Month: June 2023
Reddit pressures mods to end the blackout as they find new ways to protest
Reddit appears to be ramping up the pressure on moderators to open communities that closed in the blackout protest against recently announced platform changes. A Reddit admin — an employee of Reddit — has told unpaid volunteer moderators of a subreddit that the “expectation here is that communities reopen,” according to…
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Meta is yanking news from Facebook and Instagram in Canada
Meta will be removing news from Facebook and Instagram in Canada now that the country’s Senate has passed the Online News Act, the company announced on Thursday. The legislation, officially Bill C-18, will force tech companies like Meta and Google to negotiate with news publishers and pay them for their…
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YouTube is getting AI-powered dubbing
YouTube wants to make it easier to dub your videos in other languages by giving you some help with AI. The company announced Thursday at VidCon that it’s bringing over the team from Aloud, an AI-powered dubbing service from Google’s Area 120 incubator. YouTube is already testing the tool with…
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YouTube now requires users to declare if they are fan accounts
YouTube now requires users who run fan accounts to “make it obvious” in their channel name or handle that they don’t actually represent the company or artist that their account revolves around. That’s according to an update spotted earlier by 9to5Google, which says the new impersonation policy goes into effect…
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E3 is not returning anytime soon
The news was contained in a footnote on a chart highlighting the city’s projected and actual number of hotel rooms booked for fiscal year 2022 and 2023. Apparently, the city does not expect E3 to return in 2024 or 2025. This news seems at odds with the messaging from E3’s…
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The Apple Vision Pro could come with a ‘travel mode’ for plane rides
Several text strings uncovered by MacRumors indicate that you’ll be able to turn on the feature, with one noting, “If you’re on an airplane, you’ll need to keep Travel Mode on to continue using your Apple Vision Pro.” It also prompts the user to “remain stationary in Travel Mode,” likely…
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