This weekend, the Senate will vote on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, which officials unveiled this week. The bill includes new spending for climate measures like electric vehicle charging stations and public transit. But compared to what’s needed to take on the climate crisis, it’s a drop in the…
Privacy and security on the internet are hot-button topics these days, with every tech company introducing new features to safeguard your data. But Microsoft is approaching the issue with a bit of levity. The company’s browser vulnerability research team is experimenting with a new feature in Microsoft Edge called…
Mozilla Firefox hemorrhaged nearly 46 million users in the last three years, the company’s own Public Data Report shows a steady and troubling decline in popularity for a browser that serves as one of the last serious competitors to Apple’s Safari and Google’s Chrome.
Well, well, well, look who finally decided to join the Big Oil climate pledge party. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Exxon, the company that for decades pushed climate denial on the world, is “considering” making a pledge to get its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050.
NASA is preparing to run long-duration, ground-based simulations that will closely approximate an actual mission to the Red Planet. The space agency is now accepting applications for participation—but have you got the right stuff?
The course designer defended the life-size figure amid accusations that it caused several pairings to stop short.
A new season of Stranger Things is headed to Netflix. This will be the fourth season of the show, after a bit of a break just beyond the previous most major hiatus. The first season was released in the year 2016, followed by season two in 2017, then the big break happened before season three in 2019, now we’re headed … Continue reading
Generally speaking, Nintendo games are colorful, happy affairs, and the trailers for those games reflect that with bright visuals and upbeat music. However, it’s becoming more and more clear that Metroid Dread is not that game. If its dark and unsettling announcement trailer wasn’t enough to convince you of that, then perhaps the game’s latest teaser trailer will. The teaser … Continue reading
Customized “Skull Collection” versions of two Samsung devices were leaked today by the folks at Caviar Royal Gift. Caviar has done this sort of thing in the past – revealed devices that’ve not yet been entirely confirmed by the brands that make the devices. As such, this reveal doesn’t exactly confirm anything we didn’t see in previous leaks of the … Continue reading
Twitter is scrambling to reassure India and reclaim its liability protections for user-made content. Bloombergreports that Twitter has told an Indian court it appointed grievance and nodal officers to honor new rules demanding local full-time staff to handle handle issues like compliance and law enforcement matters. The court previously claimed Twitter was in “total noncompliance” and had stripped the protections, leaving Twitter legally vulnerable if users posed illegal material.
Police have filed cases against Twitter multiple times based on user actions, including child pornography violations or posting controversial political maps.
The social media giant isn’t safe yet. The government will have to determine whether or not the executives put India in compliance with the rules. Another hearing is due on August 10th. Companies like Facebook, Google and Telegram have already complied the requirements.
Twitter has had a fractious relationship with the Indian government. The social media giant refused to block critics of the Indian government after officials threatened to arrest employees in early February. Accordingly, India ordered Twitter to pull criticism of its pandemic response after COVID-19 cases surged in April. The alleged rule violations just represented an escalation of already-high tensions in that regard. Not that Twitter has much choice but to comply — leaving the Indian market would deliver a serious blow to its business while having little impact on censorship in the country.
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