President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of 175 additional federal law enforcement officers into cities that have featured clashes between protesters and police. Trump confirmed the dispatch of federal police Monday as he defended the decision to deploy federal law enforcement inside Portland despite howls from local officials – while vowing to rein in … Read more
LinkedIn and Reddit will remove code in their apps that copies users’ clipboard information after being outed by an iOS 14 privacy feature Reddit and LinkedIn are changing code in their apps that copy users’ clipboards The practices was brought to light by an iOS 14 privacy feature Reddit says it used information to auto-suggest … Read more
PG Tips switches to biodegradable teabags and vows to completely ditch all plastic packaging by next year Plastic wrap surrounding tea boxes will be removed from some packs this year The company already makes teabags from biodegradable plant-based material PG Tips is the first major tea brand to switch to fully plastic-free product lines By … Read more
PG Tips will remove all plastic packaging from its products by next year and use biodegradable teabags Plastic wrap surrounding tea boxes will be removed from some packs this year The company will make all teabags from biodegradable plant-based material PG Tips is the first major tea brand to switch to fully plastic-free product lines … Read more
Netflix subscribers rejoice after the streaming service allows users to remove shows from their ‘continue watching’ list so they can hide their ’embarrassing’ viewing choices Netflix viewers rejoice after streaming service adds a ‘remove from row’ option Users are able to remove the programmes and shows from ‘continue watching’ The ‘Continue Watching’ bar can quickly … Read more
Amazon has refused police officers’ pleas to remove ‘deeply offensive’ T-shirts displaying a ‘Blue Lives Murder’ logo. The Police Federation, which represents British officers, branded the shirts ‘deeply offensive’ and last month asked Amazon to remove them from sale on its site. Previously on sale for £17.95, the blue shirt shows a white officer striking … Read more
AMC will NOT remove blackface episode from Mad Men catalogue…but will include ‘disclaimer’ as the series moves from Netflix to IMDb TV By Carly Johnson For Dailymail.com Published: 05:43 BST, 2 July 2020 | Updated: 08:13 BST, 2 July 2020 AMC has decided against removing an episode of Mad Men containing blackface, despite many television … Read more
A boycott of advertising on Facebook designed to get the social media platform to remove hate speech will next go global, say its organizers. The ‘Stop Hate for Profit’ campaign will now work on getting European companies to join the boycott and urge regulators to take a hard stand on Facebook. More than 160 companies … Read more
Apple set to remove thousands of unlicensed games from its China App Store that are not approved by the government – including one based on the Communist nation’s Imperial past China requires developers submit apps and wait for a license before publishing The policy was put in place four years ago, but has been ignored … Read more
NYC’s Museum of Natural History will remove its statue of Theodore Roosevelt on horseback flanked by Native American and African men because it ‘symbolizes racism and colonial expansion’ The bronze statue depicts Theodore Roosevelt on horseback with a Native American man and an African man standing next to the horse It has stood at the museum’s … Read more