Google refuses to reinstate account after it flagged medical images as child abuse
Stands by its decision despite a police investigation proving the man's innocence
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MoviePass beta launches September 5 with three tiers starting at $10 per month
Company opens a waiting list later this week
Beware of this very convincing PayPal phishing scam
It lacks the usual tell-tale scam signs
Another successful SpaceX launch and landing deploys 53 more Starlink satellites
The launch marks the commercial space company's 37th launch of 2022
YouTube engineer builds an insanely accurate knife-throwing gun
His young son even programmed the controller
Mount Kilimanjaro now has high-speed internet connectivity
Livestream your ascent of Africa's highest mountain
Netflix ad-supported subscriptions might not allow offline downloads
Job listings also indicate cloud gaming plans
Streaming beats cable for the first time to claim largest share of TV viewing to date
How we watch TV is changing
Amazon lawyers don't think former and current CEOs should have to testify in FTC investigation
"[The individual hearings are] calculated to serve no other purpose than to harass Amazon's highest-ranking executives"
This game was made entirely from AI-generated images
The technique looks promising but has several limitations
TV viewing among younger adults drops by two-thirds in a decade, over 65s now watch for longer
Streaming services and apps are killing off traditional broadcast TV among the young
Walmart is adding Paramount+ streaming as a membership perk
Latest Walmart+ perk brings it one step closer to Amazon Prime
Judge gives Elon Musk access to bot-counting data from former Twitter executive
Musk's team had requested documents from 22 people
A Surveillance Primer: 5 Eyes, 9 Eyes, 14 Eyes
As awareness of global surveillance grows, more people are looking for information about the Five Eyes (FVEY), Nine Eyes, and 14 Eyes surveillance alliances. So what are these organizations?
Apple and Meta once discussed "revenue sharing" methods, report claims
Facebook subscriptions and sponsorships could have gone through App Store payments
Google could soon let you launch cloud games directly from its search results
Stadia, Xbox Cloud Gaming, and GeForce Now are all part of the test
Meta can track users through its Facebook and Instagram in-app browsers
Via website code injection
Spotify dips its toes into concert tickets with new Live Events section
Initial offerings are extremely limited, but company acknowledges it is in a testing phase
Comcast was too expensive and AT&T was too slow, so this man built his own ISP
Michigan man awarded $2.6 million government contract to expand fiber ISP
Number of teens using Facebook crashes as YouTube becomes platform of choice
"It's the children who are wrong," says old man Facebook
Disney now has more subscribers than Netflix, reveals price hikes & $7.99 ad-supported tier
The current, ad-free tier is getting more expensive
Popular podcast? Some guests are paying big to appear on your favorite shows
Payments up to $50,000 aren't always properly disclosed
YouTube is testing a pinch-to-zoom feature until September 1
Experiment available to premium subscribers