[ad_1] YouTube said it’s making the move to push back against music companies that are overzealous about enforcing copyright claims. “One concerning trend we’ve seen is aggressive manual claiming of very short music clips used in monetized videos,” it wrote. “These claims can feel particularly unfair, as they transfer all revenue from the creator to […]
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There’s something fishy about Amazon’s FC Ambassadors
[ad_1] But just because Amazon is one of the world’s richest companies doesn’t mean much of that gilding actually makes it down to the rank and file folks who make the machine run. If recent reports, such as John Oliver’s segment from July below are to be believed, working in one of the conglomerates’s many […]
BMW shows revives “lost” concept car
[ad_1] The Garmisch Bertone Concept made its premiere at the 1970 Geneva Auto Show, then it vanished. The vehicle was created as a provocation to the BMW group. It’s sleek design and bold kidney grill have been evident in the BMW line up for decades even though it vanished without a trace. BMW’s head of […]
Instagram users can now flag false content
[ad_1] To flag false content, users will click the three-dot menu at the top right corner of an Instagram post, select “it’s inappropriate” and choose “false information.” If a post is indeed incorrect, it won’t be deleted, but it will be “downplayed” on the Explore tab and hashtag pages. The post creator won’t be notified […]
Apple promises hostile treatment for sites that break Safari privacy rules
[ad_1] Cross-site tracking is the practice of monitoring a person’s browsing behavior. Often, it involves sharing data with third parties such as advertisers. If you’ve ever looked at a product on Amazon, and then seen ads for it follow you from website to website, you’ve been a victim of cross-site tracking. As CNET notes, Apple […]
Echo Fox loses its pro ‘League of Legends’ franchise spot
[ad_1] Riot Games partnered with Echo Fox and 10 other esports organizations in 2017, granting them permanent franchise status, in exchange for a $10 million fee. A lot of big players, including professional sports teams like the New York Yankees and Cleveland Cavaliers, jumped at the chance to enter. Since then, the league has been […]
New Amazon donation program gives unsold products to the needy
[ad_1] Following reports that Amazon often destroys unsold and unwanted products stored in its warehouses, the company is launching a donations program that will help distribute goods to people in need, according to a report from CNBC. The program, called Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) Donations, will distribute products to non-profit organizations through Good360 in the […]
Google employees don’t want it to work with US border agencies
[ad_1] Citing recent events such as the death of seven immigrant children while in US custody and the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, the petition argues Google should not work with CBP, nor the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “We demand that Google publicly commit not to support […]
Google’s ‘Assignments’ tool flags plagiarism and missing sources
[ad_1] The company says its originality reports will scan student work for matching text against web pages as well as “tens of millions” of books. “We’ve heard from instructors that they copy and paste passages into Google Search to check if student work is authentic, which can be repetitive, inefficient and biased. They also often […]
Formula 1’s underdogs struggle with the technical challenges of the sport
[ad_1] Formula 1 is no longer about brute horsepower and the smell of gasoline. Since its ’80s and ’90s heydays, F1 has transformed into a greener, safer and more technologically advanced sport. Cars are now powered by hybrid gasoline/electric motors that are the most efficient and complex in the world. The power is still brutal, […]