continued
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Tech NewsNewsYouTube’s TikTok Clone Has Arrived
After a slew of TikTok competitors cropped up across the U.S. this past summer, it looks like we’re getting yet another name added to that list. Enter YouTube Shorts, which the company rolled out in beta on Thursday for its American audience after testing the program over the past few months in India. During that … Continued
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io9GamesFortnite‘s Weird Relationship With Directors Is Getting Even Weirder
Even if you don’t play one of the biggest video games on the planet, there stands a good chance you’ve heard about Fortnite recently—memetic songs about chug-jugging or otherwise—thanks to the launch of its latest season of content. But the game’s status as this bizarre black hole of media content is growing beyond crossover skins … Continued
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Tech NewsNewsRIP Piracy on YouTube?
Anyone with hit with a copyright claim on YouTube can probably tell you about the complicated, confusing, and drawn out hassle that comes with them. Thankfully, the platform is releasing a tool to proactively notify creators about their video’s potential copyright issues before they’re published. On Wednesday, social media analyst Matt Navarra tweeted out a … Continued
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Tech NewsNewsTeen Who Hacked Twitter to Within an Inch of Its Life Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
Graham Ivan Clark — the teenager who masterminded a sprawling Twitter attack last summer that involved hacking the accounts of dozens of high profile users to promote a bitcoin scam — plead guilty in a Florida court on Tuesday. According to the Tampa Bay Times, Clark, who was just 17 years old when he pulled … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsCricut Backs Down, Will Now Give Existing Registered Users Unlimited Use of Their Cutting Machines [Updated]
After facing several days of backlash from users over a planned update that would severely limit the use of their cutting machines without a paid subscription, Cricut has changed its mind. In a statement released today, Circut promised existing users unlimited lifetime use of their machines. The policy extends to anyone else who decides to … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy and SecurityDelete Most of Your Apps
The arrival of iOS 14 last year came with a new feature that, at first glance, seems handy but is actually a symptom of a deeper sickness: We all have far too many apps—many of which are violating your privacy on a regular basis. The App Library in iOS lets me clean up my home … Continued
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