Month: October 2020
YouTube Just Announced A Partial QAnon Ban
Less than two weeks after Facebook announced a blanket ban on QAnon content, YouTube said the platform will partially ban content related to the mass delusion under its hate and harassment policy. QAnon is a wide-ranging set of outlandish beliefs that began on anonymous messaging boards in 2017. Believers think…
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This is what iPhone 12 retail box may look like iPhone 12
We’ve just seen a video that may suggest how the iPhone 12 box will look. The footage shows an alleged iPhone 11 box – one of the new smaller ones, now that Apple has pledged to stop including earbuds or wall charger blocks with their handsets – which will likely…
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Next-Gen Gaming Is an Environmental Nightmare
Console waste plus energy-hungry cloud gaming equals the worst of both worlds for sustainability. Source
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Google debuts an Apple Watch YouTube Music app
If you’re one of those rare YouTube Music subscribers with both an iPhone and Apple Watch, you won’t be left out in the cold when Google shuts down Play Music later this month. As of today, the company has a YouTube Music app available for the Apple… Source
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Google search is getting new AI tools to decipher your terrible spelling
Google detailed a host of new improvements at its “Search On” event that it will make to its foundational Google search service in the coming weeks and months. The changes are largely focused on using new AI and machine learning techniques to provide better search results for users. Chief among…
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Judge in WeChat case appears unlikely to allow US ban to move forward
A judge in San Francisco said Thursday she’s not likely to lift a temporary block on the US government’s attempts to ban WeChat. US Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler responded to the Trump administration’s request for a stay of her September 20th preliminary injunction, which prevents the government from halting new…
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