The Web Amazon bans more than a million products over false coronavirus claims Price-gouging is also a serious concern By Shawn Knight, February 28, 2020, 12:33 PM 6 comments
Industry The Web Square says half of its Cash app quarterly revenue came from bitcoin transactions An increase of 240 percent year-over-year By Adrian Potoroaca, February 27, 2020, 12:48 PM
Industry The Web Facebook says it will ban misleading coronavirus ads The social giant is getting serious about online misinformation By Adrian Potoroaca, February 26, 2020, 1:39 PM 11 comments
Industry The Web Streaming was responsible for nearly 80 percent of US music revenue in 2019 The music industry has a path forward with streaming By Shawn Knight, February 26, 2020, 11:42 AM
The Web Industry Cloudflare's new Gen X servers proudly feature 'AMD inside' Cloudflare has deployed AMD's Epyc 7642 chip in multiple data centers By Eric Hamilton, February 25, 2020, 6:22 PM
The Web Security Mozilla begins rolling out DNS encryption by default for Firefox users As long as you live in the US By Cohen Coberly, February 25, 2020, 5:04 PM 16 comments
The Web Netflix launches top 10 feature to show what people are really watching Another step towards transparency By Shawn Knight, February 24, 2020, 5:01 PM
The Web Science Report shows one quarter of all tweets about climate change are produced by bots Bots were responsible for 38% of all tweets mentioning "fake science" By William Gayde, February 22, 2020, 8:40 AM 65 comments
The Web Facebook will pay users for submitting their voice recordings But not a lot By Rob Thubron, February 21, 2020, 7:39 AM 5 comments
Google The Web YouTube Music will soon let you upload your own tunes One step closer to replacing Google Play Music with YouTube Music By Shawn Knight, February 20, 2020, 1:15 PM 8 comments
Tech Culture The Web Chess is experiencing a renaissance thanks to the Internet Chess viewership on Twitch is up more than 500 percent since 2016 By Shawn Knight, February 20, 2020, 11:58 AM 5 comments
Google The Web Google is warning Edge users of security risks, suggests switching browsers Tech firms using underhand tactics? Never! By Rob Thubron, February 20, 2020, 7:15 AM 34 comments
The Web Industry Groupon will no longer sell discounted goods, instead focusing on local experiences Returning to its roots By Shawn Knight, February 19, 2020, 10:51 AM 6 comments
The Web Gaming It turns out Skyrim makes for a truly funny live-action comedy The game's AI has been a joke for years, though By Cal Jeffrey, February 17, 2020, 3:37 PM
The Web Redbox is pivoting, launches a free live TV streaming service Is this the beginning of Redbox's second act? By Shawn Knight, February 17, 2020, 11:09 AM 6 comments
The Web Google Australian judge orders Google to reveal the identity of anonymous negative reviewer Will Google comply? By Cohen Coberly, February 14, 2020, 5:47 PM 33 comments
Security The Web Senator Kirsten Gillibrand proposes new government agency for internet privacy The Data Protection Agency would investigate any mishandling of consumer data By David Matthews, February 13, 2020, 8:24 PM 18 comments
The Web Tech Culture Facebook Dating postponed in Europe over GDPR compliance FB failed to file the proper paperwork in time for a Valentine's Day launch By Cal Jeffrey, February 13, 2020, 1:29 PM
The Web Industry Facebook taps Reuters to help tackle misinformation Facebook is paying Reuters for the service By Shawn Knight, February 12, 2020, 2:25 PM 7 comments
Gaming The Web Nvidia forced to remove Activision Blizzard games from GeForce Now The publisher's takedown request possibly comes in light of a recent agreement made with Google By Humza Aamir, February 12, 2020, 7:36 AM 19 comments
The Web Microsoft Microsoft won't force Office 365 users to switch to Bing after all Nice try, Microsoft By Cohen Coberly, February 11, 2020, 4:04 PM 7 comments
Software The Web Facebook is shuttering its buggy Windows 10 app Few will miss it By Rob Thubron, February 11, 2020, 12:51 PM 5 comments
The Web Google Google Chrome 82 will warn users about insecure downloads The browser will eventually block all files downloaded over HTTP By Humza Aamir, February 11, 2020, 7:41 AM
Security The Web Facebook was warned in advance about the security issue that led to the 2018 data breach Employees think it could have been prevented By Adrian Potoroaca, February 10, 2020, 9:31 PM
The Web Tech Culture Mobile devices are pushing web traffic to new heights The top 100 sites averaged 223 billion visits per month in 2019 By Shawn Knight, February 10, 2020, 2:39 PM