Science, Technology, and Social Media

Facebook To Shut Down Facial Recognition System, Delete Scans Of 1 Billion People

Facebook announced Tuesday it was shutting down its Face Recognition system and deleting the scans of over one billion people’s…

5 years ago

Yahoo Ending Operations In China Due To ‘Challenging’ Environment

Tech giant Yahoo will no longer conduct any business in China due to a challenging regulatory environment, the company announced…

5 years ago

NEWSPEAK: Twitter Rolls Out ‘Pre-Bunk’ Feature to Counter Climate Change Skepticism

Twitter announced Monday that it would introduce a feature to combat climate change skepticism and promote “authoritative information”. The so-called…

5 years ago

New York Times Hits YouTube For ‘Arbitrary’ Censorship After Left Wing Channel Gets Removed

Ohhhh. NOW the New York Times cares about YouTube's "arbitrarily enforced rules" and censorship. Not when it happened to the…

5 years ago

Facebook Lobbyists Are Being Ignored And Banned From Lawmakers’ Offices

Facebook lobbyists are struggling to meet with lawmakers, Politico reported, as the tech giant faces congressional scrutiny and negative press…

5 years ago

Facebook Changes Its Name To ‘Meta’

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday the tech giant was changing its name to “Meta.” Zuckerberg announced the name…

5 years ago

The U.S. Army Models Future Robots on Squirrels

Scientists have taken an extraordinary step at the University of California at Berkeley: testing new robots for the US Army…

5 years ago

Facebook Under Investigation Over Leaked Documents

Facebook is being investigated over leaked company documents and allegations by a former employee, according to financial filings. The company’s…

5 years ago

Amazon Signs Cloud Computing Deal With British Spy Community: REPORT

Amazon Web Services (AWS) reportedly entered into a deal to provide cloud computing services to the three intelligence agencies in…

5 years ago

Facebook Employees Wanted to, Likely Did, Suppress Conservative, but Not Liberal News Sites

Leaked communications from internal Facebook message boards show the tech company’s employees pushed to kick right-wing news sites off Facebook’s…

5 years ago