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Sunday, January 10, 2021
THE HAPPENING WORLD: Amazon Web Services (AWS) to Terminate Parler's Hosting at Midnight
NEW: Amazon is booting Parler off AWS, its web hosting service, knocking the pro-Trump social network offline until it finds a new host. https://t.co/zdR68ASJM2
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) January 10, 2021
After being pulled from both Apple and Google's app stores, the free speech social network Parler is about to lose its server platform at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Parler CEO says it may take up to a week to bring up replacement hosting, until which time the service will be down for all users, whether on mobile apps or the Web.
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CONTINUITY: Drilling Out the Microphone in Google's Stadia Game Controller
Careful Drilling Keeps Stadia From Listening In
— hackaday (@hackaday) January 10, 2021
Google’s fledgling Stadia service leverages the Chrome ecosystem to deliver streamed PC games on mobile devices, web browsers, and TVs. While not strictly required, the company even offers a dedicated Stad… https://t.co/QP4XT8RcsT
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CONTEXT: 1962 Italian Magazine: “The World of 2022”
This Italian magazine from 1962 predicted what society would look like in 2022. The ‘With You Forever’ is a little eerie, given our current circumstances. pic.twitter.com/M5jyGKRKow
— Helen Ingram (@drhingram) January 9, 2021
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