Author: Zach_Wilson
Amazon targets admins behind thousands of fake review Facebook groups
Amazon is taking legal action against the admins of over 10,000 Facebook groups that it says facilitate fake reviews for products on its platform by promising money or free products in exchange for positive reviews. The groups are allegedly responsible for fake reviews across Amazon’s sites in the US, UK,…
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Report reveals Justice League’s ‘Snyder Cut’ movement boosted by army of bots
Audio player loading… As revealed in a new exposé by Rolling Stone (opens in new tab), the fervent online movement that led to the release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League was apparently propped up by a larger-than-average number of bots and fake accounts. Rolling Stone’s report is based on an…
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The Maingear Pro workstation is guaranteed to turn heads and empty wallets
Audio player loading… Maingear, known for its high-quality gaming PC builds like the Maingear Turbo announced a move into high-end content creation workstations: the Maingear Pro series. According to Maingear, there will be three different versions of its new workstation PC: Pro WS (mid-tower), Pro WS Max (full-tower), and Pro…
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Apple’s getting sued for having a monopoly on the iPhone’s tap-to-pay
A proposed class action lawsuit is taking aim at Apple Pay, claiming that Apple has an illegal monopoly over contactless payments on the iPhone, letting it force card issuers into paying fees (via Bloomberg). The suit is being kicked off by Iowa-based Affinity Credit Union, which issues debit and credit…
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Desus and Mero are over
Duo Desus Nice and The Kid Mero, who established one of the top comedy brands of the decade with their podcast Bodega Boys and their eponymous show on Showtime, are well and truly done. Desus and Mero, otherwise known as Daniel Baker and Joel Martinez, respectively, are arguably the biggest…
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Russia fines Google $365 million over YouTube videos containing ‘prohibited’ content
Russia imposed a nearly $365 million fine (21.1 billion rubles) on Google for failing to delete YouTube videos that go against the country’s laws, as reported earlier by Reuters. In a translated press release, Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor states that YouTube didn’t follow orders to remove “prohibited content,” which includes…
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