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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageA bit of a giveaway? Stuart Police Department/ Facebook I've never been on the run, though some days I think I know what it feels like.I feel sure, however, that if I was trying to evade capture by the police, I would check my Facebook page to make sure there wasn't anything incriminating on it.This was allegedly not the case with Mack Yearwood.As the Stuart Police Department in Florida said on its Facebook page: "If you are wanted by the police, it's probably not a good idea to use the 'Wanted of the Week...

Enlarge ImageLeslie Jones (right) has been targeted by some of the worst elements on the inteet. Hopper Stone The worst parts of the inteet have tued their sights on Leslie Jones.Over the past month, the comedian and "Ghostbusters" star has been the target of people sending racist and misogynist messages over social media. The campaign against her appeared to intensify after she called attention to it in July. Now, hackers appear to have broken into her personal website and potentially other accounts, posting personal information such as her driver's license and passport, as well as intimate photos, according ...

Enlarge ImageFacebook's censorship policies are a confusing mess. James Martin/CNET After Korryn Gaines entered her Baltimore apartment earlier this month, she pulled out a shotgun and then her phone. She opened the Instagram and Facebook apps so she could post details of her standoff with the police. Facebook cut her off. Gaines wasn't the first black person to post about a run-in with the police. Others include Philando Castile, whose fiancee streamed live video on Facebook as he died after a police officer shot him in July. A few days later, a protester streamed a sniper attack on Dallas police on the so...

A crowd gathers at Parc Paragon in Bangkok to catch Pokemon. Vichan Poti/Pacific Press/LightRocket/Getty Images Pokemon Go players in Bangkok are being blamed for an increase in road accidents -- and Thai authorities want to put a stop to it, the Bangkok Post reports.A group of 50 police officers, described as "catchers of Pokemon catchers" by Bangkok police chief Sanit Mahathavo, will be equipped with mobile phone cameras. They will patrol 10 areas with busy traffic, which will be no-go zones for Pokemon hunters.If caught ruing while using a phone or hindering traffic while driving carelessly, players will f...

Sonos will share its vision of "the future of sound" at a media event on August 30 in New York. While no new hardware is expected, the event will likely outline additional functionality for the company's existing line of wireless audio products -- including the Play:5, which was introduced in 2015. In a March blogpost, CEO John MacFarlane said the company would be making some changes to its strategy which lead to job losses. "As we look to the future there are two big areas that we're leaning into: paid streaming services, and voice control," MacFarlane said at the time. Sonos In particular, MacFarlane ...

Pokemon Go game on an iPhone. Jaap Arriens/Getty Images Maybe it was Pokemon Go.Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted Wednesday that July was the best month in the App Store's history, setting records for both monthly billings and money paid to developers. In a subsequent tweet, Cook said developers have eaed more than $50 billion from the consumer electronics giant since the digital bazaar opened in 2008. Cook didn't explain why July was so good, but we're thinking Pokemon Go had something to do with it.The app, from Nintendo and Niantic, was downloaded m...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryTesla posts $150 million Q2 loss, may miss 2016 delivery targetsTesla has posted Q2 2016 eaings and, while the word isn't resoundingly terrible, there's more bad news to be found than good. We'll start with the good, Tesla posting $1.56 billion in non-GAAP revenue for Q2. That's up from $1.2 billion in the same period last year. Total vehicle deliveries of 14,402 (9,764 Model S, 4,638 Model X) is also a big bump from this period last year, when Tesla shipped 11,507 vehicles. Tesla also says that average price of the Model S is up three percent. That's the good, here's the bad: Tesla posted a $150 million non-GAAP loss, which amounts to $1.06 per share. That's about do...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageDraymond Green. Not hacked. Ximo Pierto/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Technology encourages us to risk the risqué.A suggestive image here can be sent to there in but a snap.Things can and do go wrong, though.Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green is on his way to the Olympics to represent the US. He is, however, having to go via the doghouse.As CBS Sports reports, Green took an intimate self-portrait of what is sometimes referred to as one's "manhood" and sent it to Snapchat's My...

Enlarge ImageSarah Silverman speaking during the Democratic National Convention. Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images Comedian/actress Sarah Silverman spoke at the Democratic National Convention on Monday, offering her support for the soon-to-be-official nominee, Hillary Clinton. On Wednesday, a suspiciously anti-Hillary post popped up on her Twitter account. The tweet was quickly deleted and followed by an all-caps denunciation: "MY TWITTER ACCT GOT HACKED THIS IS NOT ME" "Hillary heard the passion of the people, the people behind Beie," said Silverman, who had been supporting Clint...

