Mid Thursday, Apple sent another test version of macOS Big Sur to registered developers for testing. macOS Big Sur 11.2 is a Release Candidate version, which means that a public release could be just around the corner if developers don't report any major problems.
U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein in Seattle said she wasn’t dismissing Parler’s “substantive underlying claims” against Amazon, but said it had fallen short in demonstrating the need for an injunction forcing it back online.
Amazon kicked Parler off its web-hosting service on Jan. 11… The Seattle tech giant said Parler had shown an “unwillingness and inability” to remove a slew of dangerous posts that called for the rape, torture and assassination of politicians, tech executives and many others.
Parler CEO John Matze asserted in a court filing that Parler’s abrupt shutdown was motivated at least partly by “a desire to deny President Trump a platform on any large social-media service.” Amazon denied its move to pull the plug on Parler had anything to do with political animus. It claimed that Parler had breached its business agreement “by hosting content advocating violence and failing to timely take that content down.”
Parler was formed in May 2018, according to Nevada business records, with what co-founder Rebekah Mercer, a prominent Trump backer and conservative donor, later described as the goal of creating “a neutral platform for free speech” away from “the tyranny and hubris of our tech overlords.” Amazon said the company signed up for its cloud computing services about a month later, thereby agreeing to its rules against dangerous content.
Parler has stayed online by maintaining its internet registration through Epik, a U.S. company owned by libertarian businessman Rob Monster.
Via: The Associated Press
We have more potential details about what could be the Surface Laptop 4 or Surface Laptop 3+. A new device from Microsoft has been spotted passing through Bluetooth.org certificationby WinCentral. The certification shows model numbers for a new Surface Laptop as well as the Surface Pro 7+.
Until recently, we would have assumed that any new Surface Laptop would be called the Surface Laptop 4, but with the Surface Pro 7+ coming out recently, this new laptop could be the Surface Laptop 3+. The Surface Pro 7+ is aimed squarely at business users and Microsoft will continue to sell the Surface Pro 7. If Microsoft decides to release a laptop along the same lines, it will likely be called the Surface Laptop 3+.
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Last November, he left his position as Co-President of Worldwide Marketing at Warner Bros, one of several well regarded marketing executives who exited in the WarnerMedia restructure.
Richards will help spearhead the growing ambitions of Apple’s original film slates.
Richards spent six years at Warner Bros… While there, he oversaw campaigns for Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Joker, A Star is Born, IT Chapter 1 and 2, They Shall Not Grow Old, The Lego Movies, The Conjuring Series, Creed and Creed 2. In his dozen years at Universal, he hatched digital campaigns for The Bourne Identity, Fast & Furious and Despicable Me franchises, among other films.
Apple is ramping up after launching a year ago under Worldwide Video heads Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht. Last week, it spent big for the worldwide rights to the package Kitbag, which Ridley Scott will direct with Joaquin Phoenix playing French leader Napoleon Bonaparte.
Via: Deadline.com
