Science, Technology, and Social Media

YouTube Censors Video Revealing Anti-Semitism At UNC And Duke Conference

Political filmmaker Ami Horowitz tweeted Thursday that YouTube had banned his video displaying several examples of anti-Semitism at a University of…

7 years ago

Amazon Workers Record and Share What You Say Around Alexa: Report

Reports from Amazon employees reveal that Amazon employees are listening and recording conversations spoken after waking Alexa in the homes…

7 years ago

Twitter’s Algorithm Goes Haywire, Inadvertently Gives New York Times A Trumpian Nickname

Twitter’s algorithm suffered a glitch Wednesday that directed users to the The New York Times’ account when they composed a…

7 years ago

Twitter Punts After Being Asked Whether It Will Submit To An Independent Political Bias Audit

A Twitter executive appeared to punt after Republican Sen. Josh Hawley asked him Wednesday during a congressional testimony whether the…

7 years ago

Watch Live: SpaceX To Use Falcon Heavy Rocket in First Commercial Launch

Elon Musk's private space company has scheduled the second Falcon Heavy Rocket launch and this time, they're getting paid to…

7 years ago

Chinese College Students Busted For Allegedly Conning Apple Out Of Almost $1 Million

Two Oregon college students from China have been charged for conning Apple out of almost $1 million by returning hundreds…

7 years ago

United Launch Alliance Plans Purpose-Built Vulcan Centaur for National Security Space Missions in 2021

First Flight Hardware Being Manufactured and Launch on Track for 2021Centennial, Colo. (April 8, 2019) – Today, United Launch Alliance…

7 years ago

New Zealand Official Accuses ‘Morally Bankrupt’ Facebook Of Promoting Genocide

A New Zealand  public official accused Facebook Sunday of enabling a genocide in Myanmar as the Silicon Valley giant struggles…

7 years ago

Twitter Backs Off Partnership With SPLC Amid Bombshell Reports. Amazon Stays Silent

Twitter appears to be one of the only big tech companies to back out of an alliance with the Southern…

7 years ago

Google Dings AI Ethics Panel After Employees Throw A Fit Over Conservative Member

Google announced Thursday night that the company will be dissolving an artificial intelligence ethics panel following internal backlash from employees…

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