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Twitter has updated a portion of its reporting process, specifically when you report a tweet that you think might be coming from a bot or a fake account masquerading as someone or something else. Now, when you tap the “it’s suspicious or spam” option under the report menu, you’ll be able to specify why you think that, including an option to say “the account tweeting this is fake.” Twitter announced the change through its official safety account today, and it’s now live on both the web version and mobile version of the service. You can see an example of the mobile report flow pertaining to this update below: Activity that attempts to manipulate or disrupt Twitter’s service is not allowed. We remove this when we see it. You can now specify what type of spam you're seeing when you report, including fake accounts. pic.twitter.com/GN9NKw2Qyn — Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) October 31, 2018 Of course, while this change certainly provides users a bit of much-needed granularity

Electric scooter sharing company Lime has pulled a number of Segway Ninebot scooters from its fleet after learning that a manufacturing defect could result in batteries “smoldering or, in some cases, catching fire.” According to the company’s statement, it first learned of the issue in August. Working independently and with Segway, Lime created software to identify the scooters with these batteries, and deactivated them once identified. A Lime representative speaking to The Washington Post said that in an effort to be abundantly cautious, around 2,000 scooters were recalled in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Lake Tahoe. The company says that at no time were members of the public at risk, but The Washington Post does mention that the fire department was called when a scooter burst into flames in August at Lime’s Lake Tahoe location. The fire department’s report says an employee went to investigate “a loud bang” and discovered “flames showing from the battery area of a scooter as well

Phones with foldable screens have felt like they’re on the cusp of arriving for years, but outside of a couple of concept designs and trailers, we have yet to properly see one in the flesh. However, a video has emerged from a trade show in China of a tablet-sized phone produced by a company called Rouyu Technology that appears to be able to bend into a shape the size of a small paperback book. Before you get your hopes up that the era of foldable smartphones is finally upon us, you should watch the below video featuring the device. It looks early, to say the very least. For one thing, the phone doesn’t appear to fold flat, so it ends up pretty bulky when packed away. The software also appears to get confused since the phone’s screen is bent, with the display flashing a couple of times before picking an orientation. This is the "world's first foldable screen phone" released by Rouyu Technology, which will use the Snapdragon 8150 processor, but its design is very roug

Chinese phone maker ZTE is launching the Blade Max 2S and the Blade Max View , two smartphones with lower-end specs for $180 and $200, respectively. Both phones have 2160 x 1080 LCD screens with 18:9 aspect ratios, 1.4GHz processors, 4,000mAh batteries, and 32GB of storage. The Blade Max 2S has 2GB of RAM, and the Blade Max View has 3GB. For $20 more, the Max View offers dual 16-megapixel and 2-megapixel rear cameras and Android Nougat, while the Max 2s has a single 13-megapixel rear camera and runs Android Oreo out of the box. On the ZTE website, the Blade Max View is listed as having a Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 processor, but no brand is listed for the Max 2S processor with the same cores and clock speeds. For years, ZTE and Huawei have been scrutinized by foreign authorities in the US and Europe, and Donald Trump ultimately signed a bill to ban government use of the two companies in August. That means that ZTE phones likely won’t be directly sold in physical stores in the US. Yo

With iOS 12.1 , Apple has brought its controversial “performance management feature” (aka, throttling) to the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and iPhone X. This functionality dynamically throttles the phone’s processor as its battery degrades over time to stop the handset from randomly shutting down — it can be turned off if desired. Previously Apple has told US senators that “hardware updates” meant that the feature isn’t as necessary on its newest phones. The company has always maintained that all of its products include “fundamental performance management” functionality to protect its components. A support page explaining the feature said the following about the iPhone 8 and later devices: iPhone 8 and later use a more advanced hardware and software design that provides a more accurate estimation of both power needs and the battery’s power capability to maximize overall system performance. This allows a different performance management system that more precisely allows iOS to anticipate an

