Science, Technology, and Social Media

Here’s Why California Is One Of The Few States Staying Mum On Probes Targeting Big Tech

California is one of two states not to publicly announce an antitrust investigation into some of the largest big tech…

7 years ago

Texas AG Ken Paxton Leads The Way On Google Antitrust Investigation: ‘It’s Creating National Interest’

A total of 50 attorneys general from across the U.S. have signed onto a probe into Google and its potential…

7 years ago

Apple’s Labor Practices To Build New iPhones Violated Even Chinese Standards

Apple and its manufacturing partner, Foxconn, violated Chinese labor rules by hiring temporary workers to produce its latest iPhone model,…

7 years ago

New York Attorney General Leads Eight State Coalition To Open Antitrust Probe Into Facebook

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Friday morning an eight-state coalition to open an investigation into Facebook that will…

7 years ago

Facebook Integrates Instagram into First of a Kind Dating App

Facebook officially launched its new dating feature, Facebook Dating, in the United States on Thursday. The tech giant says the…

7 years ago

Thieves Used Voice-Mimicking Software To Pull Off An Incredible Heist, Raising Concerns About Deepfakes

Thieves used voice-mimicking software to dupe a company’s employees into putting hundreds of thousands of dollars into a secret account,…

7 years ago

What Could Go Wrong? Facebook, Twitter, Google, Microsoft Meet With Intel Agencies To Prep For 2020

Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft met with U.S. intelligence in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to discuss plans to avoid the…

7 years ago

Google To Pay $170 Million To Settle FTC YouTube Investigation

Google agreed to pay a record $170 million fine Wednesday to settle an investigation into YouTube by the Federal Trade…

7 years ago

‘He Hurt A Lot Of People’: Ron Wyden Floats Putting Mark Zuckerberg In Prison For Facebook’s Alleged Privacy Violations

Sen. Ron Wyden is floating the possibility that imprisoning Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg might be the best way to hold…

7 years ago

The brain, the criminal and the courts

By Eryn Brown, Knowable Magazine On March 30, 1981, 25-year-old  shot President Ronald Reagan and three other people. The following…

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