The Apple iPhone has tons of unique little tricks within each of its apps, and you have to really play around with it to figure out what’s hidden. The one you may not expect to find is actually in the calculator app. So, if you’re trying to figure out what …
Read More »YouTube bans Pornhub’s channel over ‘multiple’ rule violations
YouTube has removed Pornhub’s channel over “multiple” community guideline violations, as first reported by Variety. According to Google, Pornhub’s account violated YouTube’s external link policy, which prohibits users from linking to content that’s not allowed on the platform, such as pornography. “Upon review, we terminated the channel Pornhub Official following …
Read More »How to keep your Smart TV safe
There is a lot of convenience and fun that comes with having a Smart TV in your home. You can connect to web browsers, stream all your favorite shows with apps like Netflix and Hulu, and even play video games while chatting with friends online. But with all that fun …
Read More »Elon Musk re-enabled Twitter accounts for several journalists banned over @ElonJet
Elon Musk has started to lift the suspensions of some journalists on Twitter after re-running a poll asking if he should “Unsuspend accounts who doxxed my exact location in real-time.” (The journalists did not reveal his real-time location.) Out of the two poll options, “now” won with 58.7 percent of …
Read More »How to change your privacy settings on your Android devices
Android phones have lots of perks: some come with amazing cameras, Google apps built-in and preloaded, and plenty more. But these smartphones are also at risk of potential threats like hackers or malware. You’ll want to check your apps, stop sites from tracking you, and more. Be sure to follow …
Read More »John Carmack is leaving Meta
I resigned from my position as an executive consultant for VR with Meta. My internal post to the company got leaked to the press, but that just results in them picking a few choice bits out of it. Here is the full post, just as the internal employees saw it. …
Read More »Holiday cyber scams: 5 things to avoid
Holiday cyber scams are increasingly common. According to the FBI, thousands of people become victims of holiday scams every year. The two most prevalent scams are non-delivery and non-payment crimes. In a non-delivery scam, a buyer pays for goods or services they find online, but those items are never received. …
Read More »13 predictions for tech platforms in 2023
I like to end each year by asking you all for your predictions about the year ahead, and comparing them with my own. Before we do that, though, I think it’s only fair to check in on the predictions I made here last year about 2022. Overall, I think I …
Read More »WAR ON FREE SPEECH: Twitter ban decisions are ‘arbitrary and capricious,’ digital rights advocate says
Elon Musk’s recent behavior, like banning an account tracking his private jet, shows decisions behind Twitter bans are “entirely arbitrary and capricious,” a digital rights advocate told Fox News. “My first reaction is this strikes me entirely in keeping with what we have been seeing over the past several weeks, …
Read More »HTC will announce a lightweight Meta Quest competitor at CES
HTC plans to introduce a new flagship AR / VR headset next month that will reestablish its presence in the consumer virtual reality space. The company isn’t planning to release full details until CES on January 5th. But HTC global head of product Shen Ye spoke exclusively with The Verge …
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