Science, Technology, and Social Media

UK Seeks To Protect Children On Social Media By Banning Likes

The United Kingdom is taking steps to protect children’s privacy on social media by banning ‘nudge tactics’ which encourage users…

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Women’s March Launches Petition To Ban Trump From Twitter And Facebook

Left-wing activist group Women’s March on Saturday launched a petition demanding Twitter and Facebook ban President Donald Trump from their…

7 years ago

Facebook Shakes Up Board, Dings Exec Who Once Threatened Peter Thiel For Supporting Trump

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings will not be renominated to Facebook’s board of directors when the members meet in May for…

7 years ago

Hacker Group Possibly Based In Ukraine Posts Info Of More Than One Thousand Law Officers |

A hacker group believed to be based in Ukraine has uploaded more than one thousand U.S. law officers’ personal information,…

7 years ago

Bureau of Prisons Tests Micro-Jamming Technology in South Carolina Prison to Prevent Contraband Cell Phones

This week, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) conducted a pilot test of micro-jamming technology at the Broad River Correctional…

7 years ago

Here’s What Conservatives Tech Groups Are Saying About Trump’s Big 5G Push

Conservative tech groups are cheering President Donald Trump’s move to dramatically expand fifth-generation development despite calls to nationalize the technology.…

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Watch: SpaceX Launches ArabSat-6A on Falcon Heavy Rocket

On Thursday, April 11 at 6:35 p.m. EDT, Falcon Heavy launched the Arabsat-6A satellite from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at…

7 years ago

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…

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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…

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