Month: December 2022
Gmail launches a big security update, but you might not get it yet
Audio player loading… Google has become the latest company to roll out an encryption upgrade, revealing it Gmail email service is set to get full end-to-end encryption (E2EE) support, but not all users will be able to get it. In an update on Google Workspace blog (opens in new tab),…
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Elon Musk proposes stepping down as head of Twitter in poll
Elon Musk may be close to ending his run as Twitter CEO. After haphazardly establishing a ban on links out that put his site at odds with both The Washington Post’s Taylor Lorenz and his own supporters, like Silicon Valley venture capitalist Paul Graham, Elon Musk’s doxxing, banning, and moderation…
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Mastodon Features That Twitter Should Steal (but Won’t)
Elon Musk’s platform could learn a thing or two from its most popular alternative—like how to build a social platform people actually want to be on. Source
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Twitter Just Banned Posting Links To Other Social Platforms
The new policy was announced just as Washington Post journalist Taylor Lorenz’s account was restored after being suspended on Saturday night. At the time of her suspension, Lorenz had deleted all but three tweets, two of which encouraged people to follow her elsewhere. The third tweet was Lorenz replying to…
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Riot Games says Sam Bankman-Fried’s love of League of Legends hurts the brand
League of Legends developer Riot Games says Sam Bankman-Fried’s affiliation with the game is hurting the company’s image (via Molly White). In a filing in FTX’s bankruptcy case, Riot Games asks the court to terminate its League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) sponsorship deal with the collapsed crypto exchange, citing…
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Elon Musk Appeared In A Twitter Space To Defend His Decision To Ban Journalists Who Reported On An Account That Tracked His Private Jet
Hours after Twitter “permanently suspended” more than half a dozen journalists from outlets including CNN, the New York Times, and the Washington Post following their reporting on an account related to Elon Musk, the man himself showed up briefly in a Twitter Space hosted by BuzzFeed News tech reporter Katie…
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