The big picture: Banning impersonation may seem like a no-brainer but if we’re being straightforward, all that Reddit is really doing here is giving itself a bit more leeway with regard to making judgement calls in the near future.

Reddit this week took a firmer stance against one of the rarer reported classes of incidents on the platform: impersonation.

With issues of great public significance like the 2020 US presidential election looming later this year, Reddit is using the opportunity to better cover some use cases it

What just happened? Microsoft in collaboration with several key partners has been working for the past 14 months to develop a technique that is capable of detecting online predators attempting to groom children for exploitation.

The campaign, dubbed Project Artemis, got under way in November 2018 during a Microsoft 360 Cross-Industry Hackathon that was co-sponsored by WePROTECT Global Alliance and the Child Dignity Alliance. In collaboration with The Meet Group, Roblox, Kik and Thorn, the initiative aims to identify potential instances of

In brief: While Apple is busy suing Nuvia for stealing its trade secrets, a medical company focusing on noninvasive monitoring tech is accusing Apple of poaching employees and implementing patented features in the Apple Watch.

The Apple Watch is surprisingly good at detecting heart conditions, at least according to a Standford study conducted with 400,000 people with Series 3 or newer versions. And while they're not advertised as professional medical devices, a lot of people rely on them to track their health and fitness, and

WTF?! There is a bill on the floor of the Vermont General Assembly that looks to ban minors under 21 years of age from owning or even possessing a cell phone. Violators could be fined up to $1,000 or imprisoned for up to a year. However, before you start freaking out, you should know it is not a bill that was meant to be passed.

A new bill in Vermont proposes banning the use of cell phones by minors. The proposed legislation, S.2

What just happened? Mechanical switch maker Cherry waited until the final day of the Consumer Electronics Show to announce its latest product. The new Viola mechanical switch is a value-oriented product built on a solder-free design that offers 2mm of pre-travel, 4mm of total travel and 45 cN of actuation force.

The Viola switch uses an industry standard cross-stem design for attaching the keycaps. They are hot-swappable and fully compatible with LED lighting systems that seem to be all the rage with

Recap: Microsoft pledged to overhaul the Windows Command prompt last year with a more modernized command line interface. The resulting effort culminated with a new command line app for Windows 10, known as Windows Terminal.

The new Windows Terminal has been receiving steady improvements and features ever since, with Microsoft adding features such as panes for multiple terminal windows in the same tab, custom tab titles, improved accessibility features and more. With the newest update , Microsoft will add retro-style CRT effects, among other new functions.

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Through the looking glass: Facebook’s chief also believes that the 2020s will see the emergence of breakthrough augmented reality glasses that’ll redefine our relationship with technology, just as the desktop computer did in the 1990s, the web did in the 2000s and the mobile phone did in the 2010s.

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the last decade set a new personal challenge for himself each year in an effort to grow in

Recap: Next Tuesday (January 14), Windows 7 will finally reach its end of extended support, which means that unless you’re a business willing to pay, you can wave goodbye to security updates and technical assistance from Microsoft. But there’s some good news for Chrome users: Google has pledged to keep updating its browser on the aging OS for at least the next 18 months.

Enterprise users on Windows 7 can continue to receive extended security updates (ESUs) after January 14 by paying

Forward-looking: Hydrogen fuel cells and rooftop solar panels will be powering Toyota's "Woven City," a project announced by the company this week at CES. With construction set to begin next year, the prototype facility will serve as a "living laboratory" for testing and developing emerging technologies like autonomous vehicles and personal mobility, smart homes, robotics, and artificial intelligence.

With technology encompassing nearly every aspect of modern life, Toyota is creating an entire city that imagines the future of urbanized living with health monitoring