Apple released watchOS 5.1 earlier today, but has temporarily removed it from availability after users reported that their watches were rendered unusable by attempting to install the update. 9to5Mac ’s Guilherme Rambo experienced the issue, as well as several MacRumors readers . Serious issues with the Apple Watch can be more complicated to resolve than with iPhones or other devices, because there’s no way to plug the device into a computer and reinstall the software yourself. The only recourse tends to be contacting Apple for service. The issue seems limited to the brand new Apple Watch Series 4 , too, which is likely to compound frustration for affected users. watchOS 5.1 includes the 70-plus new emoji that came with iOS 12.1 today , as well as support for group FaceTime audio and a new fullscreen color watch face. For now, if you managed to download the update before it was pulled, you shouldn’t attempt to install it — it likely wouldn’t be possible anyway, but better safe than

The world’s biggest search engine is getting into the Halloween spirit today with a special playable Google Doodle. While Google has busted out game Doodles in the past (including for Halloween 2016 ), this is the first time the information giant has made a multiplayer game that players can jump into with other people online. Think of it as the opposite of Slither.io . The rules of Trick-or-Treat: The Great Ghoul Duel are simple. You play a cute apparition picking up “spirits” and bringing them back to your base for points. All non-deposited spirits will trail behind you, like a tail. The trick is that anybody who touches your tail can steal your unbanked spirits — but you can steal other people’s spirits, too. As you score points, spirits may give you powers like speed boosts, or the ability to walk through walls. Games only last two minutes, but that’s enough time for all sorts of shenanigans. Like Overwatch , the Doodle gives out commendations and titles at the end, depending on

The era of Facebook’s nonstop growth has long since come to an end. Although the company is far from the point at which it might start to shrink, its growth in the US and Canada and Europe has stopped entirely and appears to occasionally decline . In its 2018 third quarter earnings report out today , the social network confirmed that the number of daily active users in US and Canada has remained flat at 185 million, while the number of European users has slipped from 279 million to 278 million. Overall, the company continues to grow thanks to international expansion, adding 9 percent year over year to its daily active user base for a total of 1.47 billion people. The total number of month active users grew 10 percent from this time a year ago, to 2.27 billion people. But despite that, and the fact that the company continues to grow its digital advertising business at an astonishing rate, the fear of user falloff and the inevitable ad revenue decline it would instigate has some critic

Apple just updated its Shortcuts app , adding a weather integration, new measurement conversions, and better iCloud sharing, among other features. Now, Shortcuts lets you check upcoming weather forecasts with the “Get Current Weather” and “Get Weather Forecast” actions that are available for you to add to any custom shortcut. You can also create an alarm, toggle an alarm, and start a timer. Previously, the app had some shortcuts that you could try to use as timers (like the Laundry Timer Shortcut, which was effectively a countdown clock). But now, you can make your own straightforward shortcuts with a direct timer. You can also measure and convert measurements, such as inches to centimeters, more conveniently. There’s a “Get Last Import” action you can add to shortcuts that quickly pulls in the most recently imported photos. With Shortcuts 2.1, you can also run a shortcut from HomePod by saying “Hey Siri, run [insert name] shortcut,” and it will automatically play media through Air

Apple’s new MacBook Air may have left some 12-inch MacBook owners feeling a bit envious. But if you are picking up Apple’s lightest and smallest laptop (which, incidentally, hasn’t had its specs updated since June 2017), at least Apple has refreshed the colors on it to match its newer and cooler sibling, via 9to5Mac . As you can see in the image below, the older, lighter gold color has been updated to the same darker hue that Apple introduced with the new MacBook Air today. But the new color comes at a cost: Apple is also discontinuing the rose gold option in favor of the unified gold shade across the MacBook and MacBook Air lineups. Sorry, rose gold fans. In other Apple-related color news, the company also released new versions of its cheaper $59.95 urBeats headphones for the iPhone XR, with new blue, yellow, coral, and gray color options for the Lightning versions of the headphones, which is perfect for the similarly colorful new iPhones ( via AppleInsider ). from The Verge

