Social media giant Twitter announced this week that it will begin labeling tweets that share “misleading information” about the coronavirus vaccine and will implement a strike system for repeat offenders of the “misinformation policy.” The Verge reports that Twitter announced on Monday that it will begin labeling tweets that share what the company decides is misleading information about coronavirus vaccines. The labels will link to relevant information […]
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A recent report from BuzzFeed News alleges that social media giant Facebook is considering building facial recognition technology into its upcoming smart glasses product. In a recent report titled “Facebook Is Considering Facial Recognition For Its Upcoming Smart Glasses,” BuzzFeed News writes that the social media giant Facebook is discussing building facial recognition into its upcoming smart glasses product and has been weighing the legal implications […]
A recent report from Bloomberg states that game developer CD Projekt SA was forced to delay a promised update to its heavily-criticized blockbuster game Cyberpunk 2077, claiming that a recent ransomware attack resulted in hackers stealing the game’s source code and locking the company’s systems. Bloomberg reports that CD Projekt SA stated on Wednesday that it will delay a new update for its blockbuster game Cyberpunk 2077, […]
Elon Musk’s electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla has reportedly shut down a Model 3 production line at its Fremont, California, factory for two weeks amid an industrywide microchip shortage. Bloomberg reports that Tesla is shutting down a Model 3 production line at its production plant in Fremont, California, for two weeks amid an industrywide microchip shortage. Tesla reportedly informed employees from a Model 3 production line that their […]
The Australian government has reportedly passed a new law requiring Google and Facebook to pay news outlets for access to their content. The Verge reports that the Australian government has passed a law that will force tech giants like Google and Facebook to negotiate a payment scheme with news outlets for access to their content or face arbitration. Josh Frydenberg, the Australian Liberal party’s deputy leader, stated: “This […]
The state of Maryland is reportedly set to be the first U.S. state that will impose a tax on the sale of online ads. The tax will impact the Masters of the Universe, primarily Google and Facebook which hold the ad market in a duopoly that Amazon is only beginning to gain a foothold in, but critics claim the tax will be passed on, saying “This […]
A recent report alleges that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told staff that Facebook needs to “inflict pain” on Apple in the ongoing privacy dispute between the two Silicon Valley giants. Breitbart News has reported extensively on the latest tech giant battle, with Facebook and Apple warring over upcoming Apple’s privacy features. Facebook is reportedly planning to take Apple to court over allegations of antitrust relating to […]
Social media giant Facebook is being sued for “losing control” of the data of around one million users in England and Wales. BBC News reports that social media giant Facebook is being sued for “losing control” of the personal data of around a million users in England and Wales. The lawsuit related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal where harvested data was allegedly used for advertising during […]
Facebook recently stated that it plans to remove posts with claims about vaccines it judges to be false or misleading across its platform including claims that vaccines cause autism or that it is safer to contract the coronavirus than to receive a vaccine. The New York Times reports that Facebook announced on Monday it will be removing posts featuring claims about vaccines that it decides are false […]
E-commerce giant Amazon has reportedly been transitioning warehouse workers nationwide to a brutal 10-hour overnight shift known as the “megacycle.” Vice’s Motherboard reports that last month, hundreds of Amazone warehouse workers in Chicago were told by management they had two choices — sign up for a ten-and-a-half-hour overnight shift or lose their job. Workers were told by management that their warehouse known as DCH1 was to be shut down […]
In recent Facebook insider footage leaked by Project Veritas, company CEO Mark Zuckerberg justifies the blacklisting of former President Donald Trump, claiming that he wanted to “undermine” the transition of power. Project Veritas recently revealed that the group has obtained hours of insider footage from Facebook meetings featuring top company executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg. During one of these meetings, Zuckerberg explained that a large reason […]
Music streaming service Spotify has reportedly filed a patent for new personality tracking technology that analyzes a user’s emotional state and suggests music based on it. The patent, titled “Identification of taste attributes from an audio signal,” details constantly monitoring “speech content and background noise” to provide song suggestions. Music Business Worldwide reports that in October 2020, Spotify filed a patent for personality tracking technology that could […]
