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TikTok on Friday outlined new video removal software designed to automatically block violent and pornographic material. It’ll reduce the number of videos that breach the company’s policies on “minor safety, adult nudity and sexual activities, violent and graphic content and illegal activities and regulated goods,” the video-based social media company said in a blog post. …

At the onset of the pandemic, neatly organized planners got left behind on office and classroom desks across America. But Gen Z seems to have found an answer to the organizational woes of studying from home in a strange yet aesthetically-pleasing place: A piece of enterprise software called Notion, which offers a digital workplace for taking notes, making to-do lists, …

The biggest flex on the internet right now is showing off screenshots of a carefully curated aesthetic iOS 14 home screen. We don’t make the rules. The teens on TikTok do. When iOS 14 was released to the public last week, many people at first couldn’t see much that was new with the latest version of Apple’s software. But gradually, …

Tumblr has jumped on the dark mode bandwagon, announcing that its mobile app will now support the feature. Tumblr’s Color Palette allows users to choose the hue for their dashboard in both Android and iOS. Dark mode inverts the colors of apps by putting white text on a black background, which Google has previously said reduces smartphone battery usage and …

Verizon Communications is looking for a buyer to take blogging website Tumblr off its hands as it looks to improve its media business’s bottom line, The Wall Street Journal reports.  The sales process, which the Journal warned might not result in a transaction, comes as Verizon struggles to make its transition from a wireless and broadband company into a media brand and …

Tumblr’s crackdown on adult content appears to be hitting the site hard. Similarweb, a web analytics firm, reported that visits to the popular blogging site have dipped significantly since the December pornography ban. On Dec. 3, total Tumblr views on desktop and mobile were at just over 520 million. As of Jan. 28, views had dropped by more than 100 …

If you’ve spent time on Tumblr, odds are you’ve encountered porn. A study from 2016 showed that nearly half of its users end up seeing porn on the microblogging site. But starting today, that’s going to change. Tumblr’s ban of all adult content takes effect on Monday, Dec. 17. Tumblr, one of the oldest blogging platforms, defines adult content as “photos, videos, …

Since Tumblr announced its ban on porn, starting Dec. 17, the internet has been unhappy with the blogging platform, to put it mildly. A quick check on Twitter will bring up a bevy of posts from users grumbling about having Tumblr content removed that isn’t even close to pornographic.  Tumblr hard-peaked pic.twitter.com/2hhn3d2OLL — Leon (@SirPawsies) December 4, 2018 tumblr why …

Tumblr’s updated community guidelines are targeting hate speech, violence and unwanted sexualization. On Monday, the social networking site posted details about the update, which goes into effect Sept. 10. Tumblr noted that the section on hate speech removes this paragraph: “If you encounter negative speech that doesn’t rise to the level of violence or threats of violence, we encourage you to dismantle …

It’s not just Facebook, Twitter and Google. Even Pokemon Go, the mega-popular smartphone game that became a phenomenon last year, was the target of Russian agents trying to meddle with the 2016 US election, according to a report Thursday by CNN. The effort was allegedly centered on a campaign called “Don’t Shoot Us,” an apparent reference “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” …