Following the truck attack in Nice, Twitter tried to quickly remove accounts that celebrated the violence. The Counter Extremism Project Twitter reacted to the truck attack in France last week by quickly deleting pro-attack tweets. The attack, in which a truck rammed a Bastille Day celebration in Nice, killed 84 people and injured another 200. In the first hour following the attack, at least 50 accounts appeared on Twitter using #Nice in Arabic to praise the violence, according to watchdog group Counter Extremism Project. "The first tweet praising the attack was released five minutes after the attack," a ...

Which Pokemon Go character are you? The results are shocking. Today Russ and Jeff breakdown the mobile phenomenon, blow on the cartridge of the NES Classic Edition and discuss what they bought on Amazon Prime Day. The 404 Show # 1669 Your browser does not support the audio element. Download today's podcastThis entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers.Recommended article from FiveFilters.org: Most Labour MPs in the UK Are Revolting....

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Browns ruing back Isaiah Crowell. Jason Miller/Getty Images After black men Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were killed by police officers, social media was filled with extremes of anger. Cleveland Browns ruing back Isaiah Crowell expressed his ire by going to Instagram and posting an illustration of a masked man executing a police officer, ISIS-style. (You can view the image, which is disturbing, here.) His caption read: "Mood: They give polices [sic] all types of weapons and they continually choose to kill us.....

Now you can add several language translations to a Facebook post. Facebook We hear it all the time: Facebook has 1.65 billion users worldwide. But that also implies something else that can go overlooked -- there are a whole lot of languages being used on Facebook.The social network wants to make it easier for people to communicate with a global audience -- even if you don't speak a language other than your own. On Friday, the company introduced new software that automatically translates Facebook posts to several different languages. Once you publish your post, Facebook will show it to people in their preferre...

The aual E3 gaming show is the gaming equivalent of the State of the Union address. Each of the companies recap the year that was, and -- more importantly -- offer a look at what's to come. For Nintendo, the show was largely a placeholder -- the company showed off its new Zelda game, but deferred details on its next-gen NX console until later this year (both are coming in 2017). But for Microsoft and Sony, we got a fairly detailed look at how the next year is shaping up for both rival gaming platforms.Here...

Your dirty old greenbacks are helping greenery grow. In a new video from CNN's video network, Great Big Story, you can watch more money than you'll ever see in your life shredded, then trucked to a giant compost pile to become one with the earth.The video starts out at the New Orleans Federal Reserve Bank, where money that's to, taped up, graffitied or otherwise ruined is cut up into pieces so tiny you're not even tempted to try to piece them back together. (Each day, $6 million is shredded.) Such shreds used to be dumped in a landfill. Now, they're taken to compost facility Wood Materials and combined to create a rich soil that's then used by urban farmers in the greater New Orle...

Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto/Getty Images Orlando gunman, Omar Mateen's, Facebook activities were apparently very telling, according to a letter Sen. Ron Johnson, Chair of The Committee on Homeland Security and Govemental Affair, sent to Facebook CES and founder Mark Zuckerberg.The letter requests Facebook provide all data on the gunman's "activities on his account and any affiliated Facebook accounts, including but not limited to activity logs, Facebook timeline information, Facebook messages, photos, and posts."According to the letter, on June 12 the day of the attack, Omar Mateen searched for "Pulse Orlando" and...

Orlando shooter Omar Mateen in a photo he posted to Myspace. CBS News The gunman behind the worst mass shooting in mode US history referenced the terrorist organization ISIS in a Facebook post moments before the massacre, a source close to the investigation told CBS News."You kill iocent women and children by doing us airstrikes..now taste the Islamic state vengeance [sic]," Omar Mateen wrote, according to the source. "In the next few days you will see attacks from the Islamic State [ISIS] in the usa."The post was deleted because it violated Facebook's community standards, a source familiar with the matter to...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.The note in question. Rebecca Landis Hayes/ Facebook screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Have you ever found a note -- a note written by some outraged soul -- on your car?How often is that soul right? How often do you suspect that soul is just someone who enjoys outrage? Rebecca Landis Hayes says she received such a note while shopping at the Coddle Creek Shopping Center in Concord, North Carolina.She posted it to her Facebook page, because it outraged her."This parking is for veterans, lady," the note read. "Lea to r...

The evidence for Injustice: Gods Among Us 2 continues to mount.The latest example comes today by way of a poster featuring The Flash and Batman about to do battle. There is a tagline that says, "Every battle defines you."This poster apparently comes from GameStop. In a letter to store managers, which was shared with Polygon, it's explained that the poster will be a preorder bonus for Injustice 2. You can see the poster here at Polygon.Earlier this month, uamed sources said Injustice 2 was in development for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. According to the report, it will be aounced soon and released in March 2017. Waer Bros. ...