The softblocking meme blends literary references with cancel culture
Oof. Yikes. A new copypasta has everyone softblocking problematic villains from well known stories, all in the name of the meme. Urban Dictionary defines softblocking as...
Think FaceApp’s privacy policy is sketchy? We’ve got some news for you.
So we all know FaceApp is sketchy. But uniquely sketchy? Not so fast. Years after its rocky and arguably racist start, FaceApp once again jumped to...
No, You Don’t Need to Uninstall VLC
“The sky is falling; uninstall VLC right now!” That’s the advice some websites are providing. But the purported VLC flaw is overblown—and, according to VLC’s developers,...
WeWork accelerates IPO plans, plots September listing
WeWork chief executive officer Adam Neumann is already rich, but soon all of the early employees and investors of the co-working giant will be too. The...
Instagram deleted a post calling out predatory photographer for ‘bullying’
When a young model tried to shine a light on a predatory photographer’s slimy work ethic, Instagram took down her post because it was considered “bullying.” ...
Google’s bigger smart display arrives this fall
Google is just a couple of months away from releasing its first smart home device with an onboard camera. The company quietly updated one of its...
Facebook empowers OpenStreetMap community with AI-enhanced tools
If we’re going to map the world, we’re not going to do it with ever-greater volumes of elbow grease. There’s just too much work to do....
DOJ announces investigation into big tech
The Department of Justice announced that its Antitrust Division is reviewing how the world’s largest technology companies have gotten that way and whether their business practices...
AWS launches a new tool to help you optimize your EC2 resources
Here is a small but potentially handy update if you’re an AWS EC2 user. The company today launched a new feature called “EC2 Resource Optimization Recommendations,”...
