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Twitter is expanding its efforts to combat spam. On Wednesday, the social media platform introduced a new feature that allows users to report shady activity; these include suspected bots, tweets that contain malicious links, and posts with unrelated hashtags, which scammers typically use to gain attention through trending topics. Twitter’s official Safety account demonstrated the spam-fighting feature […]
Apple’s iOS 12.1 will be available on October 30 (tomorrow), according to Apple themselves. The new release will bring with it a previously delayed Group FaceTime feature and (on a lesser note) 70 new emojis that add previously unavailable icons for hairstyles, food, and animals for the iPhone and iPad. That Group FaceTime option will allow […]
Twitter seems to be having some doubts about a very crucial part of its service—the like button. Wading through a cesspool of hot takes, racist trolls, and political animosity, liking content is a way to navigate through the smog and shine a light on all the funny/useful stuff people actually come to Twitter for. But […]
As someone with arachnophobia, the story of a person who accidentally set fire to his parents’ home because he wanted to kill some black widow spiders sounds like a small price to pay to remedy a bigger problem. According to The San Diego Union-Tribune, a California man was house-sitting for his parents Tuesday night when […]
Despite recent troubles, it looks as if Snapchat is at least accomplishing something. As the New York Times reports, Snapchat says it helped more than 400,000 people to register to vote. During a recent two-week time frame, the social media company pushed young people to register to vote by adding a button to users’ profile pages that linked to […]
The world’s oldest intact shipwreck has been found in the Black Sea. The 75-ft long Greek merchant ship was found lying on its side on the sea floor about 50 miles off the coast of Bulgaria by a team of researchers working on the Black Sea Maritime Archeology Project. They say that the ship is […]
Luxury electronic manufacturer Brikk has launched a diamond-encrusted version of Sony‘s DualShock 4 Controller for PlayStation 4. The release includes Classic and Deluxe options. Both come in 24-karat yellow gold, preserved in a triple layer of clear veneer, and include a PlayStation button crafted from solid 18-karat gold and studded with seven diamonds, for a […]
On Monday, Netflix stated that they do not use skin color as a determinant for how to market the same movie to people of different ethnicities. This particular and specific denial came after social media allegations arose stating marketing materials sent to black Netflix subscribers featured images of black actors (even if they were just in […]
Twitter announced Wednesday that they will begin to display whose tweets were taken down for violating their terms of service. The company claims that the change is meant to address questions regarding whether they were the ones responsible for getting a reported tweet deleted, or if the person who posted the tweet in question got rid of […]
The popular video sharing website YouTube, as well as YouTube TV and YouTube Music, went down on Tuesday and people were not happy about it. Thanks for your reports about YouTube, YouTube TV and YouTube Music access issues. We’re working on resolving this and will let you know once fixed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may […]
