The Need for a Head-Mounted Camera: A Necessity or a Luxury?

As I reflect on my own life, I find myself wondering what drives others to invest in such a device. Perhaps it's the thrill of capturing every moment, no matter how mundane, in crystal clear resolution. Maybe it's the desire to document one's daily routine for posterity, or maybe it's simply a case of being a little too curious about the world around us. Whatever the reason, I applaud those who feel the need to equip themselves with such a tool.

Facebook's Secret Moderation Tactics

In a bombshell report from ProPublica, it has been revealed that Facebook employs approximately 1,000 moderators to review WhatsApp messages. Contrary to Facebook's claims of having no ability to see the content of end-to-end encrypted messages or listen to calls, these moderators are indeed privy to certain information. The company states that only flagged messages are reviewed by these moderators, but it appears that they may have access to more sensitive data under certain circumstances. This raises significant concerns about user privacy and security.

WhatsApp's Response

Following the release of this report, WhatsApp announced that it would be encrypting its message backups, a move that comes as no surprise given the growing scrutiny surrounding data collection and protection. It's reassuring to know that even in the face of mounting criticism, companies like WhatsApp are taking steps to protect their users' sensitive information.

Grooming Tools for the Modern Man

For those who prioritize their personal style, Manscaped has come up with a comprehensive grooming kit designed to tackle every aspect of one's being. The Manscaped Performance Package 4.0 is an all-in-one solution that includes a lawnmower 4.0 and other accessories like the Crop Preserver and Crop Reviver sprays. Whether you're looking to maintain your majestic mane or simply want to feel fresh and confident, this kit has got you covered.

Amazon's Commitment to Worker Benefits

In a significant move, Amazon is expanding its U.S. workers' benefits package to include full college tuition for its over 750,000 operations employees. This new perk will be available to eligible employees after just 90 days of employment, providing them with an unprecedented opportunity to pursue higher education without breaking the bank.

Luna Cloud Gaming: A New Era for Remote Play

Amazon's Luna cloud gaming service is set to open up to Prime members for a limited time, allowing users to access four games in their catalog. This trial period also introduces new features like co-op mode and support for Chromebooks and Fire tablets. Although currently only available in the mainland U.S., Luna represents a significant leap forward for remote gaming.

Landmark Legislation in Australia

In a major development, Australia has passed a landmark surveillance bill that gives law enforcement agencies unprecedented access to online data. This new legislation has sparked concerns about user privacy and security, with some experts warning of the potential consequences of such sweeping powers being granted to authorities.

Banning Social Media Platforms: A Texas-Sized Move

Texas has become the latest state to pass a law that would ban social media platforms with over 50 million users from censoring or banning individuals based on their political views. Critics are quick to point out that this law, like its Florida counterpart, may be challenged in court and could have far-reaching implications for free speech online.

The Future of Gaming: Sony's PlayStation Showcase

Sony's recent PlayStation showcase was a veritable smorgasbord of exciting announcements, including the remake of Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic on PS5 and PC. The trailer for Insomniac Spider-Man 2 is already generating buzz, as is the teaser for a Wolverine game formerly known as Project Atheia. Meanwhile, fans of Grand Theft Auto V can look forward to its continued re-releases in various iterations.

The Racing Spirit: Tokyo Game Show

For car enthusiasts, Jonathan Joestar's Tokyo Game Show announcement is the ultimate thrill ride. The racing game has been confirmed to be in development, and with it comes a promise of high-octane action, precision driving, and an immersive gaming experience that will leave players breathless.

The Future of Gaming: What's Next?

As we bid adieu to another exciting episode of tech news, one thing is certain – the world of gaming continues to evolve at breakneck speed. From remote play to social media censorship, it's essential to stay informed and engaged in this ever-changing landscape. I look forward to seeing what the future holds for gamers and tech enthusiasts alike.

Tokyo: Where Gaming Meets Lifestyle

And so, with that, we bid farewell to another action-packed episode of tech news. Whether you're a seasoned gamer or simply someone who appreciates the art of gaming, there's always something new and exciting on the horizon. Until next time, when Jonathan will undoubtedly leave us all in awe with his Tokyo Game Show announcements...

