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U.S. messaging giant Twilio confirmed it was hit by a second breach in June that saw cybercriminals access customer contact information. Confirmation of the second breach — carried out by the same “0ktapus” hackers that compromised Twilio again in August — was buried in an update to a lengthy incident report that Twilio concluded on Thursday. Twilio said the “brief security incident,” which occurred on June 29, saw the same attackers socially engineer an employee through voice phishing, a tactic whereby hackers make fraudulent phone calls impersonating the company’s IT department in an effort to trick employees into handing over sensitive information. In this case, the Twilio employee provided their corporate credentials, enabling the attacker to access customer contact information for a “limited number” of customers. “The threat actor’s access was identified and eradicated within 12 hours,” Twilio said in its update, adding that customers whose information was impacted by the June incident were notified on July 2. When asked by TechCrunch, Twilio spokesperson Laurelle Remzi declined to confirm the exact number of customers impacted by the June breach and declined to share a copy of the notice that the company claims to have sent to those affected. Remzi also declined to say why Twilio has only just disclosed the incident. Twilio also confirmed in its update that the hackers behind the August breach accessed the data of 209 customers, an increase from 163 customers it shared on August 24. Twilio has not named any of its impacted customers, but some — like encrypted messaging app Signal — have notified users that they were affected by Twilio’s breach. The attackers also compromised the accounts of 93 Authy users, Twilio’s two-factor authentication app it acquired in 2015. “There is no evidence that the malicious actors accessed Twilio customers’ console account credentials, authentication tokens, or API keys,” Twilio said about the attackers, which maintained access to Twilio’s internal environment for two days between August 7 and August 9, the company confirmed. The Twilio breach is part of a wider campaign from a threat actor tracked as “0ktapus,” which targeted at least 130 organizations, including Mailchimp and Cloudflare. But Cloudflare said the attackers failed to compromise its network after having their attempts blocked by phishing-resistant hardware security keys. As part of its efforts to mitigate the efficacy of similar attacks in the future, Twilio has announced that it will also roll out hardware security keys to all employees. Twilio declined to comment on its rollout timeline. The company says it also plans to implement additional layers of control within its VPN, remove and limit certain functionality within specific administrative tooling, and increase the refresh frequency of tokens for Okta-integrated applications. Twilio hackers breached over 130 organizations during months-long hacking spree Twilio hack investigation reveals second breach, as the number of affected customers rises by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch View the full article

Laura Normand / The Verge Elon Musk, Twitter’s new owner, says the company is setting up a council to make important moderation decisions at the company. In a tweet on Friday, Musk said the “council” will have “widely diverse viewpoints” and that “no major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes.” Part of Musk’s professed reasoning for buying Twitter hinged on making it a platform for “free speech,” and he has said he’d consider letting controversial figures like former president Donald Trump back onto the platform. With Friday’s announcement, it seems as if he’s placing that sort of decision into the hands of a council. Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints. No major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2022 The tweet doesn’t contain any details about what kind of viewpoints Musk is seeking to have on the council, how many people will be on it, how they'll be appointed, or how it’s different from the content moderation and policy teams that already exist at the company. However, Musk has made it clear that he doesn’t agree with how the platform’s existing moderation systems operate; when he took control of the company, he fired several execs, including policy chief Vijaya Gadde, whose decisions he publicly criticized in the run-up to him buying the company. Other social media companies have tried a seemingly similar approach — Meta has its oversight board, which is meant to be an independent organization that rules on Facebook’s platform and moderation decisions. However, critics have raised questions about how much power the board actually has to enforce its rulings. There’s also a web of potential legislation that could dictate how tech companies are able to moderate their platforms, which may limit what kind of moderation decisions Twitter and other platforms can make, regardless of what “free speech” ideals they’re aiming for. View the full article

