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[Link] Elon Musk appears to reconcile with Apple after Twitter tirade
Read: 4/12/2022 arstechnica.com
Elon Musk said he had a “good conversation” with Apple chief executive Tim Cook and “resolved the misunderstanding” about his claim that Twitter could be removed from the App Store, just days after the world’s richest man unleashed a tirade against the most valuable tech company.
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[Link] BeReal Isn’t Real and Makes Everyone Look Extremely Boring
Read: 13/4/2022 www.vice.com
BeReal is the anti-Instagram social media app that’s designed to show people’s lives as they really are by encouraging users to post during random, two-minute time increments during the day.
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[Link] Still reeling from the Great Facebook Blackout of 2021? Turns out Zuck is not the worst offender
Read: 12/11/2021 www.theregister.com
UK-based price comparision and broadband swapping service Uswitch has totted up the figures and come up with a surprising candidate for most outage incidents in 2021.
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[Link] There will never be another Pokémon Go
Read: 9/11/2021 www.theverge.com
Creating a follow-up to Pokémon Go is an impossible task. The game was the kind of breakout success that had never been seen before — and might never happen again; it’s hard to overstate how the game was absolutely everywhere when it first launched in 2016.
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[Link] Looks like Steam is getting a QR code login option
Read: 29/10/2021 www.pcgamer.com
A recent update to Steam's code includes signs of an upcoming new login method: Scanning a QR code with the Steam mobile app. That's according to a tweet by SteamDB creator Pavel Djundik.
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[Link] Alleged TikTok ‘Skyrim IRL’ Murders Shows the Real Danger of Stalkerware
Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com
Last week Ali Nassar Abulaban, a popular TikTok and other social media personality with over a million followers combined across his accounts, allegedly murdered his wife and a man.
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[Link] Why I Use Microsoft Edge on Android
Read: 25/10/2021 www.howtogeek.com
Microsoft Edge started life on Windows 10, but it’s now available on several platforms, including Android. Chrome is the default browser on most Android devices, but I’m here to tell you Edge is just as good—if not better.
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[Link] Apple allows children to access casual-sex and BDSM apps, finds report
Read: 26/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Apple knowingly lets underage users access apps intended for adults, according to an investigation by the Tech Transparency Project (TTP), despite having asked for and recorded their dates of birth.
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[Link] Battlefield has free-to-play in its future, says EA
Read: 7/8/2021 www.vg247.com
As EA positions Battlefield to be more of an ongoing live service, the publisher is investing in other entry points.
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[Link] Communism never looked so good: China cracks down on pop-up ads
Read: 31/7/2021 www.theregister.com
China has cracked down on big tech again, this time telling some of its biggest players to get rid of pop-up ads in apps.
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