[ad_1] The cybersecurity firm at the center of the FEC’s decision is Area 1, a California-based firm that focuses on phishing. Founded by a group of former NSA hackers in 2013, the security vendor continuously crawls the web for signs of phishing and claims it can analyze 6 billion URLs and 4.8 billion IP addresses […]
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Donald Trump is ‘not a fan’ of cryptocurrency, Facebook Libra
[ad_1] Just hours after a “social media summit,” the president’s Twitter account posted a thread aimed at, of all things, cryptocurrency. After starting off by claiming he’s “not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air” Trump took specific aim at […]
YouTube offers tiered membership levels to boost creators’ revenue
[ad_1] Building off of Super Chat, which allows fans to pay for comments that appear at the top of a livestream, YouTube is adding Super Stickers. Users will be able to purchase animated stickers to share during live streams and premieres. YouTube is also adding more partners to its Merch shelf, so creators can now […]
Google to roll out redesigned News tab
[ad_1] While it’s too early to tell what exactly the revamped News tab will accomplish, it’s clear that it’s a step in an entirely different direction. A look at the “Before and After” GIF of the News tab reveals that prominent news publishers are highlighted clearly on top, and the staggered look of numerous news […]
Harley-Davidson offers free charging for its electric motorcycle
[ad_1] Harley-Davidson’s first electric motorcycle will soon hit the roads, and while the LiveWire will have a longer range than first expected, at 140 miles of city driving on a single charge, you’ll still need to hook it up to a charger once in a while. To help you save on electricity fees, Harley is […]
Twitter was down and we were free
[ad_1] Today the timeline stopped. Everything just came to a halt for the first time in a long time. “Twitter is down,” we’d scream from our keyboards, if we had access to Twitter. Maybe a few folks went over to Facebook to tell their friends and family. They don’t care. Instead of trolls, arguments about […]
Rise of the Resistance’ ride opens December 5th
[ad_1] In a blog post, Disney Parks said “Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance” will “blur the lines between fantasy and reality.” On the way to join Rey and General Organa at a secret base, visitors will be captured by a First Order Star Destroyer. With the help of Resistance heroes, they’ll break out, protect […]
‘StarCraft’ gets the cartoon makeover nobody asked for
[ad_1] When you think of kid-friendly video games, StarCraft might not top the list. But that could change. A new version, StarCraft: Cartooned, reimagines every unit, structure, map, menu and mission with art by CarBot Animations. The usually dark game is swapping its Warhammer-like visual style for a complete makeover with cute cartoon graphics. [ad_2] […]
Nielsen wants to track podcast data by… calling people
[ad_1] The company’s venture into the world of podcasting isn’t as odd as you’d think. Nielsen Scarborough, the division of the company that is carrying out the operation, polls 200,000 people every year on everything from their craft beer drinking habits to how often they watch Mexican soccer. The surveys are conducted over the phone, […]
Twitter is back after a brief outage (updated)
[ad_1] Twitter said the outage was due to “an internal system change” and it’s fixing the issue. It said everything should be up and running again soon. Twitter is back up for some people, and we’re working to make sure our service is available to everyone as quickly as possible. The interruption was due to […]