Month: May 2020
Amazon removed racist images that appeared on some listings for headphones
Amazon says it has removed images with racist language from some listings for headphones on its UK site, The Financial Times reported. Users posted screenshots to Twitter of search results for “AirPods” and “bluetooth headphones” that appeared on the e-commerce site. Instead of photos of headphones, the search results showed…
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Trump vs. Twitter: The president takes on social media moderation
Twitter finally flagged several of Trump’s tweets that violated its policies Contributors: Verge Staff After Twitter gave one of President Trump’s tweets a modest reality check, the president threatened to “shut down” social media companies, personally targeted a Twitter employee, and signed an executive order that would affect the entire…
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Watch live as SpaceX’s first astronaut-carrying spacecraft docks with the International Space Station
[embedded content] Today at around 10:30 AM EDT (7:30 AM PDT), SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule will dock with the International Space Station, with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on board. The two have been in flight on orbit since launching from Kennedy Space Center in Florida yesterday at…
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Google Stadia could soon be available on a lot more phones
Right now Google Stadia only works on a limited number of smartphones, including newer Pixel models, but that could be about to change. Code spotted in the latest Stadia app for Android suggests support for devices that haven’t been “certified” is coming. As discovered by 9to5Google, the change would mean…
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Samsung’s next Galaxy Watch gets spoiled by the FCC
If Samsung was hoping to keep plans for a Galaxy Watch sequel under wraps, it’s probably disappointed. Droid-Life (via 9to5Google) has discovered a series of FCC filings that not-so-subtly reveal the next version of Samsung’s flagship smartwatch. It’… Source
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Our grimdark meathook cyberpunk now
Jon Evans Contributor Jon Evans is the CTO of the engineering consultancy HappyFunCorp; the award-winning author of six novels, one graphic novel, and a book of travel writing; and TechCrunch’s weekend columnist since 2010. More posts by this contributor Living and working in a worsening world Why are people who…
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