Texas Escalates Its War on Porn

Image: Mehaniq (Shutterstock) Pornhub already left Texas like a pizza guy hurrying back to his job after making a “special delivery” to a lonely housewife. It seems like the Lone Star State wants to drive two more popular porn sites to make a quick exit. How Does Gerard Pique’s New Twitch Indoor Soccer League Work? … Read more

The Greatest App of All Time Day 16: Twitch vs. Calculator

It’s Day 16 of Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time and Yo has fallen! Uber will go to the next round and it will be taking on one of today’s nominees. Today we have the streamer’s app of choice going up against one of the oldest and most … Read more

Pornhub Bans Texas

It’s going to be a little harder to find porn in the Lone Star State. Pornhub is no longer available to Texas residents thanks to a lawsuit from the state’s attorney general. Kara Swisher on All the Nonsense in the Tech Industry Horny Texans saw a very unsexy message when visiting the previously mentioned porn … Read more

Twitch Is Being Weird About Nudity Again

A Twitch section seen at the Tokyo Game Show in 2023.Photo: Stanislav Kogiku (Getty Images) Are you naked under that censor bar? Well, Twitch might not let you stream. A policy update posted on Wednesday clarifies that Twitch will not allow suggested nudity adding to the platform’s ever-growing list of commandments for exactly how your … Read more

Montana and North Carolina Lawmakers Just Came for Pornhub, So Now You Can’t

After months of edging, Montana and North Carolina lawmakers have finished off Pornhub. Users in those states lost access to the adult site on Jan. 1 as new laws require people to verify their age to watch porn. That would have meant uploading a picture of your ID before you watch sorority sisters figure out … Read more

Federal Judge Pokes Holes in Montana’s TikTok Ban

A federal judge responsible for deciding the fate of Montana’s unprecedented TikTok ban poked holes in the state’s argument during a hearing Thursday and questioned why the government should prevent users and creators from willfully handing over data to the app. Donald Molloy, the judge overseeing the hearing, said Montana’s efforts to supposedly safeguard users’ … Read more

Teens Prefer Streaming on YouTube Over Netflix, New Study Finds

Detail of the YouTube logo outside the YouTube Space studios in London, taken on June 4, 2019. Photo: Olly Curtis/Future via Getty Images (Getty Images) A new survey suggests that American teens—a generation that doesn’t know what life was like without streaming—now favor watching videos on YouTube rather than the previously all-powerful Netflix. Netflix Passwords, … Read more

Fortnite Influencers Push Shell’s Propaganda on Kids

The oil company Shell is facing some heat from climate activists for its collaboration with the influencers of the popular battle royale video game Fortnite, during which the game’s young user base was encouraged to participate in a gas-fueled virtual road trip. How Does Gerard Pique’s New Twitch Indoor Soccer League Work? Shell worked with … Read more

Meta Proposes Forcing EU Users to Pay Up to $17/Month

Meta’s bread and butter has long been its user-centric targeted ad business, but European regulations are forcing the company to rethink how it can monetize its ostensibly free social platforms. The answer? Make users pay up if they prefer not to let their data be used to sell them products. Nobody’s Really Watching Reels Last … Read more

Twitch Will Lastly Let You Ban Customers From Your Streams

Twitch is lastly letting streamers block out these viewers they’ve already banned from chat. Nonetheless, these bans gained’t be based mostly on any person identifier past accounts, so the assorted sorts of unbearable Twitch-holes who’re devoted sufficient may nonetheless discover methods to look at. How Does Gerard Pique’s New Twitch Indoor Soccer League Work? As … Read more