insert_link Tech Made Simple Ukraine becomes world’s first TikTok War Russia's invasion of Uraine is not the first social media war—but it is the first to play out on TikTok, as reported by WIRED. Images of unspeakable horrors supplanting the banality of status updates and selfies is nothing new. But the current conflict is a very different kind of social media war, fueled by TikTok’s transformative effect on the old norms of tech. Its more established competitors fundamentally changed the […] todayMarch 21, 2022
insert_link Tech Made Simple Twitch is having a problem with “Hate Raiders,” so they’re filing a lawsuit to stop them After months of combating a tidal wave of harassment campaigns targeting marginalized streamers, Twitch has filed a suit against two alleged “hate raiders.” First reported by WIRED, the suit, filed September 9th in US Federal Court, names two defendants, CruzzControl and CreatineOverdose, and alleges the two were responsible in part for the rash of “hate raids” that have plagued Twitch since the beginning of August. The suit does not identify […] todaySeptember 15, 2021
insert_link Tech Made Simple Terraria’s Stadia port is back in development after developer reconciles with Google Earlier this month, The Verge reported that Terraria co-creator Andrew Spinks announced that his studio Re-Logic would cancel a Google Stadia port. However, the developer announced on Friday that the Stadia port is now back in development. ”As you may have noticed, we had a ton of issues to kick off the year stemming from the locking-down of Redigit’s entire Google account in early January,” Re-Logic said in a recent […] todayMarch 4, 2021
insert_link Tech Made Simple Microsoft says Russian, Chinese, and Iranian hackers are targeting the US election…again Hackers from Russia, China, and Iran are targeting individuals and organizations involved in both Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s presidential campaigns, according to a new security report from Microsoft. The tech giant says the “majority” of the attacks it’s detected have been unsuccessful, but it’s working with targets who have been compromised. Notably, Microsoft says that the Russian hacking group known variously as Fancy Bear, Strontium, or APT28, which successfully targeted […] todaySeptember 15, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple Google Bans the Infowars Android app over false Coronavirus claims Google has banned the Infowars Android app from the Google Play store, the company confirmed to Wired on Friday. The app was apparently removed because of a video posted by radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones that, according to Wired, “disputed the need for social distancing, shelter in place, and quarantine efforts meant to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.” Before it was removed, the app had more […] todayMarch 31, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple McDonald’s Bets on Big Tech to Boost Big Mac In a report recently published by Wired, McDonald’s is set to announce that it has reached an agreement to acquire Dynamic Yield, a startup based in Tel Aviv that provides retailers with algorithmically driven "decision logic" technology. Just what is decision logic? Well, when you add an item to an online shopping cart, this is the tech that nudges you about what other customers bought as well, thereby oh so […] todayMarch 28, 2019
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