The social platforms that power the creator economy might seem like they’re starting to slip. YouTube’s quarterly ad revenue declined 1.9% year over year, per Google parent company Alphabet’s quarterly earnings report this week. Overall, Alphabet missed analyst estimates, earning $69.1 billion in revenue, about a billion dollars less than expected. For many YouTubers, ad revenue is a significant source of income, with members of YouTube’s Partner Program earning 55% of ad revenue generated on their videos. So, a decline in ad revenue could be cause for alarm. Still, creator economy experts are prepared to weather the storm. Digital services that make their money through advertising have faced intense headwinds in recent quarters. Between the overall macroeconomic downturn, global uncertainty around the war in Ukraine and major changes to Apple’s iPhone software that makes it more difficult for advertisers to track users, social media platforms aren’t posting great numbers. Russia’s invasion has also introduced new policy complexity for social platforms, which have been forced to navigate a delicate geopolitical situation while also serving as essential news-gathering platforms over the course of the war. Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Snap and Meta all halted ad sales in Russia, and Russia blocked some of these apps and websites as well to block information about Ukraine. According to Amanda McLoughlin — CEO of Multitude Productions, an independent podcasting company, and longtime online creator — this decline in revenue is expected. “This is a really normal reaction by companies to any type of uncertainty in the world. Advertisers are overcorrecting to the specter of a recession by slashing budgets. If a recession actually hits, we’ll probably see ad spending bounce back faster than you’d expect. Uncertainty is much scarier than reality for companies,” McLoughlin told TechCrunch. “This just happened in early lockdown; ad spending disappeared in March, April and May of 2020, but rebounded once we settled into the new normal (economically).” Like YouTubers, podcasters leverage advertising to support their creative endeavors. McLoughlin had previously written in the Wall Street Journal that when much of the United States went into lockdown in March 2020, she fretted for the future of her company, as well as her 10 friends and collaborators who relied on their podcasts for income. She found that offering fan subscriptions was a more consistent source of income than advertising. “Direct audience support had always been part of the way we made our living, but I was stunned to see a surge in new Patreon supporters during those first few months of the pandemic,” McLoughlin wrote. “Even as so many of us were cutting back on expenses, there were dozens of people making supporting creators a new priority. Those supporters kept us going — and more than a year later, they are still here.” YouTube’s ad revenue stats do not include revenue from subscription services like YouTube Premium and YouTube TV. On YouTube Premium, subscribers can watch videos without ads. But YouTube shares some of the subscription fee with creators to compensate for any lost ad viewership. So, an increase in YouTube Premium subscribers could be a small factor in this decline in ad revenue. Jim Louderback, the former CEO of the YouTube-focused creator conference VidCon, pointed out some reasons for this less-than-stellar report in a LinkedIn post. He wrote, “The rise in short-form swipable viewing, led by TikTok, has eaten into time spent with YouTube’s traditional long-form content. Marketers are shifting dollars from Instagram and YouTube to TikTok — and Shorts isn’t ready yet to significantly arrest that.” YouTube Shorts, the company’s TikTok clone, is poised to give TikTok a run for its money, though. Next year, creators will be able to earn ad revenue on short form YouTube videos, an important step that TikTok has not yet taken. It’s a new way for short-form creators to make money, but it’s an opportunity for advertisers as well. A number of creator-focused startups like Spotter, Creative Juice and Jellysmack rely on YouTube ad revenue as part of their own business models, which help expand creator businesses. Jellysmack president Sean Atkins isn’t too concerned about YouTube’s ad revenue decline either. “Cyclical moves in advertising might cause short-term discomfort, but the underlying opportunity for YouTube and creators will have staying power far beyond the near-term economic challenges,” Atkins told TechCrunch via email. “We’ll also see savvy creators, who have invested in multiple platforms beyond YouTube, finding advantages during this period with diversified revenue streams.” McLoughlin agrees, pointing to this moment as a reminder for creators to never rely too heavily on one platform to pay the bills. “This should be another reminder for creators to diversify your revenue streams and allow your audiences to support you directly,” she said. “People have much better judgment than companies, and your audience will come through when ad dollars don’t.” YouTube Shorts could steal TikTok’s thunder with a better deal for creators YouTube’s ad revenue is declining, but creator economy experts aren’t worried by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch View the full article

Snapchat has changed the way it pays creators through its Spotlight reward fund. Creators that use Snapchat’s TikTok clone, Spotlight, will now be paid millions per year, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. Business Insider was the first to report the change. This marks the second time Snapchat has reduced the payout. In 2021, the company rewarded creators millions per week, down from $1 million a day in 2020. While Snapchat is lowering the amount, the source noted to TechCrunch that it’s paying more creators in more markets. It’s also important to note that the minimum payout per Spotlight will remain at $250. Last year, Snapchat paid $250 million to over 12,000 creators. They also pointed to other ways Snapchat creators earn a profit, including the Creator Marketplace, Sound Creator Fund, its accelerator program for black creators, Spotlight Challenges and in-app gifting. In February, the app tested revenue sharing on ads in Snapchat stories for Snap Stars. Snapchat recently announced it’s awarding a total of $100,000 across 12 Spotlight Challenges for Halloween. The move to lower fund spending for Spotlight was likely made as another way to boost profit and spend less of its revenue. Earlier this year, CEO Evan Spiegel announced that Snapchat was testing ads on the Spotlight. In August, Snapchat downsized its workforce by 20%. Last week, Snapchat reported its Q3 results, missing analyst expectations on revenue. The company still did relatively well, earning $1.13 billion, an increase of 6% for the quarter. However, Snapchat’s net loss rose to $360 million. On a more positive note, the company said Spotlight performed well this quarter and helped increase the overall total time spent watching content. Snap stock down 25% as the social network struggles Snapchat reduces payouts for Spotlight creators by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch View the full article

