Oct 22
Trevor Noah Predicts Trump Will Use His New Social Media Platform In One Wild Way
Posted in: Today's Chili“The Daily Show” host imagined the ex-president won’t take long to deviate from posting “truths” on Truth Social.
Oct 22
General Motors recently unveiled two new trim models of its 2022 Sierra 1500 half-ton truck. The all-new Sierra Denali Ultimate is moving the goalpost in the luxury department, making it the most advanced and luxuriously appointed Denali ever. On the other hand, the first-ever Sierra AT4X offers better off-road capabilities with a luxurious twist. “With the 2022 Sierra, GMC is … Continue reading
Oct 22
Engadget Podcast: Apple’s new MacBook Pros, the Pixel 6 and the Surface Duo 2
Posted in: Today's ChiliTechtober continues with a deep dive into Apple’s latest MacBook Pros, powered by the new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips. Cherlynn and Devindra also chat about what’s new with the Pixel 6, and Mr. Mobile himself (Michael Fisher) joins to break down the Surface Duo 2. It turns out Microsoft needed more than a year to fix all of the problems with its dual-screen phone.
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Apple’s new MacBooks with M1 Pro and M1 Pro Max – 1:37
Google finally details Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro’s specs – 23:22
Microsoft’s Surface Duo 2 is inconsistent and buggy – 38:41
Facebook may be changing its name – 1:04:05
Facebook Portal Go Review – 1:05:05
Finally, you can post to Instagram from desktop – 1:06:02
Samsung had yet another Unpacked event – 1:06:23
Also in events: Razer, DJI – 1:07:35
We have a trailer for the Uncharted movie – 1:07:56
Mel Brooks is doing History of the World: Part II for Hulu – 1:09:19
Fisher Price made a version of its toy phone that actually makes calls – 1:10:14
Working on – 1:11:25
Pop culture picks – 1:12:26
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Hosts: Cherlynn Low and Devindra Hardawar
Guests: Michael Fisher
Producer: Ben Ellman
Livestream producers: Julio Barrientos,Luke Brooks
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Music: Dale North and Terrence O’Brien
Oct 22
It took only a few hours for pranksters to find and deface a test version of former President Trump’s yet-to-launch social media platform called TRUTH Social. According to The Washington Post, someone signed up for an account on the test website, took the username “donaldjtrump” and posted a photo of a defecating pig.
Trump and his team recently announced that they’re launching TRUTH Social in early 2022 and that beta tests will begin in November. In its announcement, the team said that the platform is part of its efforts to fight against “the Big Tech companies of Silicon Valley, which have used their unilateral power to silence opposing voices in America.”
The test website has already been pulled down, but not before one of the publication’s reporters was able to sign up under the name “mikepence” without encountering any safeguards that would prevent them from doing so. Based on the mock photos on its App Store listing, TRUTH Social looks like a Twitter clone, where users can post “Truths”similar to tweets and repost “Re-Truths,” which are basically retweets. It has a news feed called the Truth Feed and a notification system, as well.
The website’s code shows that it runs on a mostly unmodified version of open source software Mastodon, The Post says. Mastodon founder Eugen Rochko told Vice that the platform might be violating its licensing rules, since it requires developers to share any modification with the public and to give credit by linking to the original source code. The test website didn’t just reveal TRUTH Social’s code, though, but also its terms of service. A sub-section in the ToS shows that the website hopes to be protected by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Part of the ToS reads: “[W]e are not responsible for any Third-Party Websites accessed through the Site or any Third-Party Content posted on, available through, or installed from the Site, including the content, accuracy, offensiveness, opinions, reliability, privacy practices, or other policies of or contained in the Third-Party Websites or the Third-Party Content.”
Trump has been a very vocal critic of Section 230. In 2020, he signed an executive order meant to limit its scope shortly after Twitter fact-checked a false tweet he made. The order was never meaningfully imposed, but President Biden revoked it completely back in May.
Oct 22
There has been a lot of noise in recent years about mini-LED, microLED (which are still too big and expensive for most homes), and QLED TVs in a bid to steal the crown from OLED, and while there are some compelling options out there, OLED remains the best value for performance and price.
Oct 22
It’s no secret COVID has caused prolonged extreme stress. Here’s how the effects may be showing up in your life.
Oct 22
Dermatologists share their secrets and the anti-dandruff shampoos and treatments that really work.
Oct 22
“We speculate it had drugs in it but we don’t really know.”
Oct 22
Tucker Carlson didn’t even blink at the remark as the two discussed wind turbines.
Oct 22
That is not a typo. This Hot Wheels Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing costs upwards of $12,000 – $12,908 in today’s exchange rates, to be exact – and is possibly the most expensive Hot Wheels toy car ever made. It’s a lot of money for a 1:64 scale model car, but there’s a catch: It comes with an exclusive IWC Pilot’s Watch … Continue reading
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