Twitter will recommend third-party apps for preventing harassment

Post Views: 228 Twitter is turning to outside developers for help in preventing harassment on its platform. Under a new experiment, the company will recommend third-party moderation apps as an additional measure users can take on top of the app’s built-in tools, These tools have already been available, but Twitter users previously had to seek…

A new 'Tales from the Borderlands' game is coming this year

Post Views: 224 The first title was an interactive graphic adventure game with five episodes released over the course of a year. In it, players can make choices that significantly impact the story. It centers around Hyperion employee Rhys and a con-artist named Fiona who worked together to accomplish a common goal, but the new…

FCC wants to fine wireless carrier Truphone for ties to Russian oligarchs

Post Views: 180 FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks told Reuters that the company has been indirectly owned by "a small group of Russian oligarchs since at least 2011 … With the importance of the internet and the shifting national security environment facing our nation, protecting our communications networks has never been more critical." source

Pixar's new 'Lightyear' trailer portrays Buzz as a victim of relativity

Post Views: 181 While the trailer shows considerably more of the story, it still leaves some mysteries unanswered. It doesn't show how Buzz becomes immortalized as a figurine in the Toy Story movies, or shed much light on other personas like Emperor Zurg. The movie premieres in theaters on June 17th, with Chris Evans replacing…

FAA revokes YouTuber's pilot license, saying he deliberately crashed his plane

Post Views: 173 At the time, Jacob, a former Olympic snowboarder, claimed that his plane had malfunctioned, forcing him to bail out and parachute to safely while the aircraft crashed into the Los Padres National Forest in Southern California. However, in a letter dated April 11th, the FAA informed him that he had operated his…