Tech giant Google is actively removing negative reviews of the Robinhood trading app from the Google Play Store after users expressed their anger over the trading platform’s halt on buying certain stocks yesterday, including Gamestop. The Verge reports that Google has been actively removing negative reviews of the Robinhood app from the Google Play Store after angry users rated the app with one star following Robinhood’s […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently stated that the social media giant would be reducing the amount of political content on its platforms and in its news feeds to channel users towards more “healthy communities.” Zuckerberg also said that he wants “clear guidance and clear rules for the Internet,” and is in favor of updating Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA). Deadline reports that during […]
In a recent article, Bloomberg outlines how the popular Reddit forum WallStreetBets, along with help from other online investing forums, successfully increased the value of retailer GameStop’s share price by massive amounts. GameStop has seen its stock price skyrocket by over 500 percent so far this year, and most of it appears to be thanks to a popular Reddit subreddit called WallStreetBets. For those investing in […]
Social media giant Twitter has announced a new feature called “Birdwatch” which aims to encourage users to police and flag each other’s tweets if they believe they spread misinformation. The company claims it wants to “broaden the range of voices” fighting against misinformation, but the feature has the potential to devolve into flagging wars between different factions of users. In a recent blog post, Twitter announced […]
Google workers across the world are reportedly forming a global union alliance called “Alpha Global” with the goal of holding Google and parent company Alphabet accountable. The Verge reports that Google workers worldwide are coming together to form a global union alliance called Alpha Global. The group is comprised of 13 different unions representing workers in 10 different countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, […]
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk stated in a series of social media posts that he wants to build tunnels beneath the streets of Miami to alleviate traffic. Recently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed that he had spoken with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) about his Boring Company project which builds small, short tunnels for cars. In a tweet, Musk stated: “Cars & trucks stuck in […]
Tech giant Google has denied recent allegations that it made a secret deal with social media giant Facebook in order to dominate the online advertising market. The two companies control the online advertising market in a duopoly that Amazon is just beginning to take market share from. In a recent blog post, Alphabet’s Director of Economic Policy, Adam Cohen, defended Google’s ad-sharing agreement with Facebook after […]
Tech giant Apple is reportedly being sued by a Washington nonprofit group in federal court that is demanding that the company remove the encrypted messaging app Telegram from its app store. The Washington Post reports that a Washington nonprofit group called the Coalition for a Safer Web has sued tech giant Apple in federal court. The lawsuit, filed on Sunday, demands that the chat and social media app Telegram […]
In a recent article, the New York Times provides an insight into Twitter’s decision to ban President Donald Trump from its platform permanently. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, on vacation in French Polynesia, approved the decision under intense pressure from the company’s extreme leftist executives. Employees reportedly compared the platform allowing Trump to tweet to IBM collaborating with the Nazis. In an article titled “Inside Twitter’s Decision to […]
In a recent article, NBC News provides an insight into the moments leading up to the decision by Facebook and Twitter to blacklist President Donald Trump. One Facebook executive betrayed the depth of progressive groupthink amongst the Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe when they reported said: “We don’t have a policy for what to do when a sitting president starts a coup.” In an article […]
Tech giant Google is under fire after it revealed that it blocked some Australian news sites from search results as part of an “experiment.” Critics call it a “chilling illustration” of the company’s stranglehold on internet search. Business Insider reports that the Silicon Valley tech giant Google is facing major criticism after it was revealed that the company removed some local news content from its search results in […]
In a recent thread on his own platform, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey discussed the recent suspension of President Donald Trump, stating that he believes it was the right decision and that the mass blacklisting of Trump by the Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe was not coordinated, writing “More likely: companies came to their own conclusions or were emboldened by the actions of others.” In a […]
Salesforce, the company behind the RNC’s email provider, has reportedly taken action to prevent President Donald Trump and Republicans from using “our services in any way that could lead to violence.” The Trump campaign has not been able to send an email since January 6. On January 6, shortly before the protests on Capitol Hill, the Donald Trump campaign sent an email to its tens of millions […]
