Jul 30
Twitter, a social network known for its perpetual feed of virulence and targeted harassment, is turning to academia to answer the decade-old question: Why is it so bad?
Jul 30
NASA’s newest exoplanet-hunting spacecraft has started taking scientific data as of last week, according to a NASA release.
Jul 30
T-Mobile is gearing up for 5G in a big way: the carrier just announced a $3.5 billion deal with Nokia for 5G equipment. At this point, it’s the biggest arrangement that we’ve seen around next-generation wireless equipment. T-Mobile says it’ll be usin…
Jul 30
Ecobee now has an answer to Nest’s peak-usage energy savings. It’s launching a Peak Relief pilot program that automatically cuts down on heating and cooling when electricity rates are at their highest. It uses your comfort preferences, home energy…
Jul 30
Gran Turismo Sport just released a new patch, and amid gameplay and cosmetic updates, you’ll find the option to buy cars with your real hard-earned money. Developer Polyphony Digital is putting more than 200 cars on sale in PS Store and Brand Central…
Jul 30
Today we’re looking a bit closer at the Google Pixel 3 as it’s leaked in surprisingly full fashion weeks before release. The release date, we must assume, will be the same as the last two years – some time in October. But with the leaks coming in hard and heavy here at the tail end of July, we must ask: … Continue reading
Jul 30
One of the drawbacks to live broadcasts is that sometimes things can happen that are least expected. We’ve seen many an instance in which a newscaster who is live on location can get heckled by the public or people who want their 15 minutes of fame, and live internet broadcasts are no different where there are some users who spam the comments with abusive things.
However it seems that Twitter has had enough of trolls leaving behind abusive comments on live Periscope broadcasts, and have since announced that they will be taking action by suspending users who are caught doing such things. According to Twitter, “Chatting on live video should be a safe experience both for broadcasters and viewers, so that everyone is empowered to join the conversation without fear of abuse.”
“Starting on August 10, we will also review and suspend accounts for repeatedly sending chats that violate our guidelines. If you are in a broadcast and see a chat that may violate our guidelines, please report it.” Twitter obviously can’t monitor everything and they have also asked that users report and vote on chats that they might consider to be abusive.
This is an improvement over the current system which only boots the user from one stream. That only means that the user can simply take their abusive comments and apply it to another stream, and so on.
Twitter To Suspend Users Who Make Abusive Comments On Life Broadcasts , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jul 30
Multinational corporations such as Apple are required to comply with the various laws of the countries that they operate in. This can get tricky as it means that sometimes the laws of a country can go against the company’s own policies and values, a sticky situation that Apple has found themselves in over in India.
It has gotten to the point where Apple’s iPhones could end up getting banned from being used on the country’s communications network. However now it seems that Apple could be having a change of heart because according to reports, the company could give in to the demands of the Indian government and acquiesce to their request for a government-sanctioned DND app into the iOS App Store.
For those who aren’t familiar with this story, basically the Indian government wanted to release a DND app for smartphones in which it would allow those living in India better control over spam calls and text messages. However the app that was proposed apparently violated Apple’s own user privacy policy, which is why the company had resisted the government’s demands.
However like we said, Apple has since had a change of heart and a new report is claiming that Apple is readying the app for iOS which will comply with the latest set of regulations, and that the app could be launched early November.
Apple Could Be Considering Giving In To Indian Government’s Demands , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jul 30
Pope Francis has accepted the resignations of Archbishop Philip Wilson and Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
Jul 30
The actress recently revealed she tied the knot with musician Phil Elverum.
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