Month: March 2021
Gillmor Gang: Clubhouse Style
[embedded content] Let’s stipulate the storm of user media (social audio, newsletters, live streaming) is evidence of something real and lasting. When this citizen media migrates to small business and the enterprise, we see that as confirmation, validation. Most of these efforts are in the investment phase, where startups and…
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Dell’s new laptops have a crafty feature to stop anyone spying through your webcam Dell SafeShutter
As video conferencing software has allowed employees working from home to collaborate with their coworkers, concerns have arisen regarding the privacy and security of our webcams. Earlier this year, Dell unveiled a number of new business laptops in its Latitude line that are designed to enable employees to work from…
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Facebook Is Building An Instagram For Kids Under The Age Of 13
Instagram / BuzzFeed News Executives at Instagram are planning to build a version of the popular photo-sharing app that can be used by children under the age of 13, according to an internal company post obtained by BuzzFeed News. “I’m excited to announce that going forward, we have identified youth…
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Warhammer 40K shooter Necromunda: Hired Gun looks like the Prey 2 we never got Necromunda: Hired Gun
Don’t you just love it when a cool-looking game pops up out of nowhere? That’s pretty much what’s happened with Necromunda: Hired Gun, which was leaked on Twitter yesterday and officially revealed today. Developed by Streum On Studio (whose previous titles include E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy), Necromunda: Hired Gun is described…
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Audacity 3.0 finally lands after years of waiting The best free audio editor
It’s been over nine years since Audacity last released a new numbered version of its free audio editor but fans of the open source software can now download Audacity 3.0. Audacity is available for Windows, Mac and Linux and the software allows users to record, edit and apply post-processing effects…
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Inexplicably, YouTube says extremely racist Steven Crowder video isn’t hate speech
YouTube removed an extremely racist video from conservative commentator Steven Crowder this week, citing violations of the platform’s COVID-19 misinformation policy — not its hate speech policy — as the reason for the removal. Inexplicably, though, the video did not violate the company’s hate speech policies at all, the company…
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