Online payment processing service Stripe has reportedly cut all ties with President Trump’s campaign and shut down the campaign’s payment processing services. This prevents the Trump campaign from accepting donations by credit card. The Wall Street Journal reports that the payment processing service Stripe will no longer process payments for President Trump’s campaign website following last week’s events at the Capitol. The financial-tech company handles credit card payments […]
Social media platform Parler is now offline after Amazon Web Services suspended the site, claiming it lacks content moderation. The Hill reports that social media website Parler has been taken offline after its hosting account was suspended by Amazon Web Services which claimed that the site failed to adequately moderate content on its platform. In an email to Parler, Amazon stated: “Recently, we’ve seen a steady increase in […]
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has officially become the world’s richest person, surpassing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. BBC News reports that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has become the world’s richest person surpassing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Musk, who is CEO of the electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla and founder of the private space exploration company SpaceX, is now valued at around $188.5 billion USD, about $1.5 […]
In a recent article, the Washington Post has outlined how Chinese censors have tracked down Chinese nationals critical of the Communist government in the U.S. via the messaging service WeChat. The Chinese communist censors then employ a variety of schemes to shut down the users’ communication, some of which mirror the censorship of conservatives by the Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe. In an article titled “Chinese […]
The self-proclaimed “front page of the internet,” Reddit, has banned an unofficial Donald Trump forum following the President’s blacklisting across Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites. The popular link-aggregation and discussion website Reddit recently announced that it has banned the r/DonaldTrump subreddit (the site’s name for its user-generated forums) following recent events at the U.S. Capitol. Reddit confirmed to TechCrunch that the subreddit was shut […]
Following the events on Capitol Hill, Mark Zuckerberg has blacklisted President Donald Trump from the Facebook and Instagram platforms “indefinitely.” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated in a recent post that following the events on Capitol Hill yesterday and President Trump’s comments on social media about the situation, Facebook would be banning the President’s access to the platform “indefinitely.” Breitbart News reported yesterday that President Trump had […]
Tech giant Apple has suffered a loss in its recent lawsuit against a security start-up that offered “virtual” iPhones to researchers for testing purposes. The judge wrote that Apple’s copyright claims were “puzzling, if not disingenuous.” Engadget reports that last year tech giant Apple sued the security start-up company Corellium, accusing the company of violating copyright law by offering researchers access to “virtual” iPhones that could […]
For the sixth year in a row, Wired has listed President Donald Trump at the top of the publication’s “Most Dangerous People on The Internet” list. According to the leftist tech publication, Trump “remains the world’s single most powerful source of disinformation and the internet’s most toxic cyberbully.” In Wired‘s recent article titled “The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2020,” President Donald Trump was […]
A former Apple employee claims in a recent lawsuit that the company punished him for approving an app critical of the Chinese government. Reason reports that a former employee of tech giant Apple claims in a recently filed lawsuit that the company punished him for approving an app critical of the Chinese government in order to appease communist authorities in Beijing. Trieu Pham worked as an […]
Polish game developer CD Projekt Red has faced harsh criticism and potential shareholder lawsuits following the launch of its hotly anticipated game Cyberpunk 2077, considered by many gamers and industry experts as the most hyped video game in the last decade. Breitbart Tech went hands on with the game to find out just how bad the bugs are, and if the game is worth playing today. On December […]
A nine-year-old boy named Ryan Kaji has been named as the highest-paid YouTuber of 2020, earning a total of $29.5 million this year. The Guardian reports that a nine-year-old boy from Texas has been named as the highest-paid YouTuber of 2020. Ryan Kaji has reportedly earned $29.5 million from his YouTube channel “Ryan’s World” as well as a further estimated $200 million from Ryan’s World branded toys and […]
Tech giant Apple is reportedly moving forward with self-driving car technology and plans to produce a passenger vehicle including its own proprietary battery technology by 2024. Reuters reports that tech giant Apple plans to move forward with self-driving car technology, aiming to produce a passenger vehicle by 2024 that will utilize the company’s own battery technology. Apple’s automotive efforts, known as Project Titan, have reportedly progressed […]