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Intel has confirmed that it will lay off workers soon as part of its plan to cut billions of dollars in spending. The announcement comes after reports that Intel is planning on cutting thousands of jobs. As part of its Q3 earnings, the company announced plans to cut around $3 billion in costs over the course of next year, and CEO Pat Gelsinger told Reuters that part of that would come from “people costs.” He also confirmed the job cuts to Bloomberg and added that the company was reducing factory work hours for some employees. By the end of 2025, the company hopes to have cut its costs by $8 to $10 billion a year. Intel is faced with an industry-wide shift in semiconductor availability as the pandemic shortages give way to overproduction in certain segments — a problem also affecting competitors AMD and Nvidia. “The chip industry is changing from that of shortage to surplus (by early 2023) across a number of devices. This will negatively impact revenues across the chip industry (at least in most cases), and typically, these situations call for re-evaluation of cost and margins,” said Gartner analyst Gaurav Gupta in an email to The Verge. The company didn’t immediately reply to The Verge’s request for details on the number of workers that it expects to lay off and what departments will be hit. Bloomberg has previously reported that Intel’s sales and marketing teams could see the biggest cuts. In his Reuters interview, Gelsinger did say that Intel’s people costs were a relatively small part of its overall spending, so the company is more focused on its factories and fabs as places to save money. The company is currently in the process of building a facility in Ohio, which it broke ground on earlier this year, and has committed at least $20 billion to the project. In terms of its earnings, the company has made it out of the red — in Q2, it lost half a billion dollars, and this quarter, it reported a billion dollars in profits. That number is, however, down 85 percent compared to Q3 2021, which made up part of Intel’s best financial year ever. Additional reporting by Umar Shakir View the full article

YouTube is rolling out a change impacting how videos appear on its platform. The company today announced a redesign that now splits video content into three different tabs on all channel pages — one for YouTube’s traditional long-form content, another for YouTube Shorts only and a third for Live videos, including past, current and upcoming livestreams. The changes will allow users to more easily access the types of YouTube videos they want to watch — a move YouTube says it made based on user feedback. In an announcement, the company said it heard from viewers they wanted to be able to navigate to the kinds of content they were most interested in when exploring a creator’s channel page, leading to this makeover. you heard correctly we're beginning to roll out Videos, Shorts, and Live tabs so you can easily explore these different kinds of content on YouTube more info here: https://t.co/BaXQnQVUcR https://t.co/8XCdpr7HAH — TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) October 27, 2022 The update also means that Shorts content and Live streams will no longer be found in the main Videos tab on the channel page — something that could appeal to longtime YouTube viewers who haven’t appreciated the infiltration of YouTube’s short-form content into their favorite channel’s video feed in recent months. However, for those who do like watching Shorts, the redesign gives YouTube a way to direct them to more short-form videos. Now, when users are watching Shorts videos in the Shorts feed in the main YouTube app, then navigate to the creator’s channel, they’ll be sent directly into this new Shorts tab to watch even more Shorts content. This could help YouTube boost its views for Shorts as those users will no longer be immediately lost to the creator’s long-form content, as before. Initial feedback from users on Twitter responding to YouTube’s post about the changes has been positive, as users are expressing their appreciation for giving each type of content its own separate category. Image Credits: YouTube The redesign follows another major update to YouTube this month which introduced, at long last, YouTube handles in the @username format. These usernames will now allow creators to identify their channel and interact with their viewers across YouTube Shorts, channel pages, in video descriptions, in comments and more. YouTube says the tabbed redesign is rolling out starting today and will be available to all users across all devices in the weeks ahead. YouTube redesign gives long-form videos, Shorts and Live videos their own tabs on channel pages by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch View the full article

