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Trump Comments on Antitrust Investigation of Big Tech Fail to Conceal True Motive of Pure Revenge

President Donald Trump suggested this morning that Attorney General Bill Barr might go after the big tech companies, seeming to confirm rumors that the U.S. Justice Department would soon launch an onslaught against Silicon Valley. The DOJ is reportedly thinking about an antitrust investigation of Google but Trump’s comments today hint that “antitrust” might be…

Tech News Matt Novak

White House Office Requests 2-Year Delay on Huawei Ban For Federal Contractors

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has requested that Congress delay the ban on federal contractors using Huawei equipment. The ban, part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), will prohibit contractors for the federal government from using Huawei equipment over concerns that the company’s tech could be used to spy on…

Tech News Matt Novak

Report: Google News Does Not Have an Anti-Conservative Bias So Much as a Pro-Credible Source One

It’s pretty much conservative dogma at this point: Silicon Valley is secretly discriminating against Republicans and conspiring to push left-wing propaganda on everyone! Donald Trump throws out unsubstantiated bile on the topic left and right, while Republicans in Congress and right-wing media parrot it nonstop. That’s all been despite a lack of any credible evidence…

Tech News Tom McKay

Google Says Huawei Ban Threatens US National Security by Forcing Chinese Tech Giant to Create Insecure OS: Report

Google is warning the U.S. government that its ban on Chinese tech giant Huawei actually puts America’s national security at risk by forcing Huawei to produce an insecure operating system that could be exploited by bad actors, both governments and lone hackers alike. That’s the claim in a new report by the Financial Times, providing…

Tech News Matt Novak

Trump’s Misguided Ban on Federal Fetal-Tissue Research Can Only Hurt Science

The Trump administration is halting fetal tissue research by government scientists and placing new restrictions on how the National Institutes of Health issues grants to academic researchers. The move is meant to appease the president’s anti-choice political base, but the measures are a serious blow to medical science. On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced that…

Health George Dvorsky

Trump Both Sides-es Climate Change

There are many things where there are two (or more!) sides to the story. Nazis is not one of them. Neither is climate change. And yet, here we are. On Wednesday, noted Donald Trump butt muncher Piers Morgan interviewed, well, Donald Trump. To Morgan’s credit, he asked Trump once again about his climate change views.…

Climate Change Brian Kahn

President Trump Tells Americans to Boycott AT&T During Unhinged Twitter Rant

President Donald Trump sent a barrage of strange tweets during his flight to the UK overnight, but one of the weirdest tweets instructed Americans to stop using and subscribing to AT&T’s services. CNN, which the president hates because the network will sometimes accurately describe his crimes, is owned by AT&T. “I believe that if people…

Tech News Matt Novak

China Creates ‘Unreliable Entity List’ of Foreign Companies Following U.S. Ban on Huawei

The Chinese government announced on Friday that it would create an “Unreliable Entity List” of foreign companies and individuals that threaten the interests of Chinese companies. The move appears to be direct retaliation for Huawei’s placement on the U.S. Commerce Department “Entity List” that effectively bans the sale of Huawei products in the U.S., though…

Tech News Matt Novak

President Trump Thinks the Navy Is Trying Too Hard

Donald Trump did a bizarre thing aboard the USS Wasp on Tuesday. After wishing the sailors “a very Happy Memorial Day,” the President conducted an impromptu poll, asking the crowd who preferred steam-powered catapult systems and who preferred electric. Steam won out in the poll, and now, Trump says he’s going to order old-fashioned steam…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Trump Climate Advisor Compared ‘Demonization of Carbon Dioxide’ to Hitler’s Treatment of Jews in Bizarre Interview

The New York Times published a shocking article over the Memorial Day long weekend about the Trump regime’s dangerous policies on climate change. But one quote in the article really stuck out: “The demonization of carbon dioxide is just like the demonization of the poor Jews under Hitler,” said the physicist, William Happer, who serves…

Climate Change Matt Novak

Facebook Scrambles for a Middle Ground on Misleading Video of Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi, the 79-year-old speaker of the House of Representatives, has been a frequent target for President Donald Trump and his political allies. This week, she became the subject of an unusual viral video intentionally slowed down to create the impression of slurred speech, which proliferated across Facebook and other social media platforms with the…

Social Media Avery Ellis

It’s Been a Volatile Week for NASA’s 2024 Moon Landing Program

It’s been a week of ups and downs for NASA’s Moon landing program, as the agency has awarded its first contract for its Lunar Gateway while facing both financial and personnel setbacks. The Artemis program, as it’s now called, seeks to return American men and women to the Moon by 2024. Vice President Mike Pence…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Bullshit Viral Videos of Nancy Pelosi Show Fake Content Doesn’t Have to Be a Deepfake

