From 404 to 420: Twitter Now Allows Weed Advertising
Twitter’s ad revenue may have gone up in smoke recently, but the company isn’t letting that get it down. Instead, it’s taking the high road and adjusting for headwinds. CC…
Twitter Begins to Recover After Mobile App Goes Down
Reports of outages began to flood DownDetector around 2 p.m. today. Image: T. Schneider (Shutterstock) It’s not you, it’s the bird. Twitter users reported outages on the Twitter iOS app…
T-Mobile Says Service Is Operating at ‘Near Normal Levels’ After Outage
Photo: VDB Photos (Shutterstock) T-Mobile said on Tuesday that it was operating at “near normal levels” after it suffered an outage that affected swaths of users across the U.S. on…
This Working 3D Printer Is No Taller Than a Match Stick
Much of the technical progress in the world of 3D printing sees the technology being pushed to its max, with super-sized printers churning out everything from houses to boats. One…
This Valentine’s Day, Propose With a Ring That Can Play Doom
Is there anything more demoralizing than working up the courage to pop the question only to have your significant other reject your marriage offer? Maybe you were just lacking the…
Reddit Says It Was Hacked But That You Don’t Need to Worry About It. Probably.
Photo: Diego Thomazini (Shutterstock) Reddit says that it was hacked earlier this month, in a security incident that compromised some company data. However, the company says that Redditors have no…
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube All Appear to Suffer Outages at the Same Time
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Did someone actually break the internet? It sorta seems like it. Users of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, some of the web’s biggest platforms, reported…
Wikipedia Worries Its Volunteer Editors Could Be Liable to Lawsuits Without Section 230
Wikipedia has enjoyed the protections of Section 230 for over 22 years, but an upcoming Supreme Court decision could cause major issues with its community-run volunteer administrators.Photo: Ralf Liebhold (Shutterstock)…
Joe Biden Says Tech Needs Washington’s Parental Oversight in State of the Union
Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images) Section 230 Reforms Biden previously signalled support for reforming Section 230, with varying degrees of enthusiasm, since the early days of his presidency. The president…
Weeks Before Launch, NASA Tells Private Partner to Change Lunar Landing Site to South Pole
An illustration of the Nova-C lander on the Moon’s surface.Illustration: Intuitive Machines NASA is “redirecting” a private partner’s first mission to the lunar south polar region, and with very little…