Elon Musk fired key Twitter executives Thursday, one of his first moves as the official owner of the social media platform. According to reports from the New York Times, CNBC, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and other outlets, Musk fired CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, general counsel Sean Edgett, and head of legal policy, trust and safety Vijaya Gadde. The deal is done, according to multiple sources, which is what gave Musk the mandate to clean house among the executive ranks. The Tesla CEO had previously criticized Gadde on his Twitter account, since she was involved in the decision to ban former President Donald Trump from the platform. He has also tangled with Agrawal. Publicly, Musk tweeted poop emojis at the CEO, who took over for founder Jack Dorsey late last year. It wasn’t much better in private, either. The two exchanged text messages that indicated a falling out, as revealed by chat logs disclosed in discovery in the legal battle between the billionaire and the social network. Musk was rumored to say that he wants to cut 75% of Twitter’s staff, though he then backtracked that statement — still, gutting four execs on a Thursday night isn’t reassuring to the remaining Twitter employees. Even Twitter co-founder Biz Stone addressed the shake-up. Thank you to @paraga, @vijaya, and @nedsegal for the collective contribution to Twitter. Massive talents, all, and beautiful humans each! — Biz Stone (@biz) October 28, 2022 Twitter has already had quite the shuffling of executive staff since Agrawal took over for Dorsey. Before serving as CEO, Agrawal was the company’s CTO — he first started at Twitter in 2011. But within a few weeks, two executives stepped down as part of Agrawal’s restructuring: Twitter’s Chief Design Officer Dantley Davis, who joined the company in 2019, and Head of Engineering Michael Montano, who joined in 2011. Shortly after, Twitter lost two more leaders, chief information security officer, Rinki Sethi, and head of Security, Peiter Zatko (Mudge). In May, Twitter GM of Consumer, Keyvon Beykpour, announced he would be leaving the company after seven years after Agrawal asked him to step down. At the same time, Bruce Falck, Twitter’s revenue product lead, also left the company. Twitter’s leadership is already going to look a lot different under Musk’s control, and this is only the very beginning. It happened: Elon Musk officially owns Twitter Elon Musk fired top Twitter execs including CEO, reports say by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch View the full article

Image: Getty Images Toward the end of Meta’s earnings call on Wednesday discussing the company’s results for Q3 2022, CEO Mark Zuckerberg took a moment to address his metaverse doubters. “Look, I get that a lot of people might disagree with this investment, but from what I can tell, I think this is going to be a very important thing,” he said. “People will look back a decade from now and talk about the importance of the work being done here.” “People will look back a decade from now and talk about the importance of the work being done here” The problem is that a decade is a long time from now. And as Zuckerberg experienced on today’s earnings call, he is losing faithful supporters quickly. “I think kind of summing up how investors are feeling right now is that there are just too many experimental bets versus proven bets,” one Wall Street analyst said on the call. The numbers are staggering (PDF): Meta’s Reality Labs division lost $3.7 billion this last quarter and $9.4 billion this year so far. It made only $285 million in revenue for the quarter, a nearly 50 percent drop attributed primarily to weaker sales of the Quest 2 headset that got a $100 price hike in August. The next version of that headset is currently planned for release in the second half of next year, and Meta just released its Quest Pro this week, a pricier $1,499 version marketed for work use cases. Mark Zuckerberg on the Quest Pro, future of the metaverse, and more “We do anticipate that Reality Labs operating losses in 2023 will grow significantly year-over-year,” Meta said in its earnings press release, just a few days after a large shareholder publicly pressured the company to reign in its spending. Meta’s stock dropped a staggering 20 percent today after it reported a 4 percent drop in revenue growth. The results show Apple’s ad tracking prompt has cost it over $10 billion, advertising spending on its platform is continuing to weaken, and its stock is currently trading at a price not seen since the end of 2015. Zuckerberg tried to give investors reasons to be bullish today. He said there are more daily users on Facebook than ever before. Instagram and WhatsApp both have over 2 billion users, with the latter just starting a significant marketing push in the US that takes aim directly at iMessage. Even the company’s TikTok competitor, Reels, is starting to grow dramatically, with Zuckerberg saying, “we believe we are gaining time spent share on competitors like TikTok.” That may be true, and this could be another painful moment of transition akin to Facebook’s shift from desktop to mobile or the introduction of Stories like Zuckerberg suggested. But for now, he is experiencing a crisis of confidence. View the full article

