Twitter bans revenge porn

In this edition of the Worldwide Wrap: Twitter takes steps to stop the posting of "revenge porn"; and Apple removes competing fitness bands from its retail stores.

Twitter has taken steps to stop the posting of "revenge porn" on the site and prevent the spread of stolen nude photos, such as those of Jennifer Lawrence.

The social network has updated its rules governing the content that users can share, so consent is now required from the subject of the pictures.
Via: The Guardian

Apple has removed competing fitness bands from its retail stores as the company prepares to ship the Apple Watch.

Stores in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Los Angeles and New York reveal Apple no longer carries such popular bands as the Jawbone Up and the Nike+ FuelBand, both activity-tracking wristbands, according to Re/Code.
Via: Daily Mail

In the latest escalation to the legal back-and-forth over copyright infringement, ISPs including Virgin and TalkTalk are now blocking access not only to actual pirate sites, or even proxies to those sites, but ones that merely list the proxies.

The latest move is yet another result of court orders forcing providers to restrict access to piracy sites. Users that try to access certain URLs - ukbay.org and piratebayproxylist.com among them - instead get their ISP's "this page has been blocked" message.
Via: Wired

Hillary Clinton, under attack for using a personal e-mail address to conduct US State Department business, defended the practice as a matter of "convenience", but her comments failed to calm critics, who accused her of secrecy.

Holding her first news conference since leaving her administration post two years ago, Clinton conceded she wished she had used a government e-mail address as secretary of state but said she violated no rules and did not send classified material through the private account.
Via: Reuters

Japanese scientists have succeeded in transmitting energy wirelessly, in a key step that could one day make solar power generation in space a possibility.

Researchers used microwaves to deliver 1.8 kilowatts of power - enough to run an electric kettle - through the air with pinpoint accuracy to a receiver 55m away.
Via: phys