How Facebook and Twitter Handled Trump’s ‘Don’t Be Afraid of Covid’ Post
Medical experts said the president’s message downplayed the dangers of the coronavirus. But it fell into a gray area for the social media pl...
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Apple removed headphones and speakers from Bose, Logitech, and Sonos from its online store at the end of Sept., asked retail employees to do the same (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : Apple removed headphones and speakers from Bose, Logitech, and Sonos from its online store at the end of Sept.,...
Read dispatchA US District Judge ordered Cisco to pay $1.9B to Virginia-based Centripetal Networks for infringing four cybersecurity patents; Cisco says it will appeal (Allison Levitsky/Silicon Valley ...)
Allison Levitsky / Silicon Valley Business Journal : A US District Judge ordered Cisco to pay $1.9B to Virginia-based Centripetal Network...
Read dispatchUncle Sam Is Looking for Recruits—Over Twitch
The US military needs tech-savvy youth. It's hoping its streaming channels will help fill out its roster. from Wired https://ift.tt/2G...
Read dispatchXbox Has Always Chased Power. That's Not Enough Anymore
Specs go a long way. But in exclusive interviews with WIRED, the Xbox team explains why they're thinking outside the teraflops. from W...
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Read dispatchA Common Plant Virus Is an Unlikely Ally in the War on Cancer
Researchers have seen promising results by injecting dog and mouse tumors with the cowpea mosaic virus. Now they’re aiming for a human trial...
Read dispatchThe Secret History of Video Game Music's Female Pioneers
On this week's Get WIRED podcast, a look at the under-appreciated women who scored many of your favorite games. from Wired https://ift...
Read dispatchThe Turmoil Over ‘Black Lives Matter’ and Political Speech at Coinbase
The CEO of the cryptocurrency pioneer declared political discussions out of bounds—then gave employees a week to agree or leave. from Wire...
Read dispatchThe Women Who Invented Video Game Music
Composers like Eímear Noone and Manami Matsumae created some of the most iconic songs in games that have defined the industry. from Wired ...
Read dispatchTwitch Support Groups Are an Unlikely Source of Solace
Some folks are using the platform to build deep, meaningful communities—and not all of them are around games. from Wired https://ift.tt/3c...
Read dispatch7 Best Desktop PCs for Gaming (2020): Compact, Custom, Cheap
These PCs are fully armed and operational. They're also WIRED Recommended. from Wired https://ift.tt/2ZScixd via A.I .Kung Fu
Read dispatchUS no longer sets the agenda for the internet, as 80%+ of users are now outside the US, and China has more smartphone users than US and western Europe combined (Benedict Evans)
Benedict Evans : US no longer sets the agenda for the internet, as 80%+ of users are now outside the US, and China has more smartphone us...
Read dispatchThank you for posting: Smoking’s lessons for regulating social media
Day by day, the evidence is mounting that Facebook is bad for society. Last week Channel 4 News in London tracked down Black Americans in W...
Read dispatchGoogle and Facebook hate a proposed privacy law. News publishers should embrace it.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress in 2018. | Alex Wong/Getty Images California voters get a chance to shape internet ...
Read dispatchA China-Linked Group Repurposed Hacking Team’s Stealthy Spyware
The tool attacks a device’s UEFI firmware—which makes it especially hard to detect and destroy. from Wired https://ift.tt/3nlW1xs via A.I...
Read dispatchProfile of Singapore-based Sea Limited, an operator of online gaming, commerce, and financial services, whose market cap has quadrupled in 2020 to over $70B (Kentaro Iwamoto/Nikkei Asia)
Kentaro Iwamoto / Nikkei Asia : Profile of Singapore-based Sea Limited, an operator of online gaming, commerce, and financial services, w...
Read dispatchThe Haunting of Bly Manor review: A worthy follow-up to Hill House - CNET
Not quite as powerful as the first in Netflix's horror anthology, but still an extraordinary piece of storytelling. from CNET News htt...
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Gay men hijack Proud Boys Twitter hashtag with messages of love, pride - CNET
Star Trek star George Takei appears to have started the online campaign to reclaim the label Proud Boys from the far-right group. from CNE...
Read dispatchCan a BBC reporter fool a face mask detector?
Videcon has created a system that can detect when someone is wearing a mask when entering a premises. from BBC News - Technology https://i...
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