Naga Pramod
Naga Pramod is a computer science major and tech news reporter with a passion for cyber security, networking, and data science. [email protected]
Washington Post slammed after contacting Twitter user’s parents over their son’s tweet
The media used to target powerful institutions, now they attempt to smear random Twitter users with 400 followers.
Fact-checker Snopes scales back, finding coronavirus “overwhelming”
Apparently, there’s just too much fake news.
Veteran-owned Nine Line Apparel shifts production to address coronavirus mask shortage
The company is stepping up to meet the increasing demand.
Jaboukie Young-White banned from Twitter for impersonating CNN, dunks on blue checkmarks on his way out
Fans want Twitter to reinstate the comedian.
Instagram to suppress coronavirus related content from explore tab
The platform will also hide content not approved by fact-checkers.
Headlines suggesting smart assistants are racially biased aren’t entirely accurate
In a bid to claim racial bias, the headlines failed to check the details of the study.
Nintendo shuts down “Animal Crossing” passport holder Kickstarter
Nintendo has always been a strict enforcer of its copyrights.
Every company you ever interacted with is sending a coronavirus email
Companies are using it as a way to remind you that they still exist.
YouTube pranksters NELK Boys banned from YouTube uploads for 7 days for “Telling People We Have Corona!” video
YouTube said their video was “harmful and dangerous.”
Google considers sharing location of user movements with governments to provide social distancing data
Google says it will anonymize the data first.
Houseparty says it’s free to use any user communications, including “ideas, inventions, concepts”
A lack of end-to-end encryption means conversations aren’t as private as they are in some other apps.
Facebook Marketplace is filled with overpriced toilet paper from stockpiler sellers
Now we know where all the toilet paper went.