Today, Google announced that all of the email accounts you manage in the Gmail app on iOS can be viewed in a single, universal inbox. In the past, you could access multiple accounts managed by Gmail, but it required tapping the icon in the top-left corner to toggle between them. The iOS app now behaves like the Gmail Android app, and an option will appear when the left-hand side drawer is opened that says “All inboxes.” Select this, and all your emails will appear in one inbox. Google says no emails will be shared between accounts with this enabled. The new feature will be available to all Gmail users (including G Suite) as it rolls out over the next 15 days. from The Verge - Teches https://ift.tt/2zd0VVl

Sony has officially licensed its PlayStation VR headset design to Lenovo, which is currently selling a headset that looks a whole lot like the PlayStation VR. The two-year patent licensing agreement, which was announced today, lets Lenovo use Sony’s design for its Mirage Solo headset. The exact terms of the agreement have not been revealed. Lenovo vice president Yao Li says the two companies are now “[working] together to greatly enhance the design sophistication and appeal of the rapidly expanding VR field,” since “the preeminence of the PSVR design is obvious.” But it seems likely that Sony applied some legal pressure — protecting a design that, as Sony chief legal officer Riley Russell put it, was “the result of years of hard work by PlayStation engineers.” Sony’s 2016 PlayStation VR headset (left, above) featured a distinctive headrest and a halo-like plastic crown, which made it incredibly comfortable compared to the competing Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. (It echoed the desi

Apple released WatchOS 5.1 today and with it comes the enabling of the Apple Watch Series 4’s electrocardiogram feature . The EKG app (or ECG, as Apple refers to it ) is FDA-approved in the US and is design to detect heart rhythms and classify irregular rhythms, like atrial fibrillation. All that data will be stored in the Apple Health app. Essentially, EKG is more accurate than heart rate monitors, partially because the wrist isn’t always the best place to take an accurate measurement. An EKG can be used to more accurately diagnose or monitor heart disease, too. Aside from the EKG, WatchOS 5.1 includes audio support for group FaceTime calls and some new watchface customization options. from The Verge - Teches https://ift.tt/2DbUKW9

Today, Playstation 4 and Xbox One owners will be able to keep up with some of their favorite college football games without a cable package through the ESPN+ streaming service. Through the ESPN app, console owners can subscribe to the additional ESPN+ service to watch “thousands” more live sports events, including hundreds of games from MLB, NHL, and even college sports from over 15 different conferences. The service is integrated into the ESPN app that console owners had access to before today. The ESPN+ service was already available on Amazon Fire and Roku streaming devices, and the app has been available for download on Android and iOS devices for some time. The full library of ESPN’s films and documentaries are available on the service, too, along with the “30 for 30” series documenting important sports history figures. ESPN+ programming can be streamed for $4.99 a month or for $49.99 a year. from The Verge - Teches https://ift.tt/2qk3q4s

Apple’s first update to iOS 12 is now available to download. The iOS 12.1 update comes with the much anticipated fix for the front camera bug that was overly smoothing skin on the iPhone XS and XR, as well as new emoji. (The bagel emoji!) Apple told The Verge earlier this month that the beauty bug was caused by a flaw in its smart HDR camera system that chose the wrong base frame for HDR processing whenever someone took a selfie. iOS 12.1 also adds dual-SIM support for the iPhone XS and XR, and Group FaceTime support for video chat with up to 32 people simultaneously. The iOS 12.1 update also comes with 70 new emoji , including options for bald people, curly-haired people, and those with mustaches, as well as red and grey-haired emoji. You can download and install iOS 12.1 on supported iPhones and iPads right now. from The Verge - Teches https://ift.tt/2qhfROh

