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- Former Trump advisor’s Gettr platform appeared to be briefly hacked Sunday
- Apple Music is missing one major thing: a classic iPod to go with it
- TikTok parent ByteDance has begun selling the video app’s AI to other clients
- TCL 20 Pro 5G review: good looks aren’t everything
- China regulator orders Didi ride-hailing app removed from stores
- Games Done Quick’s speedrunning summer marathon kicks off Sunday
| Former Trump advisor’s Gettr platform appeared to be briefly hacked Sunday Posted: 04 Jul 2021 09:10 AM PDT  Several verified profile pages on Gettr, the new social media platform from Jason Miller, once an advisor to former President Trump, were apparently hacked and defaced briefly on Sunday (via Insider). The accounts of several well-known Republicans, including Miller, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Florida had their pages' header images replaced with the same message: "@JubaBaghdad was here :) ^^ free palestine ^^." according to screenshots. Twitter user @JubaBaghdad told Insider it was easy to hack the pages and that he had done it "just for fun." Most of the affected profiles appeared to be back to normal at the time of publication. Zachary Petrizzo, a writer for Salon, posted screenshots on...  |
| Apple Music is missing one major thing: a classic iPod to go with it Posted: 04 Jul 2021 08:00 AM PDT  Earlier this year, I did something weird: I bought an iPod 5th generation, originally manufactured back in 2006. I got it mostly as a fun thing to mod, but I've actually been using it on a near-daily basis. The experience has brought me to the conclusion that Apple should bring back the iPod, but updated for the modern age. It should keep the click-wheel of course, but I can't stop thinking about how good an iPod, designed for the age of music streaming, AirPods, and high-res displays would be. I know that might sound silly, but let me explain. There are a few reasons why Apple should make a new iPod. For one, it would allow the company to capitalize on some nostalgia for the iPod age that seems to be coming around, based on recent...  |
| TikTok parent ByteDance has begun selling the video app’s AI to other clients Posted: 04 Jul 2021 07:44 AM PDT  ByteDance, the Beijing-based parent company of video sharing app TikTok has started selling TikTok's AI to other companies, the Financial Times reports (may require subscription). The company has a new division called BytePlus, and according to its website, its client list already includes US fashion app Goat, Singapore travel site WeGo, Indonesian shopping app Chilibeli, and India-based social gaming platform GamesApp. TikTok's recommendation algorithm is a huge part of what has made it so popular. Essentially, the way you interact with the app affects what videos it will recommend to you. The company explained in a blog post last year how its ForYou feed determines what videos to serve a given user. Its recommendations are based on...  |
| TCL 20 Pro 5G review: good looks aren’t everything Posted: 04 Jul 2021 07:00 AM PDT The 20 Pro 5G includes premium features you'd be hard-pressed to find in another $500 phone  |
| China regulator orders Didi ride-hailing app removed from stores Posted: 04 Jul 2021 06:20 AM PDT  The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has ordered app stores to remove Didi Chuxing's app, claiming the ride-hailing company had been illegally collecting users' personal data (via Reuters). The regulator said it had ordered the company to make updates to put it in compliance with China's data protection rules, but didn't elaborate on what the violations may have involved. Didi was founded in China in 2012, and a recent regulatory filing shows it has 377 million active users in China alone. The company just went public on June 30th, the biggest IPO of a Chinese company on a US stock exchanges since Alibaba in 2014. On Friday, the CAC announced new user registrations for Didi's service were being suspended pending a "cybersecurity...  |
| Games Done Quick’s speedrunning summer marathon kicks off Sunday Posted: 04 Jul 2021 06:00 AM PDT  Games Done Quick's weeklong summer speedrunning event for charity begins on Sunday, and looks to have a whole bunch of good runs to look forward to. Things kick off for Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) Online 2021 at 12PM ET on the Games Done Quick Twitch channel. You can see the full schedule here, and it's packed with a treasure trove of interesting-looking runs. There's a lot I want to check out, but I think I'm most interested in the blindfolded 70-star run of Super Mario 64 on Saturday. SGDQ and its wintertime counterpart, Awesome Games Done Quick, are two of my favorite weeks of the year. I love watching players absolutely dismantle some of my favorite games, such as in this run of Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment, or pulling off...  |
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