Other unspecified categories of apps have also been paused. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple has “paused ads related to gambling and a few other categories on App Store product pages” after developers and commentators criticized the types of advertisements showing up in the iPhone’s App Store, according to a statement from spokesperson Trevor Kincaid. On Tuesday, Apple announced that companies could advertise their apps on the store pages for other apps, putting their icon in the “you might also like” section. Almost immediately, developers started showing examples of ads for gambling apps being recommended under their apps. Twitter is also full of screenshots of very inappropriate ad placements: one Twitter user shows a slot machine app being advertised alongside gambling addiction recovery apps, and there are examples of other betting apps being advertised on pages for apps aimed towards children, adult video chat apps showing up on the Apple Books page, and dating apps being placed under apps designed to improve existing relationships. Apple has no additional information to share at this time, so it's unclear how long the pause will last/what changes might be made/etc. — Joe Rossignol (@rsgnl) October 26, 2022 As MacRumors reporter Joe Rossignol points out, Apple hasn’t clarified how long the pause would last, or if it’ll be making any policy changes based on how the initial rollout has gone down. It’s also unclear which other ad categories have been paused. Apple’s rules for advertising on the App Store do list apps related to gambling, alcohol, dating, and the pharmaceutical and medical industry as “restricted,” meaning that there are special rules about where they can be shown. The limitations are mainly about laws instead of what’s tasteful or potentially harmful though; the site says gambling apps are “prohibited or limited in some countries and regions,” but doesn’t say anything about the audience they can be served to. How Apple proceeds could be very important for the future of the iPhone. Reports have indicated that it’s planning on expanding ads outside the App Store, to apps like Maps, Podcasts, and Books. Imagine seeing a casino pop up when you search for addiction recovery centers, or erotic novels when you’re looking for books on dealing with a porn addiction. The good news for Apple is that there are other companies that have been working on this problem that it can borrow ideas from, if it’s not too proud to do so. Google, for example, lets you limit the number of ads you see about potentially sensitive topics like alcohol, gambling, dating, pregnancy, and weight loss. Apple talks a big game about how the App Store is a safe place to get software for your phone, and (despite the many ways it’s historically failed to prove that) it needs to maintain that appearance. But can it do that while also trying to show us ads whenever we open its apps? View the full article

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Check what has been popular around Uncrowned Addiction lately and don't be afraid to jump into some conversations! New Guides Password Managers - Password mangers are software tools used to store and manage your passwords and other secure credentials. These tools are often utilized in the form of browser add-ons and mobile apps but can come in other forms like full desktop applications. Most of these apps are free or have low cost paid tiers for more features.... Popular Topics Chit Chat Thread - Just a place to talk about whatever, stop by to say hello, goodbye or whatever is on your mind. Do you like Sketching and Painting? - Are you into sketching and painting? The Count Game! (2022) - It just never ends! In The News U.S. FCC Commissioner Issues Letter to Apple and Google to Remove TikTok - Brendan Carr, one of the five commissioners of the FCC, has issued a letter to both Alphabet (Google’s parent company) and Apple seeking to either remove TikTok from their App Stores or release a statement on why the App will remain on their stores. The letter appears to focus heavily on TikTok openly violating both store terms of service and is fueled by concerns over Chinese cyber security worries... Chip Makers Plan to Come to the US, but Only if Tax Funded - Taiwan’s GlobalWafers, the world’s third-largest manufacturer of semiconductor wafers, has recently announced plans to build a $5 billion plant in Texas but only if the US government helped with the costs. This follows TSMC starting production of their Phoenix plant with help of local tax money and requesting more aid as costs have increased during the project. The focus of these requests? That would be the 2021 CHIPS Act passed by the US Congress to support semiconductor manufacturing as part of the United States Defense Budget... HP’s Linux-Based Dev One Laptop is Here - HP and System76 (A Linux System Builder and Dev of Pop!_OS) have teamed together to create an impressive new laptop aimed at developers called the HP Dev One. The Dev One is a fully Linux-focused device with fully supported hardware and even a full Linux keyboard in place. The specs are competitive for the price and overall the machine appears to be quite well designed... So come and check out our growing community!! -Uncrowned Guard Uncrowned Addiction - https://uncrownedaddiction.com/ View full record Read on Uncrowned Empire

