Twitch stops paid-for promotion feature after porn appears on its front page

Twitch's channel-boosting feature has been around since December 2020. It initially worked using free channel points that were pooled by viewers during Community Challenges. The boost reward promoted streams to highly visible parts of Twitch, allowing more people to discover streamers, their content, and their community.
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As GDPR turns two, some are doubting the Irish Data Protection Commission's ability to enforce rules

It's been two years since the European Union's General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) went into effect, with sweeping changes to how companies are able to handle customer data. It's also inspired similar rules that were adopted in the US, such as California's Consumer Privacy Act. https://bit.ly/36ycXJd

Mobile app spending approached $65 billion in the first half of 2021, up more than 24 percent year over year

Although spending so far this year has eclipsed what was generated in the first half of 2020, year-over-year growth is actually down 3.6 percent when comparing 2020 to 2019. https://www.techspot.com/news/90229-mobile-app-spending-approached-65-billion-first-half.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Apple OLED iPad Pro to be unveiled next week could feature all-new M4 chip, be AI-focused

Apple's Let Loose iPad livestream event takes place on May 7, when it's expected to unveil a new iPad Air and updated iPad Pro, the latter of which will likely receive the first OLED panel in the long-running iPad series. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/102780-apple-oled-ipad-pro-unveiled-next-week-could.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

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