Month: June 2020
The PACT Act would force platforms to disclose shadowbans and demonetizations
A new bipartisan Senate bill is taking aim at the liability protections enjoyed by internet platforms like Facebook and YouTube. The Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act, introduced by Sens. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and John Thune (R-SD) on Wednesday, would require online platforms like Facebook and Google to reveal…
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‘Marvel’s Avengers’ will pit the superheroes against MODOK
Crystal Dynamics provided a deeper look at Marvel’s Avengers with the first War Table stream, and it confirmed who you’ll look to take down when you reassemble the heroes. MODOK (Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing) is a familiar name to fans o… Source
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Slack promised to kill email, and Slack Connect might just do it
When you think of Slack, you probably think of a chat app that’s growing in popularity for businesses large and small. Originally designed by accident as something that could potentially replace email, Slack hasn’t quite killed off email just yet. But over the past four years, Slack has quietly been…
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PlayStation announces bug bounty program null
PlayStation has announced the launch of its public bug bounty program aimed at finding vulnerabilities on both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Network. In a blog post, senior director of software engineering at SIE, Geoff Norton explained why the company has now decided to open its bug bounty program up…
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New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut will quarantine travelers from states with surging COVID-19 cases
People traveling into New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut from states with high rates of positive COVID-19 tests will be required to quarantine for 14 days. The new restrictions were announced by the governors of those states in a joint press conference today. The new travel advisory goes into effect…
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NHTSA investigates Tesla Model S touchscreen failures
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating older models of the Tesla Model S over complaints that the electric vehicle’s touchscreen — and as a result, its rearview camera display — failed. The agency opened an investiga… Source
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