Monthly Archives: January 2021
Confused users in search of Parler push the app 'Parlor' to top of app store charts
Online spaces in which one can freely talk of overthrowing the government in the name of Q and white supremacy are getting harder to come by. One older, random app is now reaping the benefits. Over the last few days, both Google and Apple removed the app Parler from their app stores until it puts […]
What is Signal? The basics of the most secure messaging app.
Existing Signal users might be getting more notifications than usual. “Jack is on Signal,” “Cathy is on Signal,” “Miriam is on Signal,” all pings showing phone contacts who are joining the secure messaging app. Those pings reflect the fact that there’s been an influx of new users. Known for its end-to-end encryption and independent structure […]
'WandaVision' first reactions are looking good ahead of the Disney+ premiere
After a year without any development of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, 2021 is poised to deliver and the first one up is WandaVision. The Disney+ series follows Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff, aka the Scarlet Witch in the comics, and Paul Bettany’s the Vision, who you might remember is extremely dead after Avengers: Infinity War. The […]
Discord bans Reddit-linked pro-Trump server tied to attack on the U.S. Capitol
We’re all judged by the company we keep. With that adage seemingly in mind, Discord moved Friday to ban a pro-Donald Trump server from its platform. TheDonald, as the server was titled, allowed likeminded individuals to digitally gather and was directly linked the recently banned r/DonaldTrump subreddit and a separate discussion forum, thedonald.win. Following the […]
Apple's threat to kick Parler off the App Store may have backfired
UPDATE: Jan. 9, 2021, 7:50 p.m. EST Apple announced it has suspended Parler. In a statement provided to Mashable, the company wrote: “We have always supported diverse points of view being represented on the App Store, but there is no place on our platform for threats of violence and illegal activity. Parler has not taken […]
Google bans Parler from its app store after Apple threatens to do the same thing
Google Play is pulling Parler, a social platform popular with far-right extremists and conservatives, from its app store until Parler addresses content moderation concerns. In a statement on Friday afternoon, Google noted that its policies require that apps listed on the Google Play app store have and enforce content moderation policies. Parler is known for […]
Twitter permanently suspends @TeamTrump after string of Trump tweets
Twitter kept its word. After permanently suspending the @realDonaldTrump account late Friday, Twitter also moved to suspend the @TeamTrump account. This followed a series of tweets quoting Donald Trump, and an altered image of the Twitter logo. Approximately 45 minutes before the Trump campaign account was suspended, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed that if Donald Trump […]
'30 Rock' team's 'Mr. Mayor' isn't weird enough to win you over
You may not have asked for a political comedy seven days into 2021, but Mr. Mayor is here anyway. From 30 Rock creators Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, the NBC sitcom stars Ted Danson as Neil Bremer, a former “billboard king” in L.A. (“For your consideration: Nurse Jackie“) who runs for mayor on a whim […]
Exploring the ocean just got easier thanks to this underwater 'GPS' – Future Blink
MIT researchers have developed a battery-free, underwater pinpointing system which can provide positioning information by picking up on signals from its environment. Read more… More about Mashable Video, Ocean, Gps, Underwater, and Mit Researchers
Trump's back on Twitter telling his supporters 'you do not represent our country'
Donald Trump is tweeting again. A day after Twitter temporarily locked the president’s account, Trump once again has the keys to his social media kingdom. Trump released a short video Thursday decrying the violent pro-Trump extremists who on Wednesday took over the U.S. Capitol. “The demonstrators who infiltrated the Capitol have defiled the seat of […]