Tech

Parler goes dark, sues Amazon to demand immediate reinstatement

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Ars Technica) In less than three days, social networking service Parler has gone from darling of the right wing to a has-been service that can no longer be accessed online. In response, the company is now suing its former Web host, Amazon, alleging the hosting giant intentionally colluded with rival […]

COVID 19 Tech

Congressional doctor warns insurrection may have been superspreader event

Enlarge / Workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) clean an entry to the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) The attending physician to Congress on Sunday sent an alert to lawmakers warning them that they may have been exposed to the pandemic coronavirus while huddled in a […]

Tech

Twitter permanently bans Donald Trump’s account from the platform

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty) Twitter has permanently suspended President Donald Trump’s personal Twitter account due to repeated incitement of violence, the company announced Friday night. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them—specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter—we have permanently […]

Tech

Insurrectionists’ social media presence gives feds an easy way to ID them

Enlarge / The seditionists who broke into the US Capitol on Wednesday were not particularly subtle and did not put any particular effort into avoiding being identified. (credit: Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images) Law enforcement agencies trying to track down insurrectionists who participated in yesterday’s events at the US Capitol have a wide […]

COVID 19 Tech

Capitol insurrection was recipe for COVID superspreader event

Enlarge / A mask is left behind in a hallway at the US Capitol January 7, 2021, in Washington, DC. The US Congress has finished the certification for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ Electoral College win after pro-Trump mobs stormed the Capitol and temporarily stopped the process. (credit: Getty | Alex Wong) […]

Entertainment

Karlie Kloss Says She’s ‘Tried’ To Persuade Ivanka Trump & Jared Kushner To Accept The 2020 Election

Karlie Kloss is doing her best to deal with the in-laws… The model is married to Jared Kushner‘s brother Joshua, as you may know, and so she has unique access to the current administration’s Senior Advisor and his wife — Donald Trump‘s daughter Ivanka Trump. And yet it sounds like in spite of her best efforts, Jar […]

Entertainment

‘A Sad Day For America’: Celebs React To Storming Of The Capitol

Today is January 6, 2021. What should have happened today is the US Congress should have heard the official count of the electoral college following the presidential election, finalizing what we’ve known since November — Donald Trump lost the presidency to Joe Biden. It is this peaceful transfer of power, decided periodically by the will of […]