Category: Internet

Elon Musk will go to trial in December over ‘pedo guy’ case

[ad_1] It was later revealed that Musk hired a private detective to dig up dirt on Unsworth and then sent BuzzFeed News an off-the-record email, accusing the diver of moving to Thailand for a 12-year-old child bride. Unsworth denied the accusation and said his wife was 32, not 12, when he met her in London. […]

Hundreds of employees criticize Facebook’s political ad policies

[ad_1] In the letter, obtained by The New York Times, the employees argue that allowing misinformation to run could increase distrust in Facebook and undermine Facebook’s integrity. They recommend six ways to remedy the situation, including holding political ads to the same standards as other ads, restricting political ad targeting and clearer policies in general. […]

YouTube Music now plays nicely with Siri

[ad_1] Siri can now play YouTube Music, meaning you’ll no longer have to choose between Apple Music or Spotify to listen through the Apple assistant. The change was made possible by iOS 13, and it works with Apple CarPlay, so you’ll get hands-free control of YouTube Music as you drive. [ad_2] Source link

DAZN will provide boxing news and highlights on Snapchat

[ad_1] You can also expect Our Story coverage starting on November 9th with both broadcast-style fight highlights as well as material submitted from other Snapchat users. This is big for fans of the sweet science, but it’s also a notable expansion for Snapchat’s sports coverage. To date, its content has revolved largely around the biggest […]

Lyft now offers public transit directions in the Bay Area

[ad_1] The firm’s transit integrations are still limited to nine major cities, including New York City, Los Angeles and Seattle. It could be a long while before you can assume you’ll have these directions in most urban hubs. The Bay Area addition is still huge, though. In addition to serving a large population (7.75 million […]

Porsche tries selling its cars online in the US

[ad_1] You can walk though the process on dealers’ websites on desktops and mobile devices. To no one’s surprise, Porsche is considering expanding access if the pilot proves successful. It’s launching a comparable program in Germany at the same time. This isn’t quite as far-reaching as Tesla. The EV builder lets you custom-order cars, and […]

Spotify’s podcast strategy is starting to pay off

[ad_1] The company is looking to further analyze the data about podcasts and premium sign-ups, but believes that it’s “onto something special.” If proven true, we can expect to see Spotify lean even harder in to owning the space, with more paid-for exclusive titles to lock people into subscriptions. It looks as if the music […]

China passes law regulating data encryption

[ad_1] The law requires that all state secrets be stored and transmitted using “core and common” encryption, and that institutions working on cryptography have to establish “management systems” that guarantee the security of that encryption. Those managers won’t be allowed to ask private encryption developers to turn over “exclusive” info like source code, though, and […]

Gothalion is the latest big Twitch streamer to switch to Mixer

[ad_1] The news came just days after Shroud (aka Michael Grzesiek) switched to Mixer, and nearly three months after Ninja (Tyler Blevins) made his move. The terms of the switch haven’t been made public, although the free subscriptions suggest that Gothalion and other former Twitch streamers are getting certain guarantees of stability for their finances […]