Month: July 2020
YouTube creator Jeffree Star dropped by makeup retailer Morphe
Makeup retailer Morphe has parted with YouTuber Jeffree Star, after weeks of public acrimony in the YouTube beauty community. Star has been accused of using racist and offensive language, as well as manipulating other creators and people close to him. “Today we’ve made the decision to cease all commercial activity…
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Samsung’s 5G Galaxy Z Flip may have been fully revealed in these latest leaks
We knew a 5G variant of Samsung’s vertically folding Galaxy Z Flip clamshell was on the way, after the first images leaked earlier this month. Now, we have an entire leaked video and a set of rumors about the new “Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G” that seems to leave nothing…
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Facial recognition linked to a second wrongful arrest by Detroit police
A false facial recognition match has led to the arrest of another innocent person. According to the Detroit Free Press, police in the city arrested a man for allegedly reaching into a person’s car, taking their phone and throwing it, breaking the cas… Source
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Amazon Is Forcing Employees To Delete The TikTok App From Their Work Phones
Amazon has made it mandatory for its employees to delete TikTok from phones that are used for work “due to security risks,” according to company memo. On Friday, the company email obtained by the New York Times asked all Amazon employees to immediately delete the app from any device that…
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Microsoft warns users of the dangers of consent phishing null
Microsoft is warning users that the shift to remote working during the pandemic has exposed organizations to additional security threats including consent phishing. Unlike traditional phishing attacks where cybercriminals try to steal user credentials, consent phishing is a technique where attackers trick users into granting a malicious app access to…
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Letterheads: social media and the end of discourse
There used to be something called the public intellectual. A class of thinkers — mostly writers with prestigious degrees and academics with a knack for writing — set the Discourse. They told other people what to think, or rather, they told the unwashed masses what was going through their own…
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