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: endid you know that every 30 seconds in america a tech news happens and you can help by donating just 19.99 at lttstore.com you'll get a free hat cool three months after the apple v epic games trial concluded judge yvonne gonzalez rogers has handed down her ruling in the case broadly speaking apple won what congratulations oh you're the mac address guy shut up the judge ruled that epic did not show apple was a monopolist and that they did breach their contract meaning epic must pay apple 30 of the revenue collected from epic direct payments through fortnite on ios which is millions of dollars an apple statement said the court affirmed what we've known all along success is not illegal and neither is scanning all your iphone photos that was part of a different that's not part of this though that's a that's a different thing but most of the media coverage so far is treating the ruling as a big win for epic because the judge did find apple in violation of california's unfair competition law so in 90 days apple must allow apps to include buttons or links to third-party payment mechanisms but that wasn't enough of a win for epic ceo tim sweeney who tweeted that this was not what they wanted apparently because alternative app stores and in-app third-party payments will still be forbidden on ios but as the verge points out it's still unclear what these alternative payment options will look like because what is a button really stays yeah is it a physical just text if you push it i miss morphism or pull it sweeney is also probably butthurt after apple rejected epic's request to reinstate their developer account but don't worry epic is going to appeal the ruling and this fight will continue for years to come yes very exciting facebook finally launched its smart glasses yesterday in collaboration with luxottica they're called ray-ban stories and instead of taking the google class approach and making a weird cyborg crystal design as cool as some people thought that was so cool i tried it out i was like am i in the year 2021 these are literally just ray-ban sunglasses with two 5-megapixel cameras a microphone array and open-ear speakers an led light will turn on to let people know when you're taking photos or video which can be posted to any social platform from the glasses accompanying facebook view app there's no heads-up display of any kind so you won't see anything but the real world while you capture the souls of others and imprison them for later consumption by the zuk they're also 300 u.s so i don't know what kind of crazy eventful life you're living that you need a head-mounted camera but if you do i mean hey that i'm happy for you and so is mark yes get out there feed me experiences speaking of slurping up data a somewhat unsurprising report from propublica says that despite facebook's claims that they have no ability to see the content of messages or listen to calls that are end to end encrypted facebook employs about 1 000 moderators just to review whatsapp messages now facebook says the only messages these moderators see are those that have been flagged by the actual recipient of the message which they might do if they want to report instances of criminal activity or spam but the simple fact that facebook has the ability to look at these messages and that they do so under certain circumstances is vindication for anyone who switched to signal or telegram out of an abundance of caution i couldn't get my friends to switch i know me neither i'm still using wait that's data don't take it a day after propublica's report whatsapp announced they were also encrypting whatsapp message backups which definitely no one is reading for sure what report now it's time for quick bits brought to you by manscape provider of all-in-one grooming tools that have you covered from head to toe whether you're a man or any other type of hair generating sentient being the manscape performance package 4.0 kit is designed to make grooming below the waist easy with a lawnmower 4.0 and other goodies like the crop preserver and crop reviver sprays to keep things fresh it doesn't refer to things specifically but it's so i have the image in my head so head to manscape.com tech and get 20 off manscaped and free shipping today quickly now the bits wait for no man or horse amazon is expanding its u.s workers benefits to include full college tuition for the more than 750 000 operations employees at the company employees will be eligible for the perk after 90 days of employment and then they'll just have to figure out how to squeeze in classes between grueling ships moving boxes of bottled urine around in the warehouse thanks amazon but don't think about that too long because another really cool thing amazon is doing is opening up its luna cloud gaming service to prime members for six days also almost we it's been pretty close to a week guys also you can only play four games the trial comes along with new luna features such as a co-op mode that can be played with non-luna subscribers okay and support for chromebooks and fire tablets but luna is still only available in the mainland us and nowhere else and this has still not gotten the image of pee bottles out of my brain but that's an ongoing thing with me that's just don't worry about that australia has passed another piece of landmark legislation this time a surveillance bill that will give law enforcement the ability to access delete or even modify the online data of anyone that's a suspect in an investigation this is kind of scary but also is this the key to getting a twitter edit button yes can we can we message the can we get that we work that into this somehow texas has passed a new law for bidding social media platforms with more than 50 million users from banning people based on their political viewpoints which seems reasonable as long as your viewpoints don't include calls to burn down the library because one of the books spoke to you in a literal sense critics expect the law to be challenged by a federal judge which is what happened to florida's law banning the deplatforming of politicians although that one did have an exemption for disney world so i don't know you do the math there oh and did you see all those cool games during sony's playstation showcase david did i mean star wars knights of the old republic is getting a remake on ps5 and pc my childhood is that excited there was a trailer for insomniac spider-man 2 and a teaser for a wolverine game for spoken formerly known as project atheia is also coming to both ps5 and pc and looks like a doctor strange game but less cringe than that would be he's got a god of war ragnarok on a trailer that's obviously going to be decent and best of all gta 5 is continuing skyrim's legacy of being re-released so many times it's like why do you even keep doing this everyone has wanted who wanted to play it has already played it already so i'm pretty excited tokyo the racing game yes okay jonathan is fulfilling the car enthusiast segment of the the population right now i'm even more excited to sleep very soon so come back on monday for more tech news i would very much like to see you again i think we've got something special here jonathan can you