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  1. YouTube is the place to find the TRUTH about 9/11, the moon landing, vaccines, and the healing power of crystals. And by truth, we mean conspiracy theories from guys with the username red_pill75. At SXSW on Tuesday, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki unveiled the company's solution to its fake news problem: links to Wikipedia and other sources, which she called "information cues." SEE ALSO: YouTube's algorithm is hurting America far more than Russian trolls ever could @KendallRaeOnYT Susan Wojcicki talked about new changes to conspiracy videos just now at sxsw pic.twitter.com/KbL3461est — Jessi? (@jessik5898) March 13, 2018 Read more... More about Youtube, Conspiracy Theories, Susan Wojcicki, Tech, and Consumer TechView the full article
  2. In space, no one can hear you laugh. Even so, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk seems to have taken a moment away from his many, many well-documented and serious business ventures to focus on something a little lighter: comedy. So reports The Daily Beast, which today noted that the not-reclusive billionaire has been secretly hiring up staff from The Onion for an as-of-yet unknown project. SEE ALSO: Has Elon Musk finally ... cracked? Yes, The Onion. As in the satirical publication/national treasure. According to The Daily Beast, Musk snapped up managing editor Ben Berkley and former editor in chief Cole Bolton. They were later joined in LA by three now-former Onion writers and an unnamed editor. Read more... More about Comedy, The Onion, Tech, and Elon Musk View the full article
  3. Though he was deliberately not a household name, the music that the producer and DJ Matt Dike created, sampled and spun helped define underground Los Angeles in the 1980s. Dike, whose death was announced on Tuesday via the label he co-founded, Delicious Vinyl, produced or co-produced some of the... View the full article
  4. Hey, Instagram haters: Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the company has no plans to change its algorithm-based photo feed, despite what you may have heard. Rumors began swirling late last week that the photo-sharing app had miraculously decided to reverse the two-year-old decision to implement an algorithmic feed. Naturally, bloggers and Instagram influencers promptly lost their collective shit. SEE ALSO: Meet Vero: Why a billionaire's Instagram alternative is suddenly so popular Unfortunately for them, though, the "rumor" is just another example of how quickly social platforms can amplify misinformation. Instagram has outright denied it. Read more... More about Tech, Instagram, Apps And Software, Social Media Companies, and TechView the full article
  5. If you were forced to hear something every time you opened your car door, you could do worse than Toto's "Africa" — a pleasant tune that would surely leave you in a good mood for your ride. Self-described Volvo enthusiast Chris Ng wanted to customize the door chimes on his old Volvo 240. Now, every time he opens his car door and his keys are still in the ignition, an 8-bit version of Toto's "Africa" plays instead of those annoying bells. On his Kickstarter page, Ng notes that it took him two days to put the pieces together. He hopes to create a prototype which can be easily installed on other vehicles, so you too can hear some sweet jams instead of an aggravating chime when you open your car door. Read more... More about Tech, Cars, Culture, and Web Culture View the full article
  6. First lady Melania Trump is sticking to her campaign promise to crack down on online harassment and cyberbullying. She's reportedly meeting with major players in social media and tech next week to see what can be done. Even though she's repeatedly let her husband get away with the very behavior she described during Donald Trump's campaign as "too mean and too rough," she is apparently still determined to make the internet a safer place. She'll meet with Amazon, Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Snap, according to the Washington Post. SEE ALSO: Hillary Clinton returns to 'SNL' with State of the Union advice for Melania Trump Read more... More about Cyberbullying, First Lady, Melania Trump, Tech, and PoliticsView the full article
  7. Gemini, run by the Winklevoss twins, is one of the most Wall Street-oriented exchanges on the crypto markets. Originally envisioned as “bitcoin in a suit,” it is now leading the way in self-regulation with a new Virtual Commodity Association, a self-regulating group that aims to take the guesswork out of crypto in the future. “We […] View the full article
  8. Google Assistant is about to start doing more without quite as much talking on your part. Long-awaited multi-step routines are just today starting to roll out to users in the U.S., as first spotted by Android Police. In the case of “Good Morning,” which seems to be the first of the multi-step routines to go […] View the full article
  9. We spoke to the producer of Swae Lee's "How To Look" about the making of the song. View the full article
  10. Listen to Junglepussy's new single "Showers." View the full article
  11. Logic opens up to Zane Lowe about his lyrics on race becoming memes. View the full article