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Check what has been popular around Uncrowned Gaming lately and don't be afraid to jump into some conversations! New Guides Gunner - Gunners are a specialized role focused on supporting a team with overwhelming firepower. Gunners use firepower to simply overwhelm the opposing team during gunfights and can often pin down entire teams. Gear setups are often focused on firepower and sustained engagements at medium to long-range and often focus on heavy armor to stay in the fight. Gunners are known for their stream of bullets going downrange and can normally be found asking for more ammo... Popular Topics Your Favorite XCOM Game? - THE poll to deciding the most loved XCOM game of all time! What's Your Genre of Choice -- Outside of Shooters! - If you were taking a break from FPS and shooters in general, what's your favourite genre to play? What Was The Last Game You Played? - What was the last game you played? Gaming News & Upcoming Releases Overwatch 2 Likely to Completely Replace Overwatch - A recent Reddit AMA may have confirmed that Overwatch 2’s release will be the end of the original Overwatch as a whole. The AMA with the Overwatch dev team revealed that the game will be released in pieces as a live service game and that it will also replace the live service that is the current Overwatch. This doesn’t necessarily mean that the original Overwatch will be unplayable after its sequel releases, but it will likely result in no multiplayer or online features in the game... 343i Plans to Enhance Halo Infinite by Ruining The MCC? - As 343i struggles to keep players on their so-far disappointing Halo Infinite platform, the fans of the series have been seeking answers to when content will arrive. 343i, the developer of Halo Infinite and the Master Chief Collection, has finally pushed out more information about those problems and appears ready to bring the worst features of Infinite to the MCC... Call of Duty Modern Warfare II Open Beta Leaked - Call of Duty Modern Warfare II has been pushing an Open Beta period for the game since it was announced and thanks to an Amazon preorder listing, we may have a date for that beta. A listing for the Xbox Series X version of the game had a beta start date of August 15th in the details when it was first published... So come and check out our growing community!! -Uncrowned Guard Uncrowned Gaming - https://www.uncrownedgaming.com/ View full record Read on Uncrowned Empire

Check what has been popular around Uncrowned Addiction lately and don't be afraid to jump into some conversations! New Guides Password Managers - Password mangers are software tools used to store and manage your passwords and other secure credentials. These tools are often utilized in the form of browser add-ons and mobile apps but can come in other forms like full desktop applications. Most of these apps are free or have low cost paid tiers for more features.... Popular Topics Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade - What are you opinions of this? Pro-life vs Pro-choice have been a hot topic of debate and now it is more intense then ever before. What are you Currently Listening To? - What are you listening to or what was the last song you heard? Your 'wheels'? - Come on, let's see 'em! 😎 In The News HP’s Linux-Based Dev One Laptop is Here - HP and System76 (A Linux System Builder and Dev of Pop!_OS) have teamed together to create an impressive new laptop aimed at developers called the HP Dev One. The Dev One is a fully Linux-focused device with fully supported hardware and even a full Linux keyboard in place. The specs are competitive for the price and overall the machine appears to be quite well designed... Chromebooks with Dedicated GPUs Are Coming - Recently it has been announced that Steam will be releasing a platform for Chromebooks that will allow users to play full steam games on their Chrome OS devices. Many users wondered if this would result in gaming-focused Chromebooks and while we have seen Chromebooks released with a very “gamer” ascetic we have yet to see a true dedicated GPU Chromebook line be released... Twitter Agrees to Elon Musk Purchase and Privatization of the Platform - The board of directors running Twitter has unanimously agreed to sell the platform to Elon Musk for 44 billion dollars. The board made the notation that the transaction would be the best path for Twitter shareholders as they will receive $54.20 per share as the company goes private. According to NBC, that is a 38 percent premium for shareholders using the April 1st closing price (before Musk revealed his plans)... So come and check out our growing community!! -Uncrowned Guard Uncrowned Addiction - https://uncrownedaddiction.com/ View full record Read on Uncrowned Empire

Uncrowned Empire New look and feel! Theme is set to Dark Mode by default, don't forget to check out light mode! Software updated. Please report any issues HERE. Site Header now has a black outline to help for easier reading. Uncrowned Addiction New look and feel! Theme is set to Dark Mode by default, don't forget to check out light mod Software updated. Please report any issues HERE. Site Header now has a black outline to help for easier reading. Uncrowned Gaming New look and feel! Theme is set to Dark Mode by default, don't forget to check out light mod Running on new server for better performance. New social media tools, so don't forget to check out our now more active Facebook and Twitter pages. Software updated. Please report any issues HERE. New guide images are in place. Our Guide Homepage has been revamped. Esport event topics will now be Discord now has new audio channels. Site Header now has a black outline to help for easier reading. View full record Read on Uncrowned Empire

