Science, Technology, and Social Media

Facebook Purges Epoch Times’ Pro-Trump Ads, Bans Outlet From Future Advertisements

Facebook banned The Epoch Times from buying advertisements after reports showed the outlet used sock puppet accounts to purchase a…

7 years ago

SpaceX Aborts Test of Starhopper Rocket … again

Update: SpaceX scrubbed the launch at T-0. Private space firm SpaceX scheduled a test of its Starhopper rocket test ship…

7 years ago

Exoplanets Could Have Better Life-Hosting Environments Than Earth: Scientist

A new study suggests that planets identified beyond our solar system may have more favorable conditions for sustaining life than…

7 years ago

Owner Of Twitter Account That Falsely Said Olive Garden Funds Trump Said She Was Hacked

The California community college professor whose Twitter account falsely said Olive Garden is financing President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign said…

7 years ago

The Internet Will Never Be Safe—and That’s Just Fine

We’re a long way from the halcyon days of the early internet, when the promise of a decentralized digital communications…

7 years ago

‘Tech Witch Hunt’: Here’s How 20 Or More States Plan To Take On Big Tech

More than 20 states could take on bipartisan efforts to initiate an antitrust investigation into big tech companies. The investigation…

7 years ago

What Could Go Wrong? Trump Admin Considering Using Amazon Echo, Apple Watch to Determine If Citizens Should Own Guns

The Trump administration is considering a proposal that would use Google, Amazon and Apple to collect data on users who…

7 years ago

Tech Is Fueling the Hong Kong Movement. An Insider Told Us How, and Why It’s a Huge Step for Freedom

Over the past two months, Hong Kong has roared into global headlines. Its seven million citizens have increasingly taken to…

7 years ago

United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches GPS III Satellite for U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., (Aug. 22, 2019) – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the…

7 years ago

Sen. Hawley Calls Facebook’s Conservative Bias Audit A ‘Smokescreen’

Facebook’s critics were not persuaded after the company revealed its long-awaited audit Tuesday into whether the Silicon Valley giant is…

7 years ago