Author: Zach_Wilson
Substack says it will not remove or demonetize Nazi content
I just want to make it clear that we don’t like Nazis either—we wish no-one held those views. But some people do hold those and other extreme views. Given that, we don’t think that censorship (including through demonetizing publications) makes the problem go away—in fact, it makes it worse. While…
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Netflix milks ‘Squid Game’ again with a $39 in-person ‘experience’
At its heart, Squid Game is a critique of capitalism and yet, Netflix can’t stop finding ways to squeeze money from it. After renewing the show for a second season and then debuting a reality show based on the series, Netflix opened a pop-up experience in Los Angeles where fans…
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Fun while it lasted – Beeper Mini’s grand iMessage experiment is officially over
Beeper Mini is officially no more. The developer is calling it quits in trying to find new workarounds for bringing iMessage to Android devices. Instead, Beeper would much rather work on its own projects and achieve its goal “of building the best chat app on Earth.” The developer goes on…
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Teen GTA VI hacker sentenced to life in a secure hospital
The 18-year-old Lapsus$ hacker who played a critical role in leaking Grand Theft Auto VI footage has been sentenced to life inside a hospital prison, according to a report from the BBC. A British judge ruled on Thursday that Arion Kurtaj is a high risk to the public because he…
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Ransomware gangs are increasingly turning to remote encryption, and that’s a huge problem
Ransomware is constantly evolving, and the next step in its evolution comes in the form of remote encryption. A new report from Sophos has claimed, remote encryption is a super destructive method of ransomware attack, and it’s growing more popular by the day, with the company’s anti-ransomware CryptoGuard technology detecting…
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Google tweaks Memory Saver and tab group features in latest Chrome update
Google Chrome is getting new security and performance features. The web browser’s latest version (M12) upgrades Safety Check and Memory Saver while adding the ability to save tab groups. Safety Check is Chrome’s security hub that checks for updates and compromised passwords and displays whether Safe Browsing is turned on.…
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