Ellery Biddle / Coda Story: A look at the impact that loosened content moderation rules at Twitter could have outside the US, including in India and Ethiopia — Musk’s free speech absolutism could stoke conflict in countries like India and Ethiopia — BY ELLERY BIDDLE 22 APRIL, 2022 – FEATURE
Read MoreRivian R1S with new sand mode. | Image: Rivian Rivian is experiencing a production issue with an interior trim option for its electric vehicles. Some reservation holders of the company’s R1T electric truck and R1S SUV received emails this week saying that the Ocean Coast trim is “more challenging to produce” and will be delayed
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use
Read MoreGeektime: Israeli startup ARMO, which develops the open source Kubescape tool to secure Kubernetes projects, raises a $30M Series A led by Tiger Global and Hyperwise — ARMO, the Israeli startup that created the Kubernetes open-source security project Kubescape, just closed a Series A investment round
Read MoreJustin Lin attends the Universal Pictures “F9” World Premiere at TCL Chinese Theatre on June 18, 2021 in Hollywood, California. | Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Though principal photography on Universal’s 10th Fast & Furious movie just recently began, Justin Lin announced this week that he will no longer be directing the project, a surprising turn of
Read MoreThe screens on some 40mm Series 6 models may go permanently blank. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge A small number of Apple Watch Series 6 models may have an issue that causes their display to go permanently blank. The good news is Apple now says you can get it fixed for free.
Read MoreImage: Comcast As the old saying goes, if you can’t beat ‘em, partner up with another overly powerful cable giant to give yourself a better shot. This morning, Comcast and Charter announced a new joint venture that will see the two companies teaming up to develop “a next-generation streaming platform on a variety of branded
Read MoreCredit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority Xiaomi launched its 12 series flagships globally on March 15, almost three months after appearing in China. Nevertheless, the new Xiaomi phones bring a slew of notable upgrades over the previous Mi 11 line. The batch of 2022 devices includes the Xiaomi 12, Xiaomi 12 Pro, and Xiaomi 12X.
Read MoreThe new program, still called PlayStation Plus, will absorb PlayStation Now and gain new tiers with new features.
Read MoreSalesforce and Slack are introducing Salesforce Platform for Slack, a low-code toolkit that allows Salesforce developers to build Slack apps that leverage apps, data, and automation directly from the Salesforce Customer 360 platform. Salesforce Platform for Slack allows developers to draw on existing Salesforce development skills to build for Slack, taking advantage of Salesforce authentication,
Read MoreThis foldable electric bike isn’t a bad option, but it’s not particularly comfortable and has disappointing range.
Read MoreReuters: Sources: WhatsApp plans to launch cashback rewards in India to lure more customers to its p2p payments service, alongside incentives for merchants — WhatsApp will within weeks roll out cashback rewards to lure more Indians to its peer-to-peer payments service and is testing similar incentives …
Read MoreThe iPhone 13 Mini and iPhone 13. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple is launching its DIY phone repair service in the US today, making spare parts available for the iPhone 12, iPhone 13, and third-generation iPhone SE. When the company announced its “Self Service Repair” initiative last year, Apple said it
Read MoreIan Sherr / CNET: Apple launches Self Service Repair in the US, covering iPhone SE and iPhone 12 and 13 lineups, with plans to expand to Europe and add M1 Macs by the end of 2022 — The tech giant says it’s offering repair manuals online, along with giving everyday people the chance to buy
Read MoreChris J. Preimesberger / VentureBeat: Tampa-based Coherent, which offers no-code tools to create APIs from business logic within a spreadsheet, raises a $75M Series B led by Maverick Capital — No-code SaaS provider Coherent, which creates customized APIs out of business logic housed inside spreadsheets, today announced …
Read MoreCecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: Sources: Twitch is considering cutting the revenue share for top creators in its partner program to 50%, from 70%, among other changes to boost its revenue — Twitch, the Amazon.com Inc.-owned live-streaming website, is weighing potential changes to how it pays top talent …
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Doppler, which offers encrypted tools for developers to manage app secrets, raises a $20M Series A led by CRV — Secrets management, or the use of tools to access and create digital authentication credentials, was growing in adoption pre-pandemic. But as the health crises forced businesses …
Read MoreLab programs are closing. Home testing has shrunk the pool of publicly reported data. Will we still see the next surge before it arrives?
Read MoreFrom “IT Army” DDoS attacks to custom malware, the country has become a target like never before.
Read MoreA new report suggests that a small but vibrant group of smartphones hackers may be challenging the world’s most digitally restrictive regime.
Read MoreThe landmark Digital Services Act has a glaring omission: It ditches plans to tighten rules that could have protected survivors of revenge porn and other forms of sexual abuse.
Read MoreSix artists share what it’s like to keep working during Russia’s ongoing attack.
Read MoreThere’s little debate that the most exciting move in a rocket’s repertoire is when it launches itself skywards on a column of flame. But failing that, it’s still pretty interesting to see how these massive vehicles get juggled around down here on terra firma before getting fired off into the black. Which is great for
Read More(Photo: Brett Jordan/Unsplash)The ink is still wet on Elon Musk’s deal to purchase Twitter, and there are already signs people are concerned over his “free speech absolutist” stance. Just one day after the news broke, the EU’s commissioner for the internal market told the Financial Times that Musk will have to follow the rules if
Read MoreDell Cameron / Gizmodo: Twitter confirms it quietly “limit[ed] the visibility” of promotional tweets via its ad platform about HBO documentary Q: Into the Storm in 2021 — Twitter told the director of “Q: Into the Storm” it had “made the decision not to allow promotion of this documentary” when he tried to advertise the
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