YouTube advertisers blindsided by climate change denial videos

From The Verge: YouTube has been recommending and serving ads against videos that feature denial of or misinformation about climate change, according to a new report. The identified videos had 21.1 million views between them and might be suggested to users after a search for “climate change,”...

Firefox's Developer Mozilla Lays Off 70 Staffers

From PC Mag: The maker of Firefox, Mozilla Corporation, is laying off about 70 employees on sagging revenues.

The company's latest products, which focus on paid subscriptions, have taken Mozilla longer to develop and ship than it originally anticipated. This has caused revenues to come in under...

Thermaltake New Level 20 RS ARGB Mid Tower Chassis

From Thermaltake Press Release: Thermaltake proudly announced a new member of Level 20 series, the Level 20 RS ARGB edition mid-tower chassis. Inspired by sports cars, the Level 20 RS ARGB has a rising top panel that cleverly hides the I/O ports on its side; the ARGB light bar shown on its front...

Amazon is letting sellers use FedEx Ground again

From CNET: Amazon will once again allow third-party sellers to use FedEx Ground and Home delivery services for Prime orders, the e-tailer said Tuesday. It temporarily blocked sellers from doing so last month, reportedly saying it made the move because of a decline in performance.

Amazon sent an...

YouTube iOS App Gets Subscription Topic Filters

From PC Mag: If you mainly watch videos using an iOS device, YouTube is making it easier to filter through the abundance of content uploaded to your favorite channels.

As the support page explains, YouTube is introducing "topics" in the Subscriptions feed. The idea here is to allow you to tap one...

Google now treats iPhones as physical security keys

From The Verge: The latest update to Google’s Smart Lock app on iOS means you can now use your iPhone as a physical 2FA security key for logging into Google’s first-party services in Chrome. Once it’s set up, attempting to log in to a Google service on, say, a laptop, will generate a push...

Sony to skip E3 2020, says 'vision' of the show isn't right

From CNET: E3 is the world's biggest gaming convention, but for the second year in a row it won't feature a presence from PlayStation. Sony told GamesIndustry.biz that it won't be at E3 in June, which follows its absence at 2019's show. The gaming giant confirmed its absence in a statement to CNET...

Google Search Results Redesign Lands on Desktops

From PC Mag: In May last year, Google launched a new search results design for mobile devices. Now that same redesign is being rolled out for desktop users this week.

Google confirmed the new design was imminent on desktop via its Google SearchLiaison Twitter account. The tweet included a mockup of...

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