Microsoft is working on a dark mode option for its Office apps on macOS Mojave. Microsoft Office product manager Akshay Bakshi revealed the new option on Twitter this week, hinting that Office testers will get access to this as soon as next week. The new dark mode for Office will compliment Apple’s general dark mode in macOS Mojave, but it will likely be limited to Office 365 subscribers. Once testing is finished with Office 365 testers, it will be broadly available for Office users that subscribe to Microsoft’s Office service. While Office 2019 for Mac launched recently , Microsoft is still pushing new features to its Office 365 subscription before any product updates to these standalone licensed apps. Look closely at the Pictures icon. Office running on macOS Mojave in Dark Mode. #OfficeInsiders #office365 pic.twitter.com/xDSTFvNr5q — Akshay Bakshi (@AgentAkki) October 29, 2018 Microsoft’s dark mode update for Office on Mac follows similar dark mode changes for both Outloo

Although today’s event was focused around Apple’s new MacBook Air , Apple also quietly announced an update to its MacBook Pro lineup which will see it receive AMD’s Radeon Pro Vega graphics for the first time next month. Apple claims that these new graphics chips will result in a 60 percent boost to performance across video editing, 3D design and rendering tasks. AMD’s Vega graphics cards were first released for desktops last year and were a long-awaited attempt to take on competitor’s dominance in the high end graphics card space. If you don’t fancy buying one of the new MacBooks equipped with internal Vega graphics, you can also use an external GPU enclosure to connect a desktop AMD graphics card to your existing laptop. Apple has a list of compatible cards on its site . from The Verge - Teches https://ift.tt/2EPUT3d

Like it or not, Apple is removing the headphone jack from the new 9.7-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pros. If you want to use a 3.5mm audio jack with one of the new models, then you will need one of Apple’s USB-C to 3.5mm dongles. That’’s right: the new iPad Pro moves from a Lightning cable to USB Type C . Apple’s removal of the 3.5mm audio jack from the iPads wasn’t without warning. The company has been removing ports from its lineup for a while now. Apple removed the audio jack from the iPhone 7 / 7 Plus, then moved exclusively to USB-C on the MacBook Pro and Air lineups. However, there’s a lot to be gained with the new iPad Pros, including thinner bezels, the iPhone XS’ gesture navigation, a new magnetically attached Apple Pencil, and finally, the addition of FaceID. Last month, Apple also decided to no longer include a free dongle with new iPhones , so it’s unlikely that you’ll find one in the box. If you want to use headphones with your new iPad Pro, you’ll need to shell out $9 for t

Apple’s just-announced iPad Pros are making the switch to USB-C, and with that switch comes a nifty new feature: you’ll actually be able to use your iPad to charge up your iPhone on the go, making it the world’s most expensive battery pack. Just plug in your iPhone (or, presumably, any other device that you want to charge up) into the iPad’s USB-C port, and you’ll be able to charge it up. Apple hasn’t said yet what kind of power that iPad will be able to push — you probably won’t be able to charge up another iPad Pro or a Mac, for instance — but if you’re out and about and need some extra juice for your phone, it’s a neat option to have. Of course, you’ll still need to buy a USB-C to Lightning cable for an extra $19.99, since Apple still doesn’t include them in the box with any iPhones. from The Verge - Teches https://ift.tt/2P0rDvh

After months of rumors, Apple has today announced a completely redesigned iPad Pro with slimmed-down bezels, Face ID, a USB-C port, and far more powerful specs than its predecessor. Just like before, the new iPad Pro comes in two screen sizes. It’s the company’s first iPad not to include a home button, which allowed Apple to extend the screen vertically for a much more immersive experience. The bezels have been downsized on all four sides. Unlike the iPhone X, XS, and XR, the new iPad lacks a notch and its Face ID components are housed in the top, flat bezel. “We sold more iPads in the last year than the entire notebook lineup of all of the biggest notebook vendors,” CEO Tim Cook said. The company has sold a total of more than 400 million iPads. Developing. Check out our October Apple event live blog for the latest updates! from The Verge - Teches https://ift.tt/2qjNS0A

