Month: October 2020
Google will give you the new Chromecast for free if you pay for one month of YouTube TV
Google just announced a new Chromecast yesterday, and the company is already offering a good deal on one — all you have to do is sign up for YouTube TV and pay for one month of the service. If you want to take advantage of the deal, you should be…
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Facebook moderators at Accenture are being forced back to the office, and many are scared for their safety
Facebook moderators employed by third-party contracting firm Accenture and based in Austin, Texas are being forced to return to the office on October 12th, The Verge has learned. Employees, almost all of whom are contractors, were instructed of the new policy at a company-wide town hall meeting today, say multiple…
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Could Windows become part of Linux? This open source legend thinks so Windows 10 Start menu redesign
Over the past few years, Microsoft has wholeheartedly embraced Linux and open source which is why the developer and writer Eric S. Raymond (ESR) believes that the next version of Windows could end up running entirely on Linux. In a new blog post, ESR points to the fact that the…
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WoW’s ‘Shadowlands’ expansion is delayed until later this year
World of Warcraft Shadowlands won’t make its October 26th release date. Blizzard announced on Thursday it’s delaying the expansion until sometime later this year to give itself more time to polish the title. The studio says it’s still deciding on a n… Source
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Facebook will fight QAnon by adding ‘credible’ info to #savethechildren hashtag
Facebook is taking additional steps to restrict militia movements and the QAnon conspiracy movement. The company will reject ads that “praise, support or represent militarized social movements,” including militias and anarchist groups as well as QAnon. It will also start linking to “credible child safety resources” when people look up…
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A major cloud storage company is exiting the consumer market null
Cloud storage provider Zoolz has sent an email out to customers telling them its home cloud backup service will be discontinued with immediate effect, so the company can better focus on the business market. It seems the 15-year old SaaS company – which sat third in our best cloud storage…
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