Musk has now revealed that there will be additional verification badges used in addition to the blue verified badge, continuing the story of Twitter Blue’s ups and downs. For recognized users, such as businesses and governments, there will now be gold and grey ticks in addition to the traditional blue …
Read More »Mercedes-Benz will restrict vehicle acceleration prior to receiving a $1,200 yearly subscription
Mercedes-Benz has placed a paywall that costs $1,200 a year in front of some electric vehicles’ full performance. Although many people have criticized the company, it claims that the “Acceleration Increase” will “unleash enhanced performance” of its Mercedes-EQ EQE and Mercedes-EQ EQS vehicles. The price range for the aforementioned vehicles …
Read More »Why Is China Sticking To The “Zero-COVID” Policy Despite Record High Cases?
Following a record daily high of COVID-19 cases, China has enacted a new round of lockdowns. On Wednesday, November 23, mainland China recorded over 31,000 COVID-19 cases, according to state media. Though still lower than the UK and the US, that is an increase from the previous record high of …
Read More »Musk Is Once Again Relying On A Twitter Poll To Make Important User Safety Decisions
Elon Musk, the brand-new owner of Twitter, has submitted a significant user safety decision to a Twitter vote for the second time in this month. The question “should Twitter grant a universal amnesty to suspended accounts, provided that they have not breached the law or participated in severe spam?” was …
Read More »LinkedIn’s new feature lets you schedule posts for later
Users will soon be able to schedule posts on LinkedIn to publish at a later time. According to at least one online report from web developer and app researcher Nima Owji back in August, the Microsoft-owned social network has apparently been testing the new feature internally for a number of …
Read More »Legal expert: UK’s Online Safety Bill’s surveillance provisions put E2EE at risk
Independent legal analysis of the Online Safety Bill, a contentious UK government proposal to regulate online speech under a safety-focused framework, says the draft bill contains some of the broadest mass surveillance powers ever proposed in a Western democracy and also warns that they pose a risk to the integrity …
Read More »Netflix is working on ‘brand-new AAA PC game’, according to job listings
According to Mobilegamer.biz, Netflix has posted more than a dozen job openings for its Los Angeles office of Netflix Games Studio on its website. We can learn a little bit about the company’s plans for the new studio from these listings. Netflix is specifically looking for a game director to …
Read More »Now is the time to discuss killer robots
Looking for topics to discuss over the Thanksgiving dinner table that aren’t politics or sports? Let’s discuss killer robots now. Depending on how broadly you define “robot,” the idea has long since transposed from science fiction to reality. Asimov’s First Law of Robotics, which states that “A robot may not …
Read More »Jezero Crater on Mars was undoubtedly a lake and was brimming with organic material
Perseverance’s first 208 Martian days of data collection have yielded a lot of knowledge about the Jezero Crater, the site of the NASA rover’s February 2021 landing. According to the most recent research, the crater was once thought to be a lake that had dried up. Additionally, the study reveals …
Read More »Finally, Google Messages is beginning to allow us the freedom to respond however we like
Google Messages reactions are changing. The beta version of the app is allowing certain users to choose any Emoji as a reaction, not just the current seven. This change will likely roll out to the public in the coming weeks. If you use Google Messages, you probably like the ability …
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