ShinyShiny snippets: WhatsApp could be banned in UK, boss warns

WhatsApp could be banned in the UK, its head has warned. The UK’s upcoming Online Safety Bill could force the app to weaken the end-to-end encryption that currently secures messages on the service, said Will Cathcart, the head of WhatsApp at parent company Meta. If the government forced the company to weaken that security, WhatsApp…

ShinyShiny snippets: Kanye to buy social media platform Parler

Kanye West is to buy the social media platform Parler, the company's current owner has announced. Parlement Technologies said it had reached an agreement in principle to sell the "pioneering uncancelable free speech platform" to the rapper, who now goes by the name Ye. West said: "In a world where conservative opinions are considered to…

What You Should Get If You Like To Game On The Go

One of the greatest occurrences of our time in the consumer world is how Hollywood has been eclipsed by the video game industry. Maybe eclipsed isn’t strong enough a word, perhaps obliterated is much better. Right now in 2018 Hollywood is raking in a total of around $50 billion a year. Each year this increases…