Uncrowned Empire Added custom option to turn off Fluid Width for ultra-wide displays. Currently will limit to 2000px to prevent excessive widths. (See below for images) Social Media Links Reduced to Primary Platforms Holiday theme is here! Enjoy a light Holiday season touch to our site. Uncrowned Addiction Added Social page for sharing status updates and a secondary way to monitor posts with a "social media" feel. Our Leaderboard and Calendar will now be under the Social menu. New "What's Popular" Newsletter is now being sent monthly. Added custom option to turn off Fluid Width for ultra-wide displays. Currently will limit to 2000px to prevent excessive widths. (See below for images) Social Media Links Reduced to Primary Platforms In memory of the recent loss of dislikes on YouTube, we have added a Dislike emoji to our Uncrowned Addiction Discord. Holiday theme is here! Enjoy a light Holiday season touch to our site. Uncrowned Gaming Added Social page for sharing status updates and a secondary way to monitor posts with a "social media" feel. Our Leaderboard and Calendar will now be under the Social menu. New "What's Popular" Newsletter is now being sent monthly. Added custom option to turn off Fluid Width for ultra-wide displays. Currently will limit to 2000px to prevent excessive widths. (See below for images) Uncrowned Gaming TV now simply called Watch Esports Esport Pages that feature videos will now have a max width to help with large displays. Current max width is 1200px. Twitch embed issues have been updated for our Watch Esports page and users should have less issues on mobile devices. Social Media Links Reduced to Primary Platforms Uncrowned Gaming Discord restructured to help with community use and game chat. In memory of the recent loss of dislikes on YouTube, we have added a Dislike emoji to our Uncrowned Gaming Discord. Holiday theme is here! Enjoy a light Holiday season touch to our site. Choosing Fluid vs Fixed Width Click the Customizer icon on the far right of the top menu. Turn Fluid Width Off/On as needed for your display. (Both will work on nearly every display size) View full record Read on Uncrowned Empire

Check what has been popular around Uncrowned Addiction lately and don't be afraid to jump into some conversations! New Guides Password Managers - Password mangers are software tools used to store and manage your passwords and other secure credentials. These tools are often utilized in the form of browser add-ons and mobile apps but can come in other forms like full desktop applications. Most of these apps are free or have low cost paid tiers for more features.... Popular Topics Android or IPhone- Join the debate between Android and iPhone! Don’t Panic Over the MacBook Notch - The MacBook Notch has caught the eye of many, should you be worried? Water Cooling - Is your setup water cooled or do you find it overkill? In The News NVIDIA Broadcast Coming Natively to Some Logitech Devices - NVIDIA Broadcast is a noise reduction application that uses the power of its RTX GPUs to pull off some impressive tools for streamers and content creators. The tool suite offers solutions to improve webcams, headsets, and mics and Logitech plans to add these features directly to some of their modern headsets and Blue Yetis mics. However, before you get your hopes up, a NVIDIA RTX GPU is still needed on the PC to support these features, so don’t plan on setting these items up and using the new features on your phone, console, or any other non-RTX device... Facebook Seems to Be Planning a Rebranding- Facebook has been pushing out updates about a potential name change and the news has been all over the place when it comes to the reports. We still don’t know all the details, but the Facebook platform that many of you are using will still be called Facebook. The company is reported to be looking into a new name for the Facebook parent company that owns Facebook, Instagram, etc. in a move that is very similar to how Google recently... Don’t Panic Over the MacBook Notch - The latest Apple Event has turned some heads with some radical changes to the MacBook Pro lineup and an impressive M1 Pro/Max chip performance. You can check out the entire event HERE and I would suggest watching it if you are a fan of the Pro series as the changes were overall excellent and well appreciated! The performance of the new M1 Pro chip was shown with impressive performance and the higher tier M1 Max chip looks insane... So come and check out our growing community!! -Uncrowned Guard Uncrowned Addiction - https://uncrownedaddiction.com/ View full record Read on Uncrowned Empire

