Didi Rankovic
Didi Rankovic is an experienced online journalist, editor, and translator, with a career spanning over ten years writing for major a English-language website in Serbia, and previously working as translator for international organizations and peacekeepers in the Balkans. Rankovic is passionate about free and open source tech and is a head contributor for Reclaim The Net, focusing on lead stories. [email protected]
HP remotely disables customer’s printer until he joins monthly subscription
Criticism towards HP was swift.
Open-source Nextcloud rebrands itself, ready to compete with GSuite and Office 365
Nextcloud Hub aims to make major strides to offer a valid alternative to the tech giants.
Aaron Carter lashes out at artist whose work he had “commercially exploited” to promote his merch
The unpleasant exchange went down on Twitter.
Facebook bans “The Spinner”, company that claims to influence people with targeted ads
The company claimed that it could manipulate a target for a relatively small fee.
Reddit slammed for trying to profit from Australian wildfires
Reddit only donates $2.50 of a $3.99 sale for “Firefighter Koalas”.
Ground News Pro app shows how mainstream news outlets bend the news
The app is available now for iOS and Android.
TikTok is driving the Spotify charts
TikTok is the second most downloaded app right now.
Chris Evans starts an online politics platform to inform people about social and political issues
There will also be one-minute long videos of politicians (both Democrats and Republicans) answering questions.
CNN’s Brian Stelter announces documentary on fake news, Twitter finds it hilarious
People reacted exactly how you would expect.
Twitter’s ban on targeting keywords like “transphobic” will hurt those it’s trying to protect
A short-sighted BBC report caused the ban.
Egypt’s grand mufti, Islamic cleric Ali Jumaa, issues fatwa on Facebook Group that exposes cheating husbands
The Facebook group is apparently “causing harm to families.”
YouTube vigilante couple arrested for entrapping and attacking bike thieves for YouTube content
Police in California have detained a couple for luring bike thieves and assaulting them, to then post videos of these incidents on YouTube. This went on for months. Instead, the authorities finally took action to detain Corey Cornutt and Savannah Grillot, both in their 20s, described as “vigila