Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. But not the smartphone of the future? Slashleaks; YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET When you’re launching a phone, creating mystery is important. Yes, it seems that leakers get hold of most developments early these days. But when it comes to …
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Alex Jones, the media personality behind the site InfoWars, has been put on notice about a potential ban from YouTube, according to a report. The Alex Jones Channel, Infowars’ biggest YouTube account with 2.2 million subscribers, has received one strike under a “three strikes” policy for video violating the service’s content standards, CNN reported Friday, citing an unnamed source with …
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This audio show is just the first part of a marathon podcast we put together to celebrate our 359th episode. Instead of our typical 3 minutes and 59 seconds of tech headlines, we went live for 3 hours and 59 minutes. Plus, we partnered with the tech education nonprofit Mouse for the show. Watch the super-long podcast here. On this podcast, …
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Browser maker Brave Software is giving away another $1 million in crypto-tokens, this time to try to get publishers and YouTube stars to sign up for the technology and get their followers to do the same. The promotion uses Brave’s basic attention tokens (BAT), a digital currency Brave created in 2017 to let advertisers pay publishers and browser users. Publishers …
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If you’re cutting cable to save money, I have some bad news. YouTube TV, one of numerous new services that deliver a bunch of live TV channels over the Internet, will cost $40 monthly if you sign up on March 13 or later. That’s a $5 hike compared to the current price of $35. The good news is that today …
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In this podcast, we discuss: Facebook’s work to go back to its roots as a place for friends and families to share daily routines. YouTube’s push to fix some of its problems too. The use of blockchain to improve food safety. Now playing: Watch this: Facebook wants to have more QT with you (The 3:59, Ep…. 4:20 The 3:59 gives …
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The Russian government has threatened to block YouTube and Instagram over videos and posts relating to Oleg Deripaska, an oligarch who has been linked to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. A 25-minute video was posted on Thursday by Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny. It sources Instagram videos and social media accounts published by a model and escort who posted videos in …
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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki won’t divulge her biggest fear about competing with Facebook, but she will give them some free advice. “They should get back to baby pictures,” Wojcicki said Monday at the Code Media conference in Huntington Beach, California. (By the way, Facebook’s already aiming in that direction.) Video has been an obsession for Facebook, as it tries to swipe …
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It’s very simple, DONT RUSH ME! 💁🏻♀️ (( All #Like4DMagic effects that I used in this video are super easy to create with the #LIKEapp 😈 download right now. Try not to kill all your friends with it though…🙄😬💃🏻 )) @like_app_official A post shared by Amanda Cerny (@amandacerny) on Jan 25, 2018 at 8:18am PST The Like App is the …
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Coverage of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, Feb. 7 in PyeongChang, South Korea with a live stream of a new Winter Olympic event, mixed doubles curling. The opening ceremonies will take place two days later on Friday, Feb. 9 because, I suppose, you can keep men and women from curling together for only so …
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