Russia wants to ban social media sites discriminating against Russian news outletsTwitter, Facebook, and YouTube at risk of getting blocked in Russia for "discriminating" against Russian news sites like Russia Today, RIA Novosti, and Crimea 24.November 26, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Tech Industry
AWS outage impacts thousands of online servicesIssues reported across 28 AWS products, from Kinesis to Worskpaces, and from DynamoDB to IoT Services.November 25, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Tech Industry
RIAA blitz takes down 18 GitHub projects used for downloading YouTube videosMain target of the takedown was the youtube-dl project, a Python library that had amassed more than 72k stars on GitHub and was used in many YouTube video ripping tools and services.October 23, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Tech Industry
Yahoo Groups to shut down for good on December 15, 2020Nineteen-year-old discussion board to shut down for good after Verizon effectively killed the service last year.October 12, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Tech Industry
Twitter removes 130 Iranian accounts for trying to disrupt the US Presidential DebateTwitter says it removed the accounts following a tip from the FBI.September 30, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Tech Industry
Facebook sues maker of advertising SDK for refusing to participate in auditFacebook also sued the operator of a website selling Instagram followers, likes, and comments.August 27, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Tech Industry
IBM, Microsoft staff rally to remove racially insensitive language from productsEfforts follow similar actions taken by Twitter, GitHub, the Linux kernel, MySQL, and OpenBSD teams.August 22, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Tech Industry
Belarusian police raid Uber and Yandex offices in MinskProtesters fear police forces might have been looking for rides and location data from the two ride-hailing companies in order to identify who participated in anti-government demonstrations.August 13, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Tech Industry
Sources: Mozilla extends its Google search dealGoogle to remain default search engine in Firefox for the next three years.August 12, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Tech Industry
Facebook takes down fake accounts operated by 'Roger Stone and his associates'Facebook took down today 54 accounts, 50 pages, and 4 Instagram accounts that were part of a network posting in support of Roger Stone.July 8, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Tech Industry