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Why did it take Leslie Jones for Twitter to finally ban Milo Yiannopoulos?
Twitter on Tuesday night permanently banned conservative pundit and Breitbart Tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos from its platform. Yiannopoulos was banned for his role in the online harassment of Ghostbusters actress Leslie Jones. After writing a scathing review of the film, … Continue reading
Why did Twitter take so long to finally ban one of its biggest trolls?
Twitter on Tuesday night permanently banned conservative pundit and Breitbart Tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos from its platform. Yiannopoulos was banned for his role in the online harassment of Ghostbusters actress Leslie Jones. After writing a scathing review of the film, … Continue reading
Airbnb hires former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to address host discrimination
Short-term rental company Airbnb has hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in an effort to address allegations of racial bias on the platform. Holder will work with noted civil rights attorney John Relman to help the company put … Continue reading
‘Pokémon Go’ players in Bosnia warned to avoid minefields
Bosnian players of the popular Pokémon Go app have been told to avoid areas still littered with landmines from the war in the 1990s. A charity which deals with demining in the Balkan country, Posavina bez mina, has issued a warning … Continue reading
5 things we can’t wait to see at Comic-Con 2016
Comic-Con 2016 officially kicks off tonight and will run throughout the weekend in San Diego. Mashable will be covering all the big happenings over the next few days, including sure-to-be-exciting Hall H presentations of forthcoming movies from Marvel and Warner … Continue reading
Man falls off waterslide. What else do you need to know?
Flying down a waterslide is awesome. Flying off a cliff is not. David Salmon posted a slow motion clip to his Facebook page on Monday in which he got a little too much speed going down a waterslide in Texas … Continue reading
To ‘Pokémon Go’ or no? Indonesian government is split on whether the game is okay
Pokémon Go is dividing the Indonesian government. On one end there’s the capital city’s governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, who’s been enamoured with the game enough to invite locals to catch Pokémon at the park. But on the Indonesian island … Continue reading
How to talk about the new UK prime minister’s shoes without being sexist
LONDON — You might have heard that the United Kingdom has a new prime minister. And, she’s a woman. SEE ALSO: Britain has its next prime minister to thank for mass surveillance bill In fact, Theresa May is the UK’s … Continue reading
Google in legal trouble in India for including PM Modi in top criminals search results
An Indian court has issued a notice to Google, its CEO and India head for listing Prime Minister Narendra Modi among the world’s top ten criminals in its image search results and registered a criminal case against the company. SEE … Continue reading
Corning says next Gorilla Glass will be extra drop resistant
Your next smartphone could be a little less likely to break when you drop it. Corning, makers of the Gorilla Glass used in many smartphone displays, introduced the next generation of the material Wednesday at an event at its Palo … Continue reading