Apple is finally updating its Mac mini. It’s the first time the Mac mini has been updated since the end of 2014, and Apple is adding a quad-core 8th Gen Intel processor instead of the 4th Gen Intel Core i5 dual-core processor that shipped in the device four years ago. There’s even an option for six-core versions, too. The new Mac mini includes support for up to 64GB of RAM, and every model has flash storage with up to 2TB of space. Apple is also including its new T2 security chip on the new Mac mini. Developing. Check out our Apple event live blog for the latest updates! from The Verge - Teches https://ift.tt/2JovcVX

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Pizza companies are unmatched when it comes to innovation in the name of brand activations. Pizza Hut is a leader in this space, creating everything from sneakers that can pause your TV and order pizza to building working turntables into pizza boxes . Now, the company has teamed up with Toyota to build the Tundra PIE Pro, a zero-emission pickup with a robotic pizza-making factory in the truck bed. The concept is fairly simple. Robot arms first pull out a preassembled pizza from the mini-refrigerator, then place the pizza onto a high-speed ventless conveyor oven. A second robot arm transfers the finished pie onto a cutting board, divides the pizza into six pieces, and slides it into a pizza box. The whole process takes around six to seven minutes. Here’s a time lapse of the pizza factory at work. The pizza factory is built from a Tundra SR5 that was reassembled from the ground up, with the gasoline-powered drivetrain replaced with a hydrogen fuel-cell electric power unit from a T

Just a little over a month since the last Apple hardware event , the company is back to unveil a few more products ahead of the holiday shopping season. It will be the first event Apple’s ever held in New York, specifically in Brooklyn, and the company is expected to unveil the new iPad Pro and an update or two to Mac line, including a new MacBook. There may be a few accessories to support those devices as well. It all goes down on October 30th, and The Verge will be there, reporting live from the event. from The Verge - Teches https://ift.tt/2qiIB9i

Waze is integrating seven more audio streaming services into its navigation app . The services, which include Pandora, Deezer, and TuneIn, come as part of the app’s new audio player, and should mean that your music or podcasts integrate more seamlessly with your navigation instructions. The announcement brings the total number of available music services to eight, and join the Spotify integration that was announced last year . Although naysayers will quickly point out the app is still lacking support for other major services like Apple Music, YouTube Music, or SoundCloud, the eight services cover a decent spread of audio content including music (Pandora, Deezer, Spotify), radio (TuneIn, iHeartRadio, NPR One), podcasts (Stitcher), and audio books (Scribd). Not every streaming service is available across both iOS and Android just yet, but Waze has said that it’ll be rolling them out through the end of the year. from The Verge - Teches https://ift.tt/2PrZXyW

A new pair of wired earbuds from Blackloud is offering a much simpler way to access local FM radio when the internet’s down or you’ve maxed out your data plan. It might be crackly and prone to interference, but traditional FM radio transmissions are free, and much more reliable in a crisis. The Blackloud AF1 FM headset works by building its FM tuner into an in-line control box, while the cable functions as the antenna. The headphones then plug into your iPhone via the Lightning jack (a USB Type-C model for Android handsets is planned for next year), and you control radio playback via a companion app. It’s a brute-force solution, since most smartphones still contain hidden FM receivers . Nevertheless, you can see how it might be useful in this ridiculous promotional ad: Unless you’re a big radio fan with a limited amount of data, we doubt that you’re going to use the tuner on a regular basis. Instead, it’ll likely serve as an emergency backup. When natural disasters hit it’s com