Shares of the short-term rental company Airbnb have skyrocketed by 120 percent in its first day of trading, launching the company’s market cap to more than five times its last private market valuation. The massive IPO has resulted in Airbnb being worth more than the combined values of Marriott International, Hilton Worldwide, and Hyatt Hotels, the three largest hotel chains. Forbes reports that just one day […]
The FTC and 48 states are set to launch a legal assault on Facebook over claims of antitrust violations. The lawsuits seek to break up Mark Zuckerberg’s social media empire. Politico reports that federal antitrust authorities and dozens of states are set to launch a double-barreled legal assault against Facebook over allegations of antitrust violations. Both lawsuits aim to force Facebook to break up its empire which […]
Google-owned video platform YouTube has announced plans to remove any content that questions Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 U.S. presidential election despite the fact that legal challenges involving multiple states continue. YouTube also announced it will be promoting “authoritative news sources,” such as NBC and CBS in video recommendations. In a recent blog post titled “Supporting the 2020 U.S. election,” Google-owned video-sharing platform YouTube announced plans […]
In a recent article, Wired notes that as many social media platforms copy features from each other, they are all essentially become the same platform. Copying features is an effort to “juice engagement,” but the platforms lose their unique personality in the process. In a recent article titled “All the Social Media Giants Are Becoming the Same,” Wired magazine asks the question: “Which major platform has […]
Tech news site Protocol published a profile recently of Christine Su, the senior product manager for conversational safety at Twitter. Su’s approach to the platform’s censorship will focus on “transformative and procedural justice.” Tech news site Protocol recently published an article titled “How a Young, Queer Asian-American Businesswoman is Rethinking User Safety at Twitter,” which profiles Christine Su, Twitter’s senior product manager for conversational safety. Su […]
Former National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn (Ret.) released a statement this Thanksgiving thanking “every single patriot who circled me with their prayers, wisdom, and kindness.” Former National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn (Ret.) released a statement today, shortly after being pardoned by President Trump. Flynn was targeted by the outgoing Obama administration on charges of “Russia collusion,” and pleaded guilty to lying to the […]
Twitter is blocking users from sharing links to lawyer Sidney Powell’s lawsuit relating to widespread voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential election. A number of users across Twitter have reported being unable to share links to lawyer Sidney Powell’s lawsuit relating to voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential election. When attempting to share the link to the document, users receive a notification stating that the link […]
While rivals have warned of Google’s privacy problems and market dominance through monopoly power, many are reportedly hesitant to pursue antitrust measures due to their reliance on the tech giant’s money. In the case of Mozilla, which makes the Firefox browser to rival Google’s Chrome, the vast majority of its revenue comes from an agreement to make Google the browser’s default search option. Bloomberg reports that while […]
Lobbyists for Silicon Valley tech giant Apple are reportedly attempting to weaken a new law aimed at preventing slave labor in China, the Washington Post revealed on Friday. The Washington Post reported, citing two anonymous congressional staffers, that Apple lobbyists are working to dilute the effects of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which would require U.S. companies to guarantee that they do no use slavery or forced […]
The popular newsletter mailing service Mailchimp has reportedly suspended the account of the Northern Virginia Tea Party alleging that the group engaged in spreading “potentially harmful misinformation.” The company had previously blacklisted the Women for America First group when it organized its March for Trump. The Post Millenial reports that the popular email mailing service Mailchimp has suspended the account of the Northern Virginia Tea Party, […]
Social media website Twitter recently congratulated itself for curbing the spread of misinformation on its platform — by slowing the spread of all information on its platform. Based on Twitter’s changes to its platform, total retweets, one of the primary way ideas spread quickly between users, are down 20 percent. Bloomberg reports that social media giant Twitter recently announced that it had successfully curbed the spread […]
A recent report from the New York Times analyzes Twitter’s moderation of the platform during the 2020 Presidential election, noting that 34 percent of tweets from President Donald Trump were marked as “disputed” by the platform since election day in an effort to lessen their viral spread across the platform. In a recent article, the New York Times analyzes some of Twitter’s recent claims about the moderation of its […]
