Twitter wants to do what it can to protect voting. As such, the social network on Wednesday launched a new reporting feature that lets people flag tweets that aim to mislead voters. Twitter said content that’s meant to manipulate or interfere in elections violates its rules. This includes misleading information about how to vote or register …
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Verizon has teamed up with Google to offer YouTube TV to its wireless, 5G Home and Fios broadband customers. Customers will be able to subscribe to YouTube TV through Verizon, the companies said in a statement Tuesday. Verizon said it’ll offer “unique, high-value YouTube TV promotions” to its customers but didn’t offer specifics on pricing or availability. A representative for the carrier said it …
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Samsung’s Galaxy Fold is getting a lot of attention — and not the good kind. Earlier reviewers of Samsung’s first foldable phone this week reported broken Fold screens after just a few days of use. Pictures of their bulging, “broken,” “unusable,” and “flickering” Folds unleashed a flood of reactions across social media sites like Twitter and Reddit. CNET’s Galaxy Fold …
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The Galaxy Fold, Samsung’s first foldable phone, is reportedly already having screen problems. It doesn’t go on sale in the US until April 26, but some review units have reportedly broken after just a few days of use. Bloomberg’s Mark Gruman tweeted on Wednesday that the interior, folding screen of his Galaxy Fold review unit was “completely broken and unusable” …
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Cable television network Starz has reportedly issued a mea culpa for going after several tweets related to news articles about TV show piracy. Starz told Variety that a third-party company it uses to handle copyright enforcement had overstepped when it asked Twitter to remove several tweets that contained links to a story about pirated TV shows. The story, by TorrentFreak, …
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Microsoft thinks the Federal Communications Commission is vastly undercounting the number of Americans who still don’t have access to broadband internet. In a Monday blog post, the tech giant said it found that 162.8 million people aren’t using the internet at broadband speeds. That’s a much greater number than the 25 million Americans the FCC estimates don’t have access to …
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New tools to help block robocalls are now available for Verizon customers. On Thursday, the wireless carrier said it started rolling out a free version of its Call Filter service to all customers. Verizon in January said it would be expanding its spam- and robocall-prevention features to more customers. The free version of Call Filter lets you get spam alerts, …
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Apple’s rumored TV streaming service, expected to be unveiled next week, may bundle together other video subscriptions for a discounted price. Apple has negotiated the right to bundle together other streaming services, The Information reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the situation. That means Apple could offer bundles of streaming subscriptions — for example, to the on-demand versions of …
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Snapchat plans to launch its gaming platform next month, according to a report Friday from Cheddar. Snap, which makes the ephemeral photo-sharing app, will announce the platform at an event for developers and content partners in Los Angeles on April 4, an unnamed sourced told Cheddar. The invite for the event, which was seen by Cheddar, includes the tagline: “Less …
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Social video app TikTok will pay $5.7 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally collected personal information from children. TikTok, previously known as Musical.ly, lets users record themselves lip-synching to popular music videos and share the clips with friends. The app has reportedly surpassed 1 billion downloads on iOS and Android. The FTC had alleged that the …
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