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A Network of Twitter Bots Reportedly Launched a Smear Campaign on Belgium’s Huawei 5G Ban

A small cluster of pro-Huawei Twitter bots reportedly launched a smear campaign attacking the Belgian government’s plan to box out “high-risk” suppliers like Huawei from building the country’s 5G network, according to the latest report from social media research firm Graphika. Graphika uncovered the plot in December after Twitter accounts that had been used in…

Tech News Alyse Stanley Jan 30

Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Comcast to Stop Grifting Customers Until the Pandemic Is Over

Comcast celebrated the new year by rolling out its data caps and predatory overage fees to millions of customers in the northeastern United States, but lawmakers in Massachusetts aren’t having it. They’ve proposed a temporary ban on data caps, additional fees, and price hikes on home-internet services to keep folks from losing web access during…

Tech News Alyse Stanley Jan 28

Documentary+ Is the Latest Free Service to Enter the Streaming Wars

Another free, ad-supported streaming service with a focus on non-fiction films launches today, this one hoping to win over the documentary crowd. A joint project between Tony Hsieh (the former Zappos CEO who recently passed away) and studio XTR, Documentary+ launched with a catalog of films by several high-profile directors and filmmakers, among them Werner…

Internet Catie Keck Jan 28

Samsung Heir: Sorry I’m in Jail, but Uh, Please Keep Working

Everyone’s had a boss who sent a tone-deaf email but imprisoned Samsung heir apparent Lee Jae-yong has one-upped them all. Sending a message on Samsung’s intranet, Lee apparently apologized for landing himself in jail once again and urged them to “maintain their work” in his absence, Yonhap reports. “I feel truly sorry for giving you…

Tech News Victoria Song Jan 27

Error 404: The Internet Broke

A strange outage is impacting internet users in the Northeast U.S. It’s not entirely clear what is going on, but it sure is annoying. Around noon on Tuesday, outage reports began pouring in, according to DownDetector, which tracks online service outages. But it’s not limited to one company; users reported issues with Comcast, Google, Zoom,…

Tech News Andrew Couts Jan 26

Amazon: If Workers Want a Union So Bad, They Can Attend a Superspreader Event

Amazon has a message for its workers: if you want to unionize so badly, you’ll need to risk catching the coronavirus to do it. That’s according to an appeal the e-commerce giant filed with the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday arguing against the board’s decision to give Amazon’s Bessemer warehouse workers the next two…

Commerce Shoshana Wodinsky Jan 22

Google’s Finally Giving the Little Guys a Cut

On Thursday, French authorities finally accomplished the impossible: getting Google to agree to pay news outlets the licensing fees they’ve spent more than half a decade begging for. The decision came following “many months of negotiations” with France’s competition authority after it ordered the tech giant to start negotiating licensing fees with local news publishers…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky Jan 21

Trump’s Extremist Fansite ‘The Donald’ Is Going Through Some Shit

Donald Trump’s presidency is taking its last shallow, ragged breaths, with President-elect Joe Biden set to take office today—the best efforts of Trump’s incompetent campaign legal team and the disastrously failed insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6 in vain. What’s a Trump supporter to do? If you’re on The Donald, the toxic Trump-worshiping fan…

Politics Tom McKay Jan 20

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Your Guide to 2021’s Biggest TV, Part 1

Finally, 2021 is here, and with it, so much television to look forward to. In fact, there’s so much, we’re breaking down our big new year preview of sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and superhero shows into three massive parts! Ready for part one? We’re kicking off io9’s epic 2021 TV preview with a look at some…

io9 Io9 Staff Jan 19

Disney Is Doing the Weird Hybrid Movie Release Thing Now, Too

Disney-owned Searchlight Pictures has announced it will release its upcoming film Nomadland on Hulu the same day as its wide theatrical release.

