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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

We all know how the first poll turned out, so he’s doing another one. Elon Musk has launched a new poll asking users whether they think he should reinstate the majority of suspended accounts now that he has made it clear that he is completely done with the “moderation council” …

The cybersecurity specialists at NordPass have discovered the passwords that will be used the most frequently in 2022. According to their analysis, “password” was the most frequently used password in the UK this year, appearing in over 4.9 million different places. The most widely used password in the US was …

Expanded USB and peripheral compatibility are described in a new development report by Asahi, a project to bring Linux to the Apple Silicon Mac. The most recent version of Asahi Linux, a project to adapt Linux to Apple Silicon Macs, includes additional hardware compatibility, new features, patches for “longstanding pain …

One person was killed when a driver smashed through the Apple Derby Street retail store in Massachusetts. The driver claimed that the incident was a “unfortunate accident” rather than an attack. On Monday morning, 52-year-old Bradley Rein crashed his Toyota 4Runner through the front glass of the Apple Store in …

Soft robots with biological inspiration make a lot of sense in many different contexts, but they are not without drawbacks, just like any other category of technology. These flexible constructions, among other reasons, may find it difficult to move as quickly as their more rigid counterparts. An additional source of …