Social media giant Facebook is extending its temporary ban on political ads across the platform. ABC News reports that Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook is extending its ban on new political ads on the platform. In a post to the company’s blog, Facebook stated: The temporary pause for ads about politics and social issues in the U.S. continues to be in place as part of our ongoing efforts […]
Event management and ticketing service Eventbrite has shut down an event organized by the group Women for America First in support of President Donald Trump. Despite Eventbrite’s blacklisting of the March for Trump, the Women for America First Group remains defiant and says the march will happen on Saturday as planned. Ticketing service Eventbrite has reportedly canceled an event organized by the pro-Trump group Women for […]
Tech giant Apple has reportedly suspended new business with Taiwanese iPhone assembler Pegatron Corp. following the discovery of labor violations in a “student workers’ program.” Bloomberg reports that tech giant Apple has temporarily suspended new business with its iPhone assembler Pegatron after discovering labor violations at a student workers’ program. Apple is reportedly taking a strong stance on the issue and working to clean up a […]
The New York Times praises social media firms Facebook and Twitter for censoring posts from President Trump during the 2020 presidential election. According to the Times, the social media companies added “friction” to their interfaces leading up to the election, “as if Ferrari had realized that it could only stop its cars from crashing by replacing the engines with go-kart motors.” In an article titled “On Election Day, Facebook […]
Twitter has actively censored six of President Donald Trump’s posts over the 24 hours between Thursday midmorning and Friday. Twitter’s censorship can lower the engagement of a Trump tweet by more than 80 percent, according to one recent analysis of their performance. Over the past 24 hours, social media platform Twitter has censored six of the President’s latest posts, and will likely censor more as the […]
A recent report states that half of President Donald Trump’s posts since election day have been flagged as misinformation by Facebook and Twitter and censored on each platform. Forbes reports that half of President Trump’s social media posts on Facebook and Twitter since election day have been labeled as false or questionable by the social media giants. Of President Trump’s 22 posts on Facebook and Twitter, […]
The New York Post has reportedly had its Twitter account reinstated after it was blocked from tweeting following the publication of its bombshell Biden story. The New York Post can finally tweet again after it was locked out of its account by Twitter on October 14 for tweeting a link to its bombshell story on alleged corrupt activities of the Biden family. Breitbart News recently reported that during […]
Tech giant Facebook recently admitted that some political ads on its platform were “improperly” restricted due to a “technical flaw.” The New York Post reports that Facebook revealed in a blog post that a number of political ads were “improperly” restricted due to a technical error as the company attempted to prevent new political ads from being posted ahead of the November 3 election. Facebook stated that […]
A recent report from the New York Times states that the Justice Department is targeting a secretive partnership between Apple and Google worth billions of dollars as part of its landmark antitrust case. The deal, which cemented Google’s control of internet search, is described as “one of the most lucrative business deals in history” by the Times. Breitbart News recently reported that the Department of Justice has filed its hotly-anticipated […]
The Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok has reportedly removed a number of anti-Trump videos after an investigation showed that many of the creators were failing to disclose that they were paid by a marketing company for the videos, a violation of FTC rules for paid content on social media. BBC News reports that the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok has removed a number of videos after a BBC […]
At a recent virtual conference hosted by the Wall Street Journal, former Google Chairman and Clinton lackey Eric Schmidt stated that he doesn’t believe that the tech giant is a monopoly as it doesn’t have 100 percent market share. Bloomberg reports that during a recent virtual conference hosted by the Wall Street Journal, former Google chairman Eric Schmidt was asked a number of questions about the tech giant […]
A recent report from the New York Post claims that Facebook has hired Chinese nationals who are “working on censorship,” at the company. China famously employs the “Great Chinese Firewall” to block many websites within the communist country, including Facebook. The New York Post reports that a Facebook Insider told the publication that at least half a dozen “Chinese nationals who are working on censorship,” are employed at Facebook. […]
A recent study by the social media engagement tracking firm Newswhip found that the New York Post’s recent bombshell story on Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, and their alleged deal with Burisma had its reach cut in half by Facebook compared to anti-Trump stories from other publications. This stands in stark contrast to Twitter’s efforts to censor the story, which actually doubled the attention it received according to […]
