Day: December 15, 2020

Pornhub removes all unverified videos from its platform after Mastercard and Visa drop them

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Last week, infamous porn-hosting site Pornhub made a big change by cutting off “unverified” uploads. Now, the company is taking things a step further and has removed all content that wasn’t uploaded by either a “content partner” or a verified user. Overnight, Pornhub has removed millions of uploaded videos — and, according to Vice, the Read more about Pornhub removes all unverified videos from its platform after Mastercard and Visa drop them[…]

Jailbreak app store Cydia files its own antitrust lawsuit against Apple

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Cydia, the original app store for jailbroken iPhones, has joined a wave of companies and regulators in targeting Apple over antitrust concerns. In a lawsuit it filed on Thursday, it accused Apple of “anti-competitive acquisition and maintenance of an illegal monopoly over iOS app distribution.” Were that not the case, Cydia argues, users would “be Read more about Jailbreak app store Cydia files its own antitrust lawsuit against Apple[…]

France fines Google $120M and Amazon $42M for dropping tracking cookies without consent

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France’s data protection agency, the CNIL, has slapped Google and Amazon with fines for dropping tracking cookies without consent. Google has been hit with a total of €100 million ($120 million) for dropping cookies on Google.fr and Amazon €35 million (~$42 million) for doing so on the Amazon .fr domain under the penalty notices issued Read more about France fines Google $120M and Amazon $42M for dropping tracking cookies without consent[…]

Astronomers Just Found Cosmic ‘Superhighways’ For Fast Travel Through The Solar System

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Invisible structures generated by gravitational interactions in the Solar System have created a “space superhighway” network, astronomers have discovered. These channels enable the fast travel of objects through space, and could be harnessed for our own space exploration purposes, as well as the study of comets and asteroids. By applying analyses to both observational and Read more about Astronomers Just Found Cosmic ‘Superhighways’ For Fast Travel Through The Solar System[…]