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  • Twitter Buys Anti-Abuse Company to Help It Suck Less

    Photo: Richard Drew (AP) Historically, Twitter has done a poor job of protecting its users from incessant abuse and threats. In a bid to curb the rampant harassment on its service, however, Twitter announced today that it’s buying Smyte, a San Francisco-based startup that aimed to help companies curb spam, fraud, and abuse online. As part…

  • AT&T’s WatchTV is the First Streaming Service for the Post-Net Neutrality World

  • Ajit Pai Is Apparently a Comedy Vlogger Now

    Screenshot: Ajit Pai Telecom shill and FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is on some sort of Mark Zuckerberg-style tour of America’s heartland, and he’s uploaded his first vlog that he’s labeled as “comedy.” On Thursday, the man who spearheaded the death of net neutrality uploaded this strange clip of himself hanging out in Twin Falls, Idaho.…

  • Huawei P9 will remain without Android 8.0 Oreo

    Apparently, the smartphone Huawei P9 will not get firmware update to Android 8.0 Oreo. This was reported by a customer service representative in Britain. Interestingly, a few months ago Huawei launched a beta testing Android 8.0 Oreo for some of their most new smartphones, including the Huawei P9 and P9 Plus. One British user has…

  • Pavel Durov received the prize of the Union of journalists of Kazakhstan

    Union of journalists of Kazakhstan summed up the results of Republican creative competition and named the award winners in FFA, 2018. Among other things, unexpectedly the award was given to Pavel Durov. This was reported on the official website of the Union of journalists of Kazakhstan. The statement noted that the founder of social network…

  • Smartphone Xiaomi Redmi 6 Pro showed up on photos from all sides

    In the vast Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, showed two broad collection of pretty high quality live photos with preparing for the imminent release of a smartphone Xiaomi Redmi 6 Pro. A good look features of the model, including frameless design with cutout screen in iPhone style X, double main camera, and a fingerprint…

  • Visa and MasterCard test card with fingerprint scanner

    International payment systems Visa and Mastercard may add fingerprint scanner on your Bank cards. The company has already started testing this technology. This was reported by the Wall Street Journal. According to the developers, biometric identification with fingerprints needs to significantly increase payment security and reduce the risks of fraud in stores when paying by…

  • Potential Huawei Mate 20 seemed in the photo

    Appeared in Internet live photo allegedly showing the smartphone Huawei Mate 20. At the recent CES Asia in 2018, the representative of Huawei has already confirmed the launch of a series Mate 20 in October, a year after the release of smartphones Mate 10. The photo quality is poor, but gives an idea about the…

  • EZVIZ Mini Pano — the safety angle 180 degrees

    Some of us periodically think about installing security cameras at home or office. The reasons are different, but all start thinking which camera to choose. We found one option that looked like it works, and surprised one of its features. Camera that we got called EZVIZ Mini Pano. One of its distinguishing features is that…

  • Instagram challenge YouTube, starting IGTV

    Instagram is poised to compete with YouTube. That night the company announced a service that will allow users to upload videos up to a length of hours. Previously, the limit was one minute. The new home for the long video will be IGTV. The app will be available at the click of Instagram as well…