Tokyo Police Club have released their new song “Hercules.”
Twitter To Delete Fake Accounts
Twitter will begin removing tens of millions of suspicious accounts from users’ followers on Thursday, signaling a major new effort to restore trust on the popular but embattled platform.
The reform takes aim at a pervasive form of social media fraud. Many users have inflated their followers on Twitter or other services with automated or fake accounts, buying the appearance of social influence to bolster their political activism, business endeavors or entertainment careers.
I wrote about this five months back and all I can say is: finally.
The Lawrence Arms Video Feature
The Lawrence Arms sat down with AltPress for a new video feature about the band.
Twenty One Pilots Announce New Tour Dates
Twenty One Pilots have announced some new tour dates.
Interpol – “The Rover” Video
The National Perform Two New Songs Live
Live footage of The National performing their new songs “Quiet Light” and “So Far, So Fast” has been uploaded to YouTube.
Panic! at the Disco Cover Blondie
Panic! at the Disco have covered Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” for Pandora. There’s also a behind the scenes video and an interview video about the project.
New The 1975 Lyric Poster Shows Up
A new letter from The 1975, containing what looks like lyrics to a new song, have been sent to a few people online. They were also tweeted from the band’s official account, but then deleted.
The Dirty Nil – “Pain of Infinity”
The Dirty Nil have released their new song “Pain of Infinity.”
Dawes Perform on Kimmel
Dawes performed “Living in the Future” and “Crack the Case” on Kimmel last night.
Twenty One Pilots Release Two New Songs
Twenty One Pilots have released a new video for “Jumpsuit” and the audio to “Nico and the Niners.” Both songs come from the band’s upcoming album, Trench, due out on October 5th.
Fickle Friends – “Heartbroken” (Acoustic)
The new acoustic version of “Heartbroken” by Fickle Friends can be streamed below.
Tokyo Police Club – “DLTFWYH”
Tokyo Police Club have debuted their new song “DLTFWYH.”
Circa Survive Repress ‘Blue Sky Noise’
A new remastered version of Circa Survive’s Blue Sky Noise is up for pre-order on vinyl.
iOS 11.4.1 and Blocks Passcode Cracking Tools Used by Police
Chris Welch, writing for The Verge:
Apple today released iOS 11.4.1, and while most of us are already looking ahead to all the new stuff coming in iOS 12, this small update contains an important new security feature: USB Restricted Mode. Apple has added protections against the USB devices being used by law enforcement and private companies that connect over Lightning to crack an iPhone’s passcode and evade Apple’s usual encryption safeguards.
If you have an iPhone, you should install this when you get the chance.