  12. Late last year Playboy filed a copyright lawsuit against the popular blog Boing Boing. The site had previously published an article linking to an archive of Playboy centerfold images, which the adult magazine saw as problematic. Boing Boing’s parent company Happy Mutants was accused of various counts of copyright infringement, with Playboy claiming that it exploited their playmates’ images for commercial purposes. The California district court was not convinced, however. In an order last month, Judge Fernando Olguin noted that it is not sufficient to argue that Boing Boing merely ‘provided the means’ to carry out copyright-infringing activity. There also has to be a personal action that ‘assists’ the infringing activity. “For example, the court is skeptical that plaintiff has sufficiently alleged facts to support either its inducement or material contribution theories of copyright infringement,” Judge Olguin wrote. Playboy was given the option to file a new complaint before the end of February, or else the case would be dismissed. The magazine publisher decided to let the matter go, for now, and didn’t file a new complaint. That doesn’t mean that they’ll completely pass on the issue though. Instead of only going after Boing Boing, Playboy is now digging up information on the people who posted the infringing content on Imgur and YouTube. Last week the California Court asked why PlayBoy hadn’t responded after the latest order. The company replied that it thought no response was needed and that the case would be dismissed automatically, but it included another interesting note. “Plaintiff has elected to pursue third party subpoenas under, inter alia, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Section 512(h) in order to obtain further facts before determining how to proceed on its claims against Happy Mutants,” Playboy writes. Looking through the court dockets, we observed that Playboy requested DMCA subpoenas against both Imgur and YouTube. In both cases, the company demands information that can identify the uploaders, including email addresses, phone numbers, and other documents or information. With Imgur, it goes even further. Here, Playboy also requests information on people “who downloaded any photos” from the Imgur gallery in question. That could be quite a long list as anyone would have to download the images in order to see them. This could include millions of people. Playboy subpoena against Imgur A broad request like this goes further than we’ve ever seen. However, soon after the requests came in, the clerk granted both subpoenas. At this point, it’s unclear whether Playboy also intends to go after the uploaders directly. It informed the California District Court that these “further facts” will help to determine whether it will pursue its claims against Boing Boing, which means that it must file a new complaint. It’s worth mentioning, however, that the subpoenas were obtained early last month before the case was dismissed. Alternatively, Playboy can pursue the Imgur and YouTube uploaders directly, which is more likely to succeed than the infringement claims against Boing Boing. That’s only an option if Imgur and YouTube have sufficient information to identify the infringers in question, of course. The allegedly infringing centerfold video is no longer listed on YouTube. The Imgur gallery, which was viewed more than two million times, is no longer available either. —- Playboy’s latest filing mentioning the DMCA subpoenas can be found here (pdf). We also obtained copies of the Youtube (pdf + attachment) and Imgur (pdf + attachment) subpoenas themselves. Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and more. We also have VPN discounts, offers and coupons View the full article
  13. Kanye West is reportedly back out in Wyoming, possibly recording with visitors Travis Scott, Kid Cudi, Nas, and more. View the full article
  14. Craig Mack, the "Flava In Ya Ear" MC, has died at the age of 47. View the full article
  15. All the music news you need to know on March 13, 2018. View the full article
  16. Craig Mack, the Long Island rapper who found fame on Diddy’s Bad Boy label, has died at 46, his producer confirmed to the New York Daily News. Mack, who was launched to hip-hop acclaim with the best-selling summer hit “Flava in Ya Ear” in 1994, died of heart failure at a hospital near his Walterboro,... View the full article
  17. After being founded in 2009, French site Liberty Land (LL) made its home in Canada. At the time listed among France’s top 200 sites, Liberty Land carried an estimated 30,000 links to a broad range of unlicensed content. Like many other indexes of its type, LL carried no content itself but hosted links to content hosted elsewhere, on sites like Megaupload and Rapidshare, for example. This didn’t save the operation from an investigation carried out by rightsholder groups SACEM and ALPA, which filed a complaint against Liberty Land with the French authorities in 2010. Liberty Land In May 2011 and alongside complaints from police that the people behind Liberty Land had taken extreme measures to hide themselves away, authorities arrested several men linked to the site in Marseille, near Le Havre, and in the Paris suburb of Montreuil. Despite the men facing a possible five years in jail and