The Justice Department has filed its long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Google, alleging that the Big Tech Masters of the Universe engaged in anticompetitive practices to preserve its monopoly power and crush competitors to its search and advertising businesses. The Wall Street Journal first broke the story on Tuesday morning that the lawsuit would finally be filed. According to a report by Reuters, the DOJ has filed its hotly-anticipated […]
Following Facebook and Twitter’s decision to censor a recent bombshell article from the New York Post about Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter, Facebook has remained mostly silent about the issue as Twitter has dominated the headlines with its link blocking, suspension of prominent media & politicians, and policy changes. Breitbart News recently reported on the New York Post’s bombshell story that indicated that Joe Biden may […]
The Poynter Institute, which certifies third-party fact-checkers for the Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe, has published a column accusing Facebook and Twitter of acting as “arbiters of truth” following the mass censorship of the New York Post’s recent article about Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter. Fox News reports that the Poynter Institute published a column criticizing social media giants Twitter and Facebook for […]
A recent report from Wired magazine states that almost 95 percent of donations from employees at Silicon Valley tech giants went to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Donations to Biden from the employees of Big Tech companies have been double those to Hillary Clinton in 2016. A recent report from Wired states that almost 95 percent of donations from employees working at Silicon Valley tech giants […]
Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo recently tweeted that “me-first capitalists” who disagree with injecting political activism into their workplaces will be “the first people lined up against the wall and shot in the revolution.” The company has not commented if the tweet by Costolo, who has an estimated net worth of $300 million, violates its policies against glorifying violence. In a recent tweet, former Twitter CEO […]
Tech giant Apple has reportedly rewarded company CEO Tim Cook with new equity awards that could provide him with as many as 1 million shares of company stock by 2025. The value of Cook’s latest reward, based on today’s stock price, is almost $117 million. Bloomberg reports that Apple recently announced plans to give CEO Tim Cook new equity awards that could provide Cook with as many […]
A recent issue with Microsoft’s Office 365 platform left many users completely locked out of Microsoft Office, Outlook, and Microsoft Teams which many have used as their primary means of work communication during the coronavirus pandemic. TechCrunch reports that Microsoft has begun investigating an authentication outage that looked Office 365 users out of the platform preventing them from accessing Microsoft products such as Office, Outlook, and […]
President Trump has approved a deal that would create a partnership between the Chinese app TikTok and Oracle and Walmart to manage TikTok’s operation in America. TikTok’s Chinese parent, ByteDance, will own a majority share of the company and maintain ownership of TikTok’s all-important algorithms. CNBC reports that President Trump recently approved a deal in which Oracle and Walmart will partner with the popular Chinese-owned video-sharing […]
The coronavirus pandemic could potentially see jobs for humans permanently replaced with machines according to a new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Jobs that are at risk of disappearing include retail salespersons, parking attendants, slaughterhouse workers, and toll collectors. Bloomberg reports that a recent study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia claims that the coronavirus pandemic could potentially see many jobs previously held by […]
In a recent interview with Axios on HBO, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urged the media to assure the public that there was “nothing illegitimate” about waiting days or even weeks to tabulate the results of the upcoming presidential election. In a recent interview with Axios on HBO, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated that it may take days or even weeks for votes in the upcoming presidential […]
Facebook has promised to block Australian news publishers from sharing news on its platform if a proposed law forcing Google and Facebook to pay media companies for monetizing their content is passed. TechDirt reports that Facebook has taken a stand against a proposed law that would force social media giants like Facebook and Google to pay for monetizing content from news publishers on their platforms. Facebook has […]
The New York Times claims in a new report that the Department of Justice has plans to file antitrust charges against Google within the coming weeks. The New York Times reports that the Justice Department plans to bring an antitrust case against Google within the next few weeks after Attorney General William P. Barr reportedly overruled lawyers who said they needed more time to build a case against the tech […]
