The first thing to know about Community Notes on Elon Musk’s tweets: there ought to be a lot more of them. Community Notes, the Twitter/X fact-checks formerly known as Birdwatch, are often touted as one of the few good things to have survived the first...
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October 12, 2024 albert
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What we wouldn’t give to see those DMs: The special counsel looking into former president Donald Trump obtained a search warrant to search through the billionaire reality TV star’s Twitter account. The prosecutors obtained the warrant as a part of their investigation into Trump’s alleged...
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August 9, 2023 albert
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The internet is chock-full of so many bizarre conspiracy theories that it’s not always easy to keep track, just like it’s not always easy to separate actual conspiracies from parody ones. Birds Aren’t Real, a “movement” that’s picked up enough steam to prompt a recent...
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January 6, 2022 albert
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Two-factor authentication should be your default setting for all the online spaces where you dwell. And for PlayStation owners specifically, setting that up is as easy as it could be. Sony’s two-step verification (2SV), as the company calls it, can be switched on from your...
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May 9, 2021 albert
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Justin Duino Nest users can now migrate their account over to Google. Doing so allows for a more secure sign-in process and better integration with Google Assistant, but kills most third-party integrations. There are more cons than pros, so we recommend waiting. Why You Should...
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August 19, 2019 albert
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Proxima Studio/Shutterstock With Netflix’s yearly price hikes and severe lack of sitcoms, account sharing can look a lot more appealing than a monthly subscription fee. But how does Netflix feel about account sharing, and why hasn’t the company stopped the practice? Everybody Shares a Netflix...
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May 11, 2019 albert
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It’s a Christmas miracle of sorts. Julian Assange’s Twitter account disappeared from the site, returned, and now there’s a bouncing baby Corgi up top. The account appears to have gone offline around 7:00/8:00PM ET on Christmas Eve, a silent night for the Wikileaks founder. Attempts...
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December 25, 2017 albert
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Kellyanne Conway has had a wild day on Twitter. After getting into some trouble for retweeting a white nationalist Twitter account, people began speculating that Conway was on the outs with the Trump administration, using flimsy evidence that Trump had unfollowed her as proof. But...
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February 15, 2017 albert
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You’ve created a local account in Windows and you want to use Cortana. However, you need a Microsoft account to activate and use Cortana, but you don’t want to convert your local account to a Microsoft one. What a dilemma. Click Here to Continue Reading...
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December 12, 2016 albert
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Windows 10, like Windows 8 before it, is integrated with Microsoft’s online services. Microsoft would prefer you sign into Windows with your Microsoft account, although you can still create a local account. Certain features are only available if you sign in with a Microsoft account,...
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