fines of up to $700,000, the inquiry dragged on for nearly seven years. The trial of its alleged operators, now aged between 29 and 36-years-old, finally went ahead January 30 in Rennes. The men faced charges that they unlawfully helped to distribute movies, TV series, games, software, music albums and e-books without permission from rightsholders. In court, one defended the site as being just like Google. “For me, we had the same role as Google,” he said. “We were an SEO site. There is a difference between what we were doing and the distribution of pirated copies on the street.” According to the prosecution, the site made considerable revenues from advertising, estimated at more than 300,000 euros between January 2009 and May 2011. The site’s two main administrators reportedly established an offshore company in the British Virgin Islands and a bank account in Latvia where they deposited between 100,000 and 150,000 euros each. The prosecutor demanded fines for the former site admins and sentences of between six and 12 months in prison. Last week the Rennes Criminal Court rendered its decision, sentencing the four men to suspended sentences of between two and three months. More than 176,000 euros generated by the site was also confiscated by the Court. While the men will no doubt be relieved that this extremely long case has reached a conclusion of sorts, it’s not over yet. 20minutes reports that the claims for damages filed by copyright groups including SACEM won’t be decided until September and they are significant, totaling 60 million euros. Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and more. We also have VPN discounts, offers and coupons View the full article
  18. Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture: Music Video of the Day: There are so many classic geek culture references in this animated music video for Gunship's retro-sounding "Ar3mis & Parzival" from the Ready Player One soundtrack (via /Film): Fan-Made Trailer of the Day: While we wait for Shazam! to finish production and give us a real trailer, here's a well done fan-made teaser for the DC superhero movie by Stryder HD: Fan Art of the Day: Speaking of Shazam!, star Zachary Levy shared this fan art by Janry Bautista of Levy's Tangled character, Flynn Rider, as the superhero (via Heroic... Read More View the full article
  19. Get your wands ready! The first trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald arrives tomorrow, but we've got a teaser ahead of its release. If you've been wondering if your use of "Wizarding World" as a franchise name for all things Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts was correct, this thing has an official logo for the designation. And yes, all those wands have significance. As for the content of the actual teaser, there's not much except a look at a page from the original Harry Potter book and a bunch of smoke -- all of which might just be part of the Wizarding World production logo. Also, shots of fans wielding their own wands, as part of the #WandsReady social promotion tie-in. We'll have more to... Read More View the full article
  20. For any kid who picked up an electric guitar in the 1960s, it never took long before they’d take a stab at trying to play “Walk Don’t Run,” the genre-defining surf-rock hit from 1960 popularized by the Ventures, which used that reverb-soaked recording as a launch pad to become the most successful... View the full article
  21. The massive fight over the fate of Qualcomm, which chipmaker Broadcom seeks to acquire in the largest deal in technology effort, took another dramatic turn this afternoon when the Trump administration said it would block the deal. The move is another chapter in a long story, a culmination of a lot of consolidation activity in the semiconductor space and months over jockeying over whether or not Broadcom would be able to complete a hostile bid for the U.S. chipmaker. Following an investigation by the CFIUS, BroadQual is officially on hold. Let’s review the past few years and see how we got here. View the full article
  22. The book is a queer coming-of-age story about a student who discovers her sexuality View the full article
  23. Bertrand Cantat attempts to “bring an end to this controversy” after thousands petitioned a French festival to remove him View the full article
  24. Their new album will feature Andrew Adamson View the full article
  25. Ready Player One: Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One enjoyed its world premiere at the SXSW film festival in Austin last night, and early reactions from audience members were quite positive. In attendance for the premiere, Spielberg said: "This is perhaps the greatest anxiety attack I've ever had... Your reaction is everything. Everything." The movie opens in theaters everywhere on March 29. [Twitter] Director Steven Spielberg surprised fans at the World Premiere of #ReadyPlayerOne! Only in theaters March 29. pic.twitter.com/Yv5fhrxNui — Ready Player One (@readyplayerone) March 12, 2018 Matt Helm: Tom Shepherd (the upcoming The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle) has been hired to write Matt Helm, starring Bradley Cooper (American Sniper... Read More View the full article
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