Social media giant Facebook has announced plans to ban new political ads for the week leading up to Election Day on November 3. Mark Zuckerberg announced the ban along with several other changes because he fears “there could be an increased risk of civil unrest across the country.” NBC News reports that Facebook has announced plans to ban new political ads in the week leading up to Election […]
Months after announcing plans to step back from their royal duties, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have signed a multiyear production deal with Netflix. Engadget reports that British Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have signed a multiyear production deal with Netflix eight months after announcing plans to step down from their official royal duties. The pair have lived in Los […]
The sale of the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok to a U.S. company may be shut down as China rewrites a number of export rules to give itself the power to veto certain sales, ultimately giving the communist government power over the TikTok deal. The Wall Street Journal reports that the sale of the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok’s U.S. operations to an American company, such as […]
E-commerce giant Amazon has announced the launch of Amazon Halo, a health and wellness tracker that the company claims can track its users’ emotions by listening to the tone of their voice. The Wall Street Journal reports that e-commerce giant Amazon has announced its latest product, Amazon Halo, a health and wellness tracker which Amazon claims can analyze a user’s voice to track their emotions. The wristband can […]
Amazon executive Jeff Wilke, a 20-year veteran of the company, plans to retire next year, but not before completing one of his major projects — eliminating human cashiers at Whole Foods Market locations across the country. The New York Post reports that top Amazon executive Jeff Wilke plans to retire early next year after working at the e-commerce giant for over 20 years. The announcement of Wilke’s […]
According to a recent report from the Interface newsletter by Verge reporter Casey Newton, Facebook is piloting a new program that will monitor viral posts that gain millions of views to ensure that they don’t violate community standards. The Verge reporter Casey Newton reports in the newsletter the Interface that social media giant Facebook is developing a new program to fight viral misinformation on the platform. In […]
In a recent article, the New York Times outlines how a shrinking economy and the world in turmoil due to the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic has actually helped Silicon Valley tech giants to further amass their wealth and influence. In a recent article titled “Big Tech’s Domination of Business Reaches New Heights,” New York Times reporters Peter Eavis and Steve Lohr outline how Silicon Valley tech giants have benefited […]
Tech giant Apple has reportedly threatened to remove Epic Games’ access to all the development tools necessary to create software for Apple’s platforms including the Unreal Engine Epic offers to third-party developers, a move the game developer calls an “existential threat.” The threat of retaliation ratchets up the ongoing dispute between the companies sparked by the removal of Fortnite from the Apple app store. Ars Technica reports that […]
Twitter disclosed this week that a new security vulnerability could have exposed the direct messages of those who access the platform on Google Android devices. CNBC reports that the social media website Twitter disclosed a new security vulnerability this week that may have exposed the direct messages of users that access the service via Android devices. The vulnerability may have exposed the private data of platform […]
Tech giant Google has been accused of squeezing out rival search engines due to fears that it would “lose relevance” based on recently released internal emails. The Telegraph reports that tech giant Google alleged forced out rival search engines due to fears that it would “lose relevance” according to leaked internal emails. Messages between company executives suggest that the company developed its own comparison search engines for […]
Social media network Twitter disclosed on Monday that after receiving a draft complaint from the FTC, it expects to be fined as much as $250 million for collecting personal information from users for security reasons and then using the data for targeted advertising purposes. CNBC reports that social media network Twitter disclosed this week that it expects to be fined as much as $250 million for […]
Apple CEO Tim Cook recently told Congress that all app developers are treated equally in Apple’s App Store, but a report from Bloomberg alleges that Apple halved its App Store fee to get Amazon Prime Video on its mobile devices and TV set-top box. Bloomberg reports that Apple CEO Tim Cook appeared before the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel this week where he was questioned about Apple’s […]
A recent study published by the Pew Research Center states that the majority of Americans surveyed believe that social media firms wield too much power in the world of politics. 72 percent of Americans believe companies like Facebook, Google, and Twitter are too powerful, including 63 percent of Democrats. A report published in Pew Research’s blog Fact Tank reveals that the majority of Americans surveyed believe that […]
