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In a letter sent to FBI Director Christopher Wray, House Oversight Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) called for the bureau to “conduct a robust examination of the role that the social media site Parler played” in the January 6th pro-Trump assault on the Capitol. Maloney said that the committee intends to open its own investigation and requested a meeting with FBI officials regarding the status and scope of any future investigation into the social media platform. … [Read more...] about House leader calls for FBI investigation into Parler

Sometimes when we as tech journalists write opinion pieces, speculative essays, or the occasional hot-take, we necessarily do so before we've had the benefit of extended time with a device or service to reflect on our initial impressions and hands-on opportunities. It's not often that we have the time, or the opportunity, to revisit those early thought pieces. Oh, sure, we revisit big-ticket items and flagship devices like the OnePlus 8 Pro after six months or so, but that's certainly not true of most devices, apps, or services. At least, not for me. … [Read more...] about After further review, I think I can now get behind Amazon Music’s feature stuffing

Robotics More than half of Twitter's ‘Reopen America’ calls from bots, study finds Robotics in business: Everything humans need to know Best aerial photography drones for business in 2020: DJI, Freefly, Skydio, and more Why we’re about to see a slowdown in the robotics industry (ZDNet YouTube) The best robot vacuums (CNET) Why robotics developers need an upgrade (TechRepublic) … [Read more...] about Not so quiet takeoff: A big month for electric aviation

The reliability of the official interpreted streams was also spotty in some cases. There were several stretches of time when the picture-in-picture of the ASL interpreter disappeared from the screen, leaving chunks of speech inaccessible. The most consistently interpreted stream was the “Inaugural Celebration for Young Americans” hosted by Keke Palmer, but it was specifically directed at children, and deaf adults shouldn’t have to rely on programming for kids. … [Read more...] about Inauguration Day was more accessible than ever, but there’s still a ways to go

An FAQ on Beeper’s website gives a more in-depth explanation of exactly what this trickery involves. If you’ve got an always-online Mac, then you can install the Beeper Mac app to act as a bridge, similar to the approach AirMessage uses. But things get really wild if you don’t have access to a Mac, at which point Beeper says it’ll literally send each of its users a “Jailbroken iPhone with the Beeper app installed” in order to act as a bridge. At this point we should probably mention that using Beeper involves paying a $10 a month subscription, which may or may not include the cost of the iPhone. … [Read more...] about Pebble founder promises iMessage on Android and Windows with universal chat app