For the first time, Apple is holding a hardware event in Brooklyn, New York. This means the event is happening three hours earlier than usual, but you’ll still be able to livestream it on Apple’s website. Apple made dozens of custom logos for this event and we’re expecting new iPad Pros, a refreshed MacBook Air, updated iMacs, and the return of the Mac Mini. There’s also a chance of a wildcard — possibly the rumored updated AirPods getting announced or an answer to the missing AirPower charging pad . Even as the venue moves all the way to the East Coast, we’ve got our team out here as always, ready to deliver breaking news updates on everything Apple. Here’s how to keep up. Where to watch: Starting time: New York: 10AM / San Francisco: 7AM / London: 2PM / Berlin: 3PM / Moscow: 5PM / New Delhi: 7:30PM / Beijing: 10PM / Tokyo: 11PM Live blog: Tune in to The Verge’s live blog for the latest on the Apple event, expert commentary, and photos from the event. Keynote live stream:

Well, this is an odd software glitch. Certain Pixel 3 XL units are displaying a second , virtual notch on the screen of the device. This is completely unrelated to the real, physical notch on the screen which houses both front-facing cameras, as well as sensors. The glitch is already being addressed by Google and will be fixed via an upcoming software update. Several users testing the Pixel 3 XL have come across this issue, including myself. The issue on my unit has been temporary, and reverted back to the correct format after restarting the phone, as others seem to have experienced. UrAvgConsumer came across the second mystery notch , as did a number of Reddit users , as well as a number of other people on Twitter . So my Pixel randomly grew another notch today. https://t.co/c6Pff9MVmW pic.twitter.com/ugjfLmCkDZ — UrAvgConsumer (@UrAvgConsumer) October 24, 2018 It’s definitely an odd (and unflattering) glitch, considering the colorful sentiment for and against the Pixel 3 XL

Today The Telegraph reported that Twitter was thinking about killing the Like button — and the news spread fast. The source was a Twitter event last week, where CEO Jack Dorsey reportedly said he “wasn’t a fan of the heart-shaped button” and “would be getting rid of it soon.” As the Telegraph piece traveled, that quote was taken as an immediate threat that the Like button’s days could be numbered. Users responded to the report angrily, noting that the Like button allowed them to support others and offer solidarity. Some expressed fears that without the button , retweets and argument would be the only means of communication. But the threat may not be quite as imminent as it seemed. This morning, Twitter pushed back against the report, denying any immediate plans to change how Likes work on the network. “There’s no timeline,” Twitter communications VP Brandon Borrman wrote. “It’s not happening ‘soon.’” This isn’t the first time Dorsey has mused about the Like button. Back in Augu

Google has partnered with Disney to enhance story time reading with the Google Home. Now you can start reading one of Disney’s Little Golden Books out loud and your Google Home device will play music and relevant sound effects along with you. To use the new feature, just say, “Hey Google, let’s read along with Disney.” Then the Google Home will use voice recognition to sense where you are in the story. If you decide to flip ahead or go backward in the story, say if your kid asks you to repeat a fun part, your Google Home will sense that and switch its music and sounds to reflect where you are. If you pause, perhaps because your kid has a question, the Google Home will play ambient music in the background until you start reading again. (Since the feature depends entirely on voice recognition, if you were to flip a few pages without saying a word, it wouldn’t be able to tell.) The Disney Read Along feature on Google Home currently supports these books: Moana , Coco , Jack Jack Attack

Apple is looking into its Apple Watch supply chain after a report published last week claimed its manufacturer relied on student interns to complete the devices, according to the Financial Times . Sacom, a human rights group, claims Quanta Computer, a Taiwanese Apple supplier, employed students illegally and required them to work overtime and nightshifts with only one day off per week. Sacom says Quanta exclusively manufactures the Apple Watch Series 1, 2, and 4, and is the main manufacturer of the Series 3. The group says it interviewed 28 high school students at the Quanta Computer factory in Chongqing, China this summer. Most of them were aged between 16 and 18 and performed rote tasks on the production line. The students claim their teachers told them they wouldn’t be able to graduate on time without this work. One student majoring in auto repair told the group: “I told my teacher I do not want to do this job. He then called my father and talked to him for more than an hour. My