Project Veritas went undercover in 2018 to discover the internal bias of social media platform Twitter and the tactics that the company uses to suppress speech on its platform, many of which use the same internal tools used in this week major hack of some of the most prominent accounts on the entire platform. Twitter recently revealed that the accounts of 130 people on its platform […]
Cloudflare, a web infrastructure provider and content delivery network, is reportedly suffering outages resulting in major websites crashing across the internet. Multiple websites crashed worldwide today as one of the web’s most important infrastructure providers and content delivery networks, Cloudflare, suffered an outage. Cloudflare provides DNS and CDN services and powers approximately “40% of the internet.” The Cloudflare system status page stated that “the issue has […]
Following the recent hijacking of numerous high-profile Twitter accounts, security experts have begun attempting to track down the hackers behind the attack, with some believing they may have an idea who was responsible. Cybercrime journalist Brian Krebs recently published an article on his popular cybersecurity blog KrebsOnSecurity in which he attempts to track down the hackers behind the recent major security breach of Twitter and the […]
Following the recent hijacking of multiple high-profile Twitter accounts, users on the platform have begun to analyze the cyber attack and the effects it may have on the platform’s future. Twitter recently faced a major security breach as the accounts of multiple high-profile individuals and companies were hijacked, including Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, Former President Barack Obama, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, and the […]
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk claims that his new Neuralink brain-computer interface could cure depression and addiction. The Independent reports that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk claims that his new brain-computer chip startup company, Neuralink, will be able to cure mental issues such as depression and addiction. Musk founded Neuralink in 2016 after receiving $158 million in funding and claimed in a 2019 presentation […]
Jeff Bezos’ e-commerce giant Amazon has reportedly instructed all employees to delete the Chinese-owned video app TikTok from their cellphones over “security risks,” according to a company email. Employees that do not remove TikTok will lose the ability to access their Amazon email via their smartphone. The New York Times reports that e-commerce giant Amazon has instructed its employees to delete the Chinese-owned video and social media […]
In a recent blog post, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg promised that the company would get “better and faster” at censoring what it considers hate speech across its platforms. The Hill reports that Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg promised in a recent blog post that the social media giant would “get better and faster” at identifying and censoring what it considers hate speech across its various platforms.Sandberg wrote […]
A recent report from Fast Company describes how two black employees at social media platform Pinterest have gone public with stories of pay disparity and discrimination which they believe reveals a wider issue of “pay leveling” across Silicon Valley. A report from Fast Company titled “Discrimination charges at Pinterest reveal a hidden Silicon Valley hiring problem,” outlines how two black employees at social platform Pinterest have […]
The Federal Communication Commission has officially declared Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE “national security threats,” meaning the companies will no longer have access to federal funds to buy and install their equipment. TechCrunch reports that the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) had officially declared the Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE to be “national security threats.” This move by the FCC guarantees that the telecoms companies […]
Social media giant Facebook announced this week that it will be introducing a warning for users if they attempt to share content that is more than 90 days old. Techcrunch reports that Facebook recently announced that it would be introducing a notification screen warning for users if they try to share content that is more than 90 days old. The users will be given the choice […]
A federal grand jury has returned a second superseding indictment of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange with offenses related to Assange’s alleged role in one of the biggest compromises of classified information in U.S. history. The new indictment does not add charges against Assange, but broadens the scope of conspiracy of Assange’s alleged computer crimes against the government. A recent release from the Department of Justice states […]
More than 1,000 tech professionals have published a public letter criticizing a forthcoming paper which describes the development of a facial-recognition system that claims that it can predict if someone is likely to commit a crime. The New York Post reports that earlier this week, a group over more than 1,000 tech professionals, including many working in artificial intelligence and machine learning, published an open letter criticizing […]