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Reddit bans r/NoNewNormal, its largest anti-vax subreddit, for harassing other communities, following weeks of user moderators asking Reddit admins to ban it
How Lord of the Rings changed big screen battles forever – For the past 20 years, Massive software has spawned armies of artificially intelligent crowds, from Lord of the Rings to Avengers: Endgame.
Netflix is testing games in its Android app in Poland, starting with two existing Stranger Things games
YouTube says it has removed over 1M videos related to COVID misinfo since February 2020, and says it removes 10M videos a quarter, most of which have <10 views
The Consumer Technology Association says attendees of CES 2022 will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination
Twitter rolls out a web and mobile app redesign, implementing its first proprietary font, Chirp, high-contrast black and white follow and unfollow buttons, more
Samsung announces $150 Galaxy Buds 2 with active noise cancellation and a similar design to the Galaxy Buds Pro, available August 27
Twitter's photo cropping algorithm favors people with slimmer, younger-looking faces, and lighter skin; a researcher was awarded $3,500 for the discovery
Twitter offers bug bounty of up to $3,500 to spot bias in its photo cropping algorithm, which was shown to favor white people over Black people
Samsung Q2: profit of $10.8B, up 54% YoY, on $55.2B revenue; its chips business accounted for nearly half the profit, but mobile division revenue declined QoQ
Facebook Messenger adds Soundmojis, which add audible expressions to emoji, accessible through a loudspeaker icon
Facebook is rolling out the ability for Group administrators to designate "group experts", partly in an effort to help Facebook combat misinformation
Wells Fargo is shutting down all lines of personal credit
Anger grows among some Google staff about "hypocritical" remote work decisions and transfers as senior exec Urs Hölzle announces plans to work from New Zealand
Studies have found that certain neighborhoods across the US that were redlined in the past are the same areas without fast home internet service today
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 888 Plus with 3GHz clock speed and a claimed 20% boost in AI capabilities, arriving in devices during Q3 2021
Inside the intense debate among Wikipedia editors to include the coronavirus lab leak theory on COVID-19 pages, as the theory has gained more media attention
Google delays Chrome's cookie-blocking privacy plan by nearly 2 years – CNET
Google, shifting to a hybrid workplace, debuts a Work Location Tool for staff to apply for an office move or to become fully remote and see how salaries change
Google says it is funding a project to increase Linux security by writing parts of the operating system's core in Rust
Apple demos passkeys, to let users set up accounts with just Face ID or Touch ID, joining Microsoft and Google in advocating for passwordless authentication
In iOS 15, Apple will introduce app transparency reports in settings that show how apps are using their previously-granted permissions like location, microphone
Teams behind Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge unveil a development forum at W3C to standardize and build a unified, more secure foundation for extensions
7-11 is opening 500 EV charging stations by the end of 2022 – Roadshow
Apple cuts the amount of time before alerting people to AirTags that may be in use to track them and will launch an Android app for detecting AirTags this year
Facebook says Messenger and Instagram will get deeper support for shared AR effects and games in video calls; Facebook's SparkAR platform now has 600K creators
Techmeme · 4 months ago
Quic, a UDP-based protocol designed by Google to replace TCP, has been published as a standard by IETF
USB standards body unveils its USB-C 2.1 revision, which supports power up to 240W, up from 100W currently, aimed at devices like 4K displays and gaming laptops
Nikola Tesla invention from 100 years ago suddenly makes more sense today
WarnerMedia says HBO Max's cheaper, ad-supported tier will cost $10 per month and launch in the first week of June
During the Epic trial, Craig Federighi says malware on macOS has reached an "unacceptable" level and the problem is "significantly larger" than iOS
Google unveils Wear OS 3.0, with a revamped design and 30% performance boost, and partners with Samsung, which will use Wear OS, not Tizen, for its next watches
Facebook details Expire-Span, a new method to teach AI how to retain important information while forgetting irrelevant info, for more efficient data processing
YouTube has banned almost 40 QAnon channels that are deleting their own videos after a few days in order to evade YouTube's policies and escape violations
Zigbee Alliance renames as Connectivity Standards Alliance and unveils Matter, an interoperable connectivity standard to ship in smart home devices this year
Techmeme · 4 months ago
FCC approves $7.17B fund for schools and libraries to buy laptops, tablets, Wi-Fi hotspots, and broadband connections to help facilitate online learning
Interview with Mark Zuckerberg on upgrading Quest with pro features, using VR for fitness, VR for kids, Facebook's plans for its Horizon VR world, and more
Intel to invest $3.5B to upgrade its chipmaking plant in New Mexico that will result in 700 new jobs over 3 years as part of CEO Pat Gelsinger's turnaround plan
12.9" iPad Pro's mini-LED display features 1.6K nits peak brightness, 1K nits full-screen brightness, and 2,596 local dimming zones for a 1M-to-1 contrast ratio
Samsung announces its next Galaxy Unpacked event will be held on April 28, as rumors point to Galaxy Book laptops, teasing "the most powerful Galaxy is coming"
Facebook faces lawsuit alleging failure to remove anti-Muslim hate speech
Samsung announces $40 SmartTag Plus, which uses Bluetooth and UWB to locate lost items, and AR to guide users to them, launching globally on April 16
Amazon warehouse workers decide this week whether to unionize
Reddit · 6 months ago