Check what has been popular around Uncrowned Gaming lately and don't be afraid to jump into some conversations! New Guides Infantry - Infantry are prized for their versatility and overall effectiveness in firefights, objectives, and essentially all aspects of combat. They are generally the core unit on teams and many times the preferred play style when going solo in matchmaking due to their lack of dependence on support units... Heavy Infantry - Heavy Infantry are slower, more conservative Infantry, they excel in front line support and can turn the tide in any gun fight. Heavy Infantry use supportive tactics to aide team members in gun fights but need to remain versatile enough to survive or preferably win in one-on-one matches.... Light Infantry - Light Infantry are faster, more aggressive Infantry, they excel in offense tactics and are capable of providing pressure on any opposing team. Light Infantry use aggressive tactics in gun fights, but need to be versatile enough to dig in and support a team fight... Popular Topics Halo Infinite Competitive Settings Released - Halo Infinite looks great and now we have the official competitive settings list! Does Anyone Collect Video Games? - Collecting video games is a hobby many enjoy! Show us your collection here! Do You Consider the Wii U A Flop or a Future Classic? - The Wii U was one of Nintendo's worst preforming systems in both sales and player reaction, but will it still be a collected classic? Gaming News & Upcoming Releases Battlefield Weapon List Potentially Leaked & Disappointing - A Redditor by the username u/Aaronfrogger recently posted a screenshot on r/battlefield2042 that stated he got early access to the game by mistake and posted a screenshot of the available weapons in the game. The list is certainly lacking with a bare minimum amount of effort put into the available weapons... Is Battlefield 2042 Going to Letdown Gamers? - Battlefield 2042 came out firing with a massive level of hype that drove it through a monstrous FPS release market coming in Holiday 2021 with the likes of Halo Infinite and Call of Duty Vanguard. However, that hype seems to have been put to the test with the recent open beta for 2042 as players got to experience the game for themselves firsthand. First came the bugs, the game was full of them to the point that players encountered... Halo Infinite Competitive Settings Released - 343 Industries, the dev of Halo Infinite, has finally released the settings that will be used in competitive matchmaking. Well, at least the general guideline of settings being used and a good explanation on what players can expect in their recent blog. The blog also stated these settings will be used for the game’s competitive matchmaking along with the game’s esports competitions... So come and check out our growing community!! -Uncrowned Guard Uncrowned Gaming - https://uncrownedgaming.com/ View full record Read on Uncrowned Empire

Uncrowned Empire Software Updated New ranks added and current ranks updated! Get posting to unlock higher levels! Achievements have been added! Currently we do not have a master list, but many actions and accomplishments will now add achievements to your account! Signature Settings Updated! All users are now allowed 1 image (max: 720x250px) All users are now allowed 5 links and 5 lines of text. Any issues with these settings, please send us a Support Ticket or use our Support Forum Uncrowned Empire is beginning to expand into numerous community and social platforms! Uncrowned Addiction Software Updated New forum section for simply discussing tech items! New ranks added and current ranks updated! Get posting to unlock higher levels! Achievements have been added! Currently we do not have a master list, but many actions and accomplishments will now add achievements to your account! Signature Settings Updated! All users are now allowed 1 image (max: 720x250px) All users are now allowed 5 links and 5 lines of text. Any issues with these settings, please send us a Support Ticket or use our Support Forum Uncrowned Addiction now has a Discord server! Uncrowned Addiction now has a reddit! Uncrowned Gaming Software Updated New forum section for posting upcoming eSports! Check out our calendar to get an organized view. New ranks added and current ranks updated! Get posting to unlock higher levels! Achievements have been added! Currently we do not have a master list, but many actions and accomplishments will now add achievements to your account! Signature Settings Updated! All users are now allowed 1 image (max: 720x250px) All users are now allowed 5 links and 5 lines of text. Any issues with these settings, please send us a Support Ticket or use our Support Forum Uncrowned Gaming has begun uploading to YouTube video every Friday-ish! So don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube! Uncrowned Gaming now has a Discord server! Uncrowned Gaming now has a reddit! View full record Read on Uncrowned Empire

Independence Day is a holiday in the United States, although many nations have a holiday where they celebrate independence from another nation, to celebrate America’s independence from Great Britain and the creation of the United States. The holiday is often called The Fourth of July and is set on the day when the Declaration of Independence was published declaring independence from Great Britain in 1776. The Revolutionary War began on April 19, 1775, when the New England states began fighting British forces over their objection to Parliament's taxation policies and lack of colonial representation. As the war expanded, the national congress of the 13 colonies voted in secret to declare independence from Great Britain, and on July 4th, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed. As one would expect when fighting the British at this time (the world’s most successful military power), the United States struggled to claim its independence via a military campaign. However, on October 19, 1781, the British would surrender during the Siege of Yorktown and the fighting would come to an end in the colonies. Thanks to America’s ally, the French, and a massive resolve to become independent, the United States would be formed as a nation. September 3, 1783, made the British surrender official as both sides signed the Treaty of Paris and the United States could officially call themselves a free nation. Today the holiday is celebrated through picnics, BBQs, festivals, and of course fireworks. View full record Read on Uncrowned Empire