Books & Comics Catie Keck Jan 14

AT&T Can’t Seem to Get Rid of DirecTV

AT&T is having a hard time trying to find a buyer to take DirecTV off its hands. Ars Technica (via the New York Post) reports the telecom is not happy with the $15 billion offers it has received since opening up auctions in October, and may “cancel the auction altogether if it doesn’t get better…

Internet Joanna Nelius Dec 21

Genius Media Group Is Suing Google For Antitrust

Joining the national pile-on of entities suing Google for antitrust is Genius Media Group, which announced a lawsuit on Wednesday night related to the search giant’s ad exchange practices. In the filing, Genius Media Group—which owns the lyrics and annotations site Genius—alleges that Google has been able to achieve a near-monopoly with its display advertising…

Tech News Brianna Provenzano Dec 16

Cybersecurity Firm FireEye Says It Was Hacked By a Nation-State That Rhymes With Frussia

Leading cybersecurity firm FireEye said on Tuesday that it had fallen victim to the type of security breach it typically helps other companies and government agencies defend themselves against, and that the culprit was a highly sophisticated nation-state with “top-tier offensive capabilities” that rhymes with Frussia. In a blog post, FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia said…

Tech News Brianna Provenzano Dec 8

Disney Apparently Has No Idea What to Do With Hulu—For Now

Hulu’s international expansion is on pause not just because of the pandemic, but because higher valuations mean more money Disney owes to Comcast.

Corporate Culture Joanna Nelius Oct 16

Disney Wants to Be Netflix Now

We probably could have seen this coming. Disney announced today that it’s restructuring its media and entertainment businesses to focus on its streaming services—one area that’s currently thriving as other parts of the Walt Disney Company grapple with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Indeed, Disney+ has been a monumental success since it launched late…

Internet Catie Keck Oct 12

Chevron Is Trying to Crush a Prominent Climate Lawyer—and Maybe the World

Amid falling citywide rates of covid-19 infection, many New Yorkers are beginning to emerge from months of lockdown. That’s not the case for human rights attorney Steven Donziger, who has barely left his two-bedroom Upper West Side apartment for the past twelve months. “My liberty is deprived,” he said on Zoom from his kitchen. “They’re…

Environmental Justice Dharna Noor Aug 11

A Network of Twitter Bots Reportedly Launched a Smear Campaign on Belgium’s Huawei 5G Ban

Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Comcast to Stop Grifting Customers Until the Pandemic Is Over

Documentary+ Is the Latest Free Service to Enter the Streaming Wars

Samsung Heir: Sorry I’m in Jail, but Uh, Please Keep Working

Error 404: The Internet Broke

Amazon: If Workers Want a Union So Bad, They Can Attend a Superspreader Event

Google’s Finally Giving the Little Guys a Cut

Trump’s Extremist Fansite ‘The Donald’ Is Going Through Some Shit

Your Guide to 2021’s Biggest TV, Part 1

Disney Is Doing the Weird Hybrid Movie Release Thing Now, Too

AT&T Can’t Seem to Get Rid of DirecTV

Genius Media Group Is Suing Google For Antitrust

Cybersecurity Firm FireEye Says It Was Hacked By a Nation-State That Rhymes With Frussia

Disney Apparently Has No Idea What to Do With Hulu—For Now

Disney Wants to Be Netflix Now

Chevron Is Trying to Crush a Prominent Climate Lawyer—and Maybe the World

How to Wipe Your Viewing History on Any Streaming Service

The Newest Crossing Swords Trailer Introduces a Messy, Vulgar Fantasy World

Disney Plans to Begin Re-Opening Its Springs Shopping Complex Very Soon

Sheryl Sandberg Thinks You’re an Idiot

The ‘Mass Effect’ Show is Getting Rewritten to Get Greenlit

See the Early Stages of How ‘Project Hail Mary’ Brought Rocky to Life

‘Cognitive Surrender’ Is a New and Useful Term for How AI Melts Brains

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Marshall Acton III Home Speaker Drops to a Record Low, the Deal Countdown Has Already Started

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

I’m Worried About the Helpless AI Disruptors of the Future

Russia Allegedly Swung at VPNs but Accidentally Hit Its Own Banking Sector Instead

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DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

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MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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