leave us alone for a seconddid you know that every 30 seconds in america a tech news happens and you can help by donating just 19.99 at lttstore.com you'll get a free hat cool three months after the apple v epic games trial concluded judge yvonne gonzalez rogers has handed down her ruling in the case broadly speaking apple won what congratulations oh you're the mac address guy shut up the judge ruled that epic did not show apple was a monopolist and that they did breach their contract meaning epic must pay apple 30 of the revenue collected from epic direct payments through fortnite on ios which is millions of dollars an apple statement said the court affirmed what we've known all along success is not illegal and neither is scanning all your iphone photos that was part of a different that's not part of this though that's a that's a different thing but most of the media coverage so far is treating the ruling as a big win for epic because the judge did find apple in violation of california's unfair competition law so in 90 days apple must allow apps to include buttons or links to third-party payment mechanisms but that wasn't enough of a win for epic ceo tim sweeney who tweeted that this was not what they wanted apparently because alternative app stores and in-app third-party payments will still be forbidden on ios but as the verge points out it's still unclear what these alternative payment options will look like because what is a button really stays yeah is it a physical just text if you push it i miss morphism or pull it sweeney is also probably butthurt after apple rejected epic's request to reinstate their developer account but don't worry epic is going to appeal the ruling and this fight will continue for years to come yes very exciting facebook finally launched its smart glasses yesterday in collaboration with luxottica they're called ray-ban stories and instead of taking the google class approach and making a weird cyborg crystal design as cool as some people thought that was so cool i tried it out i was like am i in the year 2021 these are literally just ray-ban sunglasses with two 5-megapixel cameras a microphone array and open-ear speakers an led light will turn on to let people know when you're taking photos or video which can be posted to any social platform from the glasses accompanying facebook view app there's no heads-up display of any kind so you won't see anything but the real world while you capture the souls of others and imprison them for later consumption by the zuk they're also 300 u.s so i don't know what kind of crazy eventful life you're living that you need a head-mounted camera but if you do i mean hey that i'm happy for you and so is mark yes get out there feed me experiences speaking of slurping up data a somewhat unsurprising report from propublica says that despite facebook's claims that they have no ability to see the content of messages or listen to calls that are end to end encrypted facebook employs about 1 000 moderators just to review whatsapp messages now facebook says the only messages these moderators see are those that have been flagged by the actual recipient of the message which they might do if they want to report instances of criminal activity or spam but the simple fact that facebook has the ability to look at these messages and that they do so under certain circumstances is vindication for anyone who switched to signal or telegram out of an abundance of caution i couldn't get my friends to switch i know me neither i'm still using wait that's data don't take it a day after propublica's report whatsapp announced they were also encrypting whatsapp message backups which definitely no one is reading for sure what report now it's time for quick bits brought to you by manscape provider of all-in-one grooming tools that have you covered from head to toe whether you're a man or any other type of hair generating sentient being the manscape performance package 4.0 kit is designed to make grooming below the waist easy with a lawnmower 4.0 and other goodies like the crop preserver and crop reviver sprays to keep things fresh it doesn't refer to things specifically but it's so i have the image in my head so head to manscape.com tech and get 20 off manscaped and free shipping today quickly now the bits wait for no man or horse amazon is expanding its u.s workers benefits to include full college tuition for the more than 750 000 operations employees at the company employees will be eligible for the perk after 90 days of employment and then they'll just have to figure out how to squeeze in classes between grueling ships moving boxes of bottled urine around in the warehouse thanks amazon but don't think about that too long because another really cool thing amazon is doing is opening up its luna cloud gaming service to prime members for six days also almost we it's been pretty close to a week guys also you can only play four games the trial comes along with new luna features such as a co-op mode that can be played with non-luna subscribers okay and support for chromebooks and fire tablets but luna is still only available in the mainland us and nowhere else and this has still not gotten the image of pee bottles out of my brain but that's an ongoing thing with me that's just don't worry about that australia has passed another piece of landmark legislation this time a surveillance bill that will give law enforcement the ability to access delete or even modify the online data of anyone that's a suspect in an investigation this is kind of scary but also is this the key to getting a twitter edit button yes can we can we message the can we get that we work that into this somehow texas has passed a new law for bidding social media platforms with more than 50 million users from banning people based on their political viewpoints which seems reasonable as long as your viewpoints don't include calls to burn down the library because one of the books spoke to you in a literal sense critics expect the law to be challenged by a federal judge which is what happened to florida's law banning the deplatforming of politicians although that one did have an exemption for disney world so i don't know you do the math there oh and did you see all those cool games during sony's playstation showcase david did i mean star wars knights of the old republic is getting a remake on ps5 and pc my childhood is that excited there was a trailer for insomniac spider-man 2 and a teaser for a wolverine game for spoken formerly known as project atheia is also coming to both ps5 and pc and looks like a doctor strange game but less cringe than that would be he's got a god of war ragnarok on a trailer that's obviously going to be decent and best of all gta 5 is continuing skyrim's legacy of being re-released so many times it's like why do you even keep doing this everyone has wanted who wanted to play it has already played it already so i'm pretty excited tokyo the racing game yes okay jonathan is fulfilling the car enthusiast segment of the the population right now i'm even more excited to sleep very soon so come back on monday for more tech news i would very much like to see you again i think we've got something special here jonathan can you leave us alone for a second\n"