IT総合 The surgeon general’s advisory on risks of youth social media use could shift the conversation
A new public health warning this week from the U.S. surgeon general explores concerns that social media use among childr...
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IT総合 IT総合 TikTok sues Montana over its controversial new law banning the app
Last week, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed a law that banned TikTok in the state. Now the company is hitting back...
IT総合 Supreme Court rules in favor of Twitter and Google, avoiding the issue of Section 230 for now
On Thursday, the Supreme Court resolved two adjacent cases aiming to hold social platforms liable for dangerous content....
IT総合 Montana just banned TikTok
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte just signed the nation’s strongest restrictions on Chinese-owned social media app ...
IT総合 Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom early impressions – a feast fit for a short king
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has only been out in the wild for a few days at this point, marking a mere sli...
IT総合 Twitch’s new clip editor makes sharing vertical video on YouTube and TikTok a snap
Twitch released a small but mighty product update on Thursday, introducing a new tool that lets streamers craft and shar...
IT総合 VanMoof updates its last-gen e-bikes with simplified X4 and S4 models
Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof is refreshing its entry level lineup with a pair of new bikes available in some very springy ...
IT総合 Epic’s Fall Guys adds a creative mode so players can design their own levels
Epic Games is expanding Fall Guys — its bubbly battle royale populated by little jellybean dudes — to make room for play...
IT総合 American psychology group issues recommendations for kids’ social media use
One of the most prominent mental health organizations in the U.S. is out with a set guidelines designed to protect child...
IT総合 Hacked verified Facebook pages impersonating Meta are buying ads from Meta
Sketchy Facebook pages impersonating businesses are nothing new, but a flurry of recent scams is particularly brazen.
A ...
IT総合 Chaos reigns after Twitter’s blue checks vanish
The blue checkmarks that once christened an echelon of elite Twitter users as trustworthy — or at least probably themsel...
IT総合 Epic buys Brazil-based game developer Aquiris to boost Fortnite
Epic Games is expanding its footprint in Latin America with the purchase of Aquiris, a Brazilian game company.
Aquiris w...
IT総合 Discord leak suspect charged with stealing and sharing military secrets
After his arrest yesterday, the U.S. Air National Guard airman suspected of sharing a trove of national security secrets...
IT総合 Classified intel leaked to Discord server leads to 21-year-old’s arrest
Law enforcement officials arrested a 21-year-old on Thursday after tracing a trove of classified secrets that found thei...
IT総合 More newsrooms bail on Twitter as Musk meddles with account labels
PBS and a handful of other news organizations have joined NPR in stepping away from Twitter, the social media platform o...
IT総合 Twitter singles NPR out with misleading state-backed media label
After taking over last year, Twitter’s new owner has invented policies on the fly, pushed questionable design chan...
IT総合 A judge dismissed Phhhoto’s antitrust suit against Meta
A U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of New York threw out a lawsuit against Meta this week that had bee...
IT総合 What’s going on with the TikTok ban?
With a U.S. ban of TikTok looming, it might look like game-over for the hit video sharing app, which has taken the world...
IT総合 New ‘Tears of the Kingdom’ video shows Zelda doubling down on an interactive world
One of Breath of the Wild’s best features is coming back in a big way. In a new preview of The Legend of Zelda: Te...
IT総合 TikTok CEO testifies before Congress
As the Biden administration escalates its threats against TikTok, the company’s chief executive made his first app...
IT総合 TikTok CEO says it wasn’t ‘spying’ when ByteDance employees surveilled journalists
At Thursday’s House hearing, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced a barrage of questions over concerns that data collecte...
IT総合 China reminds US that it can and will kill a forced TikTok sale
China pushed back against the U.S. government’s proposal to force a sale of TikTok on Thursday, rejecting the poss...
IT総合 TikTok gears up for its big day in Congress
As the Biden administration escalates its threats against TikTok, the company is preparing for its chief executive’...
IT総合 Twitch says it will lay off 400 employees
Twitch announced plans to reduce its workforce on Monday, demonstrating that even the seemingly booming streaming site i...
IT総合 The Justice Department is investigating TikTok over journalist spying incident
The Biden administration has recently ramped up pressure on TikTok over national security concerns stemming from its tie...
IT総合 The US government ramps up its pressure campaign against TikTok
The Biden administration is escalating its pressure campaign against TikTok, threatening a U.S. ban against the world...
IT総合 Twitch CEO Emmett Shear is stepping down
After serving as its chief executive for more than a decade, Twitch CEO Emmett Shear will take a step back at the compan...
IT総合 The FTC finalizes Epic’s $245 million settlement over sketchy Fortnite purchases
The Federal Trade Commission slammed Epic Games with $245 million in fines this week, ordering the Fortnite developer to...
IT総合 VSCO is growing into a legit social network for photographers
Four years after the dawn of the VSCO Girl, VSCO wants you to know that it’s very much alive. Photographers and other ae...
IT総合 Twitch’s new experiments hub tells streamers what’s being tested each month
Twitch wants the streamers who spend hours just chatting and gaming on the platform to stay well-informed about the feat...