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A member of the Federal Communications Commission is renewing calls for a TikTok ban. FCC commissioner Brendan Carr is urging Apple and Google’s parent company to removed the popular platform from its app stores. Carr outlined his position in a June 24 letter addressed to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, citing concerns over a recent BuzzFeed News report that examined leaked audio […]
Google engineer Blake Lemoine revealed last week that he was placed on paid administrative leave by the company after trying to raise awareness about its artificial intelligence chatbot becoming sentient. Lemoine claims he was placed on leave for violating the company’s confidentiality policy after he went public with transcripts between himself, an unidentified collaborator, and the Google artificially […]
As the “official fan phone of the NBA,” Google’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro are perfect for photographing every special moment both on and off the court. We put that to the test last weekend in Cleveland, Ohio, where there were dozens of exclusive basketball events—ranging from the slam dunk and three-point contests to […]
It lasted for less than three hours, but it felt much, much longer. At around 7 p.m. ET, reports of issues with YouTube started to spike in many areas around the world, including northeast of the United States, the U.K., Australia, and South America, according to DownDetector. The monitoring site revealed that at its peak, the number of reports totaled nearly […]
Discovering your new favorite song can be a gift and a curse. First, you come to that moment of realization where you become that meme of Michael Jackson exclaiming “I love this song.” However, once those few, fleeting minutes of pure bliss are over, and you’re trying to recapture that feeling by listening to the song again, you’re lost […]
Amid their lawsuit against Apple over the removal of Fortnite from the App Store, Epic Games is launching a #FreeFornite tournament. As revealed on the official Epic Games blog, players on iOS devices will be unable to play Chapter 2 – Season 4 when it launches on Aug. 27, so the #FreeFortnite Cup will take place on Aug. 23 […]
In a smartphone-driven world, it’s hard to understand why more consumers aren’t taking serious looks at the Google Pixel line of phones. I’ve been sticking with the brand since 2017, when I finally made the leap from whatever BlackBerry I was still using to the Pixel 2. Being a heavy user of the Google line […]
Simon Weckert, an artist from Germany, came up with an idea to game Google Maps by tricking it into thinking several Berlin streets were cramped up with traffic. Now, as is the case with almost all art, there seems to be a thin line seperating whether this is brilliant or eye-rolling, so we’ll just lay […]
With its fourth iteration of their flagship Pixel smartphone, Google’s done the impossible: they’ve made arguably the perfect Android device. That’s saying something; back in May, it was reported that there are 2.5 billion active Android devices out there in the world. The Pixels have obviously been the pinnacle of Google’s smartphone division, but there’s […]
YouTube Will Ask Users If They Want to Rethink Posting Offensive Comments
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December 4, 2020
YouTube will prompt users to reconsider whether offensive comments are “something [they] really want to share” before posting. The site made the announcement on Thursday, with the new update aiming to make the platform more inclusive. Android users will see the pop-up first, which will give the “commenter the option to reflect before posting,” the […]