YouTube has removed videos posted by Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro for violating its content policies, in the strongest measure yet that tech giants in the social media-loving country have taken toward censoring the president. VICE News reports: YouTube has …
Instagram Makes Under-16s’ Accounts Private By Default
Instagram has made new under-16s’ accounts private by default so only approved followers can see posts and “like” or comment. The BBC reports: Tests showed only one in five opted for a public account when the private setting was the default, it said. A…
Activision Blizzard Employees To Walk Out Following Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Activison Blizzard employees are staging a walkout on Wednesday, July 28th in response to the company’s handling of sexual harassment allegations brought by the state of California. Employees will mee…
‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli’s One-of-a-Kind Wu-Tang Clan Album Sold By US Government
H_Fisher writes: Only one copy exists of the Wu-Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, and it was owned by “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli. Now, NPR reports that this album has been sold by the U.S. government to an unnamed buyer in order to pay Shkr…
Lucasfilm Hires Deepfake YouTuber Who Fixed The Mandalorian
Lucasfilm has hired the YouTuber known as Shamook, whose The Mandalorian deepfake, published in December, has earned nearly 2 million views for improving the VFX used to de-age Mark Hamill. CNET reports: “As some of you may already know, I joined ILM/L…
Google Cloud Offers a Model For Fixing Google’s Product-Killing Reputation
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google’s reputation for aggressively killing products and services is hurting the company’s brand. Any new product launch from Google is no longer a reason for optimism; instead, the company is met…
Valve Promises Steam Deck Will Run ‘The Entire Steam Library’ At 30+ FPS
Valve expects that its recently announced Steam Deck portable gaming console will be able to run “really the entire Steam library” on its 1280×800 LCD screen at frame rates of 30 fps or higher. Ars Technica reports: That’s according to a recent IGN vid…
Scientists Create One-Atom-Thin Magnet That Works At Room Temperature
Mogster shares a report from SciTechDaily: A one-atom-thin 2D magnet developed by Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley could advance new applications in computing and electronics. The researchers synthesized the new 2D magnet — called a cobalt-doped van der W…
Bezos Offers To Cover $2 Billion In NASA Costs In Exchange For Astronaut Lunar Lander Contract
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos on Monday offered to cover billions of dollars of NASA costs in exchange for a contract to build a lunar lander to land astronauts on the moon. CNBC reports: Bezos said Blue Origin would waive all payments up to $2 billio…
‘Record-Shattering’ Heat Becoming Much More Likely, Says Climate Study
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Record-shattering” heatwaves, even worse than the one that recently hit north-west America, are set to become much more likely in future, according to research. The study is a stark new warning on …