Gab, the controversial social network with a far-right following, has pulled its website offline after domain provider GoDaddy gave it 24 hours to move to another service. The move comes as other companies including PayPal , Medium, Stripe, and Joyent blocked Gab over the weekend. It had emerged that Robert Bowers, who allegedly shot and killed eleven people at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, had a history of posting anti-Semitic messages on Gab. GoDaddy confirmed its decision in a statement to The Verge . “We have informed Gab.com that they have 24 hours to move the domain to another provider, as they have violated our terms of service. In response to complaints received over the weekend, GoDaddy investigated and discovered numerous instances of content on the site that both promotes and encourages violence against people.” Gab is presently inaccessible through its website, with a message stating that the company is “under attack” and “working around the clock to get Gab.co

IBM announced this afternoon that it will acquire open-source software company Red Hat for $34 billion. The deal will help IBM expand its reach as an enterprise cloud computing provider. Red Hat describes itself as a leading provider of open source software and services for enterprise customers, focusing on cloud computing and Linux servers. In 2012, it became the first company providing open-source software to surpass $1 billion in revenue . It will now become a part of IBM’s Hybrid Cloud division. In its release, IBM says that its services will allow more businesses to shift their operations online, and that the proprietary nature of existing cloud systems means that it’s harder to move and secure data from system to system. IBM says that the acquisition will allow it to expand its cloud computing offerings. Chairman, President and CEO Ginni Rometty says that “most companies today are only 20 percent along their cloud journey, renting [computer] power to cut costs. The next 80 p

In August, an iOS 12 developer beta seemed to confirm rumors that the next iPad Pro would ship with ultra-thin bezels, and without a home button. Now, a new icon spotted by 9to5Mac seems to further confirm the redesign. This new icon, which 9to5Mac says is found within iOS, provides a much better look at the upcoming device, showing off thin bezels, rounded corners, no notch, and no home button. The icon also shows off a the volume buttons on the side, with a sleep/wake button on the top. The site notes that the screen doesn’t appear to be edge-to-edge, but speculates that the bezels could be slightly larger due to how the icon itself is constructed. This fits with the widespread rumors that we’ve seen pop up this fall: that the iPads will have a larger display, and that it’ll have the Face ID system that will allow you to unlock the device by looking at it, although there doesn’t appear to be a notch like the iPhones. Other rumors include that the new iPads will come with USB-

Hours after Paypal confirmed that it had suspended social network platform Gab , two additional companies have informed the site that they plan to suspend their services: payment processing site Stripe, and cloud hosting company Joyent. Last night, Gab posted a screenshot of a notification from Joyent, which says that it “received notice of breach of the Joyent Terms of Service,” and that it would suspend the site as of 9:00AM ET on Monday, October 29th. Gab says that it will “likely be down for weeks because of this,” and that it is working on a solution. Breaking: @joyent , Gab’s new hosting provider, has just pulled our hosting service. They have given us until 9am on Monday to find a solution. Gab will likely be down for weeks because of this. Working on solutions. We will never give up on defending free speech for all people. pic.twitter.com/YvnBOFoQQn — Gab.com (@getongab) October 28, 2018 Later that evening, Gab posted a second notification: Stripe says that it has suspe

Earlier today, a gunman walked into the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and killed eleven people before being apprehended by police . The suspect has since been identified as 46-year-old Robert Bowers, who appears to have had a history anti-semitic speech on the social network Gab. Following these revelations, Paypal banned the site from its payment platform — the latest action taken against the troublesome social network by a major technology company. In a statement to The Verge , a PayPal spokesperson confirmed the ban, citing hate speech as a reason for the action: The company is diligent in performing reviews and taking account actions. When a site is explicitly allowing the perpetuation of hate, violence or discriminatory intolerance, we take immediate and decisive action. Almost immediately after the shooter’s identity was revealed by media outlets, screenshots of his profile on Gab appeared, revealing a slew of anti-semetic rants . Gab released a stateme

