Tech News Today 1700

Twitter just got serious about abuse and harassment. In a blog post the company says soon they'll filter out abusive tweets before you see them.

YouTube is rolling out mobile live video streaming functionality to creators with more than 10,000 subscribers, as well as support for Super Chat, a feature that allows fans to connect with and give back by paying creators for preferred placement in the chat window for up to five hours.

Motherboard says that the hacker responsible for taking down 20 percent of The Dark Web is a first timer. The vigilante took down the private web hosting service Freedom Hosting II and knocked at least ten thousand sites offline. They're allegedly filled with child pornography.

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• Tech: Tech News Today for February 7, 2017

Links

• An Update on Safety
• YouTube opens up mobile livestreaming to all creators with more than 10,000 subscribers
• We Talked to the Hacker Who Took Down a Fifth of the Dark Web
• With ZeroTouch you can use Alexa to keep up with your calendar, listen to books, and even order toilet paper.
• From buttery bouquet to aroma of middle-aged man, device aims to dispel anxieties over unwelcome body odors
• Latest Google Brain project makes sci-fi’s ‘zoom and enhance’ a reality