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Hulu is just $2 a month for a year with this Black Friday deal
You can add Disney+ for an additional $3 per month
Facebook may have collected some of your IRS filing data if you used an online tax services
Ain't nothin' sacred anymore!
Manifest v3 extensions are now accepted on the Firefox add-on store
A hot potato: Mozilla has started accepting Manifest V3 add-ons for the code-signing process of the AMO store. From June 2023, Chrome will only accept MV3 extensions and crippled ad-blocking tools. Mozilla will continue to support full-featured (MV2) ad-blockers like uBlock Origin anyway.
The FCC launches detailed broadband coverage maps
The FCC hopes greater transparency will pressure ISPs to improve coverage
Elon Musk reinstates Donald Trump's Twitter account following poll results
"The voice of the people is the voice of God"
Twitter locks remaining employees out of offices after hundreds leave following Elon Musk's "hardcore" ultimatum
It's chaos at Twitter
In context: Elon Musk might regret firing half of Twitter's staff after he took over the company, given reports that those who weren't laid-off have been resigning in droves. It appears the departures were prompted by Musk's recent declaration that employees must commit to a "hardcore" work culture or leave the firm by 5 pm yesterday. Now, Twitter has locked those who are left out of the company's offices, reportedly over fears of sabotage by disgruntled ex-workers.
Apple redesigns iCloud website with a modern look that mimics an iPad's home screen
What just happened? Apple implemented a few changes to the iCloud website that modernized its look and feel several weeks ago. The new visual style somewhat mimics an iPad home screen. The experimental version was in beta until today.
Facebook is removing controversial information fields from profiles, including political and religions views
Facebook claims the changes will make the platform easier to use
Watch, upload, edit TikTok videos straight from Opera browser
Opera's latest update integrates TikTok to its sidebar. This will allows users to watch TikTok videos in a larger format, but also upload, search and edit videos straight from the browser.
Intel detection tool uses blood flow to identify deepfakes with 96% accuracy
Your move, deepfakes
Elon Musk fires Twitter engineer for arguing with him publicly
Many say Musk's statement was incorrect
Jeff Bezos plans to give away the majority of his fortune
Bezos wants his money to be used to make a difference
Senator Ed Markey slams Elon Musk over Twitter verification system, warns of congress intervention
"Fix your companies. Or congress will"
Twitter roundup: bankruptcy threat, top staff leave, Musk's payment system plans
Musk takes the first step in turning Twitter into WeChat
Midjourney v4 greatly improves the award-winning image creation AI
Forward-looking: Midjourney v4 is the new version of an AI algorithm designed to create award-winning, weird, and uncanny graphic compositions. The developers are alpha testing their latest tech while working on a proper full launch of the final product.
Disney+ added 12 million subscribers last quarter but still missed revenue expectations
The ad-supported tier arrives next month
Triviaverse is a speedy new trivia game from Netflix that you can play with a friend
Netflix's latest game is more in line with what you'd expect from a streaming video provider
Tim Berners-Lee: please ignore the Web3 nonsense. The future is Solid
Forward-looking: The creator of the World Wide Web has disavowed Web3 as the future of internet's most successful and popular application. He is proposing Solid, a new decentralized effort not based on blockchain, as a possible solution to the issues the web is facing at the moment.
US Justice Department lands conviction in $3.36 billion Silk Road Bitcoin heist
Over 50,000 Bitcoins
YouTube removes WWDC archive channel after Apple issues copyright notices
The videos went back decades
Facebook in the Metaverse of Madness
The technology is just not there yet, and the entire concept might not be either
Twitter suspends high-profile accounts after introducing permabans for impersonations
Several pretended to be Elon Musk