After 56-year-old Cesar Sayoc, Jr., was arrested on Friday on the suspicion that he mailed 13 explosives to prominent critics of President Donald Trump, the spotlight turned on a Twitter account that appears to belong to him, which he allegedly used to issue veiled threats to critics of the President. Twitter has apologized for not acting on tweets that clearly violated its terms of conduct. After the account was surfaced on Friday, Rochelle Ritchie tweeted several screenshots of threatening tweets that @hardrock2016 sent to her. She also posted a screenshot of the Twitter’s response to her report: “we have reviewed your report carefully and found that there was no violation of the Twitter Rules against abusive behavior.” Hey @Twitter remember when I reported the guy who was making threats towards me after my appearance on @FoxNews and you guys sent back a bs response about how you didn’t find it that serious. Well guess what it’s the guy who has been sending #bombs to high p

Officials said this week that Facebook would face a £500,000 fine from the UK over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but it was a drop in the bucket for the massive company. “We considered these contraventions to be so serious we imposed the maximum penalty under the previous legislation,” the head of the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said in a statement. As some pointed out this week, however, it will take a tiny amount of time for Facebook to recoup that loss . In fact, it’s difficult to even properly visualize. Facebook made $5.1 billion in net income last quarter, a figure that’s difficult to see next to $644,000, the USD equivalent of the fine: It’s only when you look at the average net income per day over that quarter that it’s possible to register the fine at all, but even then, it might lead you to squint: An hourly view finally gives some sense of scope. Still, even by that metric, Facebook’s profit dwarfs the fine: At that rate, the company would e

The MIT Lab has an excitingly creepy way for you to celebrate Halloween, if parties or candy aren’t your speed. Next week, you’ll be able to work with other internet users to control one person’s actions for an evening, as spotted by Business Insider . Researchers at the lab made a program that lets a group of users control a human being while hearing and seeing everything the person does as if they were inside the person’s mind. The human is an actor hired by MIT Media Lab. The project is called BeeMe, and it’s billed as a web-based social experiment. Starting on Halloween at 11PM ET, people can log onto the BeeMe website and start suggesting and then voting on what action the actor should take next, like opening a door or entering a room. (Naturally, commands that would endanger the well-being, privacy, or dignity of the actor will not be allowed.) As the outlandish narrative the MIT researchers have crafted goes, the human being has given up his free will and agency over to a g

California has agreed to delay the enforcement of its “ gold standard ” net neutrality bill, according to a statement from the law’s sponsor Sen. Scott Wiener. The net neutrality rules were set to go into effect next year, but California officials have agreed to wait until the courts have resolved any pending litigation over the Federal Communications Commission’s roll back of the federal rules late last year. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai cast the delay as a victory for the Commission. “This substantial concession reflects the strength of the case made by the United States earlier this month,” Pai said. “It also demonstrates, contrary to the claims of the law’s supporters, that there is no urgent problem that these regulations are needed to address.” California Senator Scott Wiener, who had championed the bill, described the decision in different terms. “Of course, I very much want to see California’s net neutrality law go into effect immediately, in order to protect access to the internet

Facebook has identified more suspicious behavior on its platform linked to an ongoing Iranian influence campaign , the company announced today . In total, Facebook’s security team removed a combined 82 pages, groups, and accounts that were masquerading as US and sometimes UK citizens and organizations. Facebook prohibits “coordinated inauthentic behavior” on the platform, and due to this behavior’s proximity to the US midterm elections, the company says it promptly banned all instances of the network it discovered. The existence of an Iranian influence campaign designed to sow division and amplify tensions in the US was first revealed back in August, and Google has similarly found evidence of the operation spreading to YouTube . “Despite attempts to hide their true identities, a manual review of these accounts linked their activity to Iran. We also identified some overlap with the Iranian accounts and Pages we removed in August,” writes Nathaniel Gleicher, the company’s head of cyber