Category: internet
Big Tech critic and net neutrality advocate Tim Wu is joining the White House
The man who coined net neutrality is heading back to work for the government. President Joe Biden has appointed Columbia law professor Tim Wu to the White House's National Economic Council. According to The New York Times, he'll serve as a sp… Source
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Google Chrome update cycles are about to get even shorter
Google is moving Chrome to a more frequent release schedule. The company announced on Thursday it will push future milestone releases that add new features every four weeks. Those updates come about every six weeks at the moment. Google said you can… Source
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Gmail’s web client can’t handle inclusive emojis properly
If you frequently use Gmail’s native web client to send emails, you may have noticed something odd about how it handles emoji. Google may have said goodbye to its distinctive blobs in 2017, but for whatever reason, Gmail on the web still renders most… Source
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Parler sues Amazon again, this time in Washington state
Parler may have voluntarily withdrawn its federal lawsuit against Amazon, but the company isn’t ready to give up its legal battle just yet. On the same day it dropped that previous suit, the company filed a new one against Amazon in a Washington stat… Source
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Cisco Webex adds real-time translation for more than 100 languages
We've all been in conversations where a language barrier can make it hard to communicate. Cisco wants to make that problem a thing of the past, at least when it comes to video meetings. The company is introducing a new real-time translation featu… Source
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Lime’s latest e-bike can borrow batteries from scooters
Lime might have another way to make e-bikes more practical: have them use the same batteries as its scooters. The mobility service is rolling out a new e-bike whose battery is interchangeable with the one in Gen4 scooter models. That saves the compan… Source
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