Month: July 2021
Twitter removes FLoC support in another blow to Google Twitter dark mode
Twitter has decided to remove support for Google’s Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) from its social network after only recently adding the new tracking technology to its platform. Just last month, security researcher Jane Manchun Wong discovered that Twitter was collecting data for FLoC by examining the source code of…
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The best wired or wireless gaming headsets to buy
If you’re shopping for a gaming headset, you have a lot of options. While there are some great ones out there, it’s easy to pay too much, to accidentally purchase a headset that doesn’t work with your desired console or platform, or to get one that’s just uncomfortable. Knowing a…
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Citizen’s crime live streams are no substitute for local journalism
In May, the neighborhood crime watch app Citizen offered its user base $30,000 to track down a suspected arsonist on live video, only to discover that they’d sent a mob of civilians after the wrong guy. Now, Citizen is covertly hiring journalists to livestream on the app at crime scenes…
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Web hosting trends: moving services to the cloud Cloud
Cloud computing is by no means a new technology. The on-demand availability of computer resources has gained popularity since the mid-00s, with the idea dating back to the early 90s. Web hosting is one of the industries where cloud computing made a revolution, changing the entire industry landscape. But does…
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Discord Threads are coming tomorrow to make sense of your online group chats A demonstration of conversation threading in the Discord app
Discord, the popular online chat app, announced on Twitter this afternoon that its highly anticipated conversation threading feature will launch tomorrow, way sooner than expected. Last week, we reported that the Discord Threads feature had been rolled out to Discord bot developers to help them integrate the new feature into…
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Want a new iMac 27? You might have to wait until 2022 iMac 27 on a desk with the default wallpaper and desktop
While the iMac 24 came out earlier this year, we’ve still been waiting for a new 27-inch model (or larger). And, it looks like that wait will continue – perhaps all the way until 2022. The leak making the rounds today, spotted by Gizmodo, comes from @dylandkt on Twitter and…
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