Two videos of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have gone viral over the past 24 hours, raising ethical questions about the use of editing on social media. President Donald Trump even shared one of the videos last night, calling it “PELOSI STAMMERS THROUGH NEWS CONFERENCE.” But only one of the videos is truly “fake” and surprisingly…

Tech News Matt Novak

U.S. Considers Export Ban on Surveillance Company That Helps Send Muslims to China’s Concentration Camps: Report

The U.S. government is considering a tech export ban that would target Hikvision, a Chinese video surveillance company that’s been instrumental in sending anywhere from 1 million to 3 million Muslims into China’s network of secretive concentration camps, according to a new report from the New York Times. Under the proposed ban, Hikvision would be…

Privacy & Security Matt Novak

Google to Provide Huawei Software and Security Updates For 90 Days

Google will temporarily continue to work with Huawei for the next 90 days after being effectively forced to cut business ties with the Chinese tech giant over the weekend in the wake of an American ban. Google’s action comes after the U.S. Commerce Department granted a 90-day license on Monday for any tech companies that…

Tech News Matt Novak

Google, Intel, and Qualcomm to Stop Supplying Huawei After Trump Regime Blacklists Chinese Tech Giant

Several major tech hardware companies will no longer supply Chinese tech giant Huawei with the parts it needs to manufacture smartphones and other electronics, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The list of companies that will no longer supply Huawei with semiconductors and chips reportedly includes Intel, Broadcom, Qualcomm, Xilinx, and Infineon so far.…

Tech News Matt Novak

This Robot Gardener from the 1960s Looks Like a Techno-Utopian Version of the Apocalypse

When people of the 1950s and 60s imagined the robot lawnmowers of the future, they were generally pretty small and cute. But not this guy. The May 6, 1962 edition of the Sunday comic strip “Closer Than We Think” pictured the most enormous and frankly terrifying robot gardener of all time. Illustrated by Arthur Radebaugh,…

Tech News Matt Novak

Trump Admin Creates Web Portal for Supporters to Complain About Getting Banned on Social Media

Donald Trump has made absolutely no secret of his feelings on free speech: He hates it when it’s not servile paeans to him and his agenda. He’s called for opening up “libel laws” to make it easier to sue journalistic outfits, issued (empty) threats to revoke the broadcast licenses of TV outlets that embarrass him,…

Tech News Tom McKay

White House Refuses to Support ‘Christchurch Call’ That Condemns Extremism Online, Releases Absolutely Bonkers Statement

The White House has declined to endorse a non-binding response condemning the spread of hate speech and terrorist radicalization on social media. The response, dubbed the “Christchurch Call,” was written in the wake of the terrorist attacks that killed 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand and livestreamed on Facebook. The White House’s reasoning…

Politics Matt Novak

Report: Trump Expected to Sign Order That Could Bar US Firms From Buying Huawei Telecom Gear

Amid a U.S.-China trade war that, after brief signs of abatement, now seems headed off the rails and continued assertions by U.S. intelligence agencies that Chinese tech giant Huawei poses a national security risk, Donald Trump is poised to sign an executive order that could bar telecommunications companies from buying its equipment, Reuters reported on…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay

Trump Comments on Antitrust Investigation of Big Tech Fail to Conceal True Motive of Pure Revenge

White House Office Requests 2-Year Delay on Huawei Ban For Federal Contractors

Report: Google News Does Not Have an Anti-Conservative Bias So Much as a Pro-Credible Source One

Google Says Huawei Ban Threatens US National Security by Forcing Chinese Tech Giant to Create Insecure OS: Report

Trump’s Misguided Ban on Federal Fetal-Tissue Research Can Only Hurt Science

Trump Both Sides-es Climate Change

President Trump Tells Americans to Boycott AT&T During Unhinged Twitter Rant

China Creates ‘Unreliable Entity List’ of Foreign Companies Following U.S. Ban on Huawei

President Trump Thinks the Navy Is Trying Too Hard

Trump Climate Advisor Compared ‘Demonization of Carbon Dioxide’ to Hitler’s Treatment of Jews in Bizarre Interview

Facebook Scrambles for a Middle Ground on Misleading Video of Nancy Pelosi

It’s Been a Volatile Week for NASA’s 2024 Moon Landing Program

Bullshit Viral Videos of Nancy Pelosi Show Fake Content Doesn’t Have to Be a Deepfake

U.S. Considers Export Ban on Surveillance Company That Helps Send Muslims to China’s Concentration Camps: Report

Google to Provide Huawei Software and Security Updates For 90 Days

Google, Intel, and Qualcomm to Stop Supplying Huawei After Trump Regime Blacklists Chinese Tech Giant

This Robot Gardener from the 1960s Looks Like a Techno-Utopian Version of the Apocalypse

Trump Admin Creates Web Portal for Supporters to Complain About Getting Banned on Social Media

White House Refuses to Support ‘Christchurch Call’ That Condemns Extremism Online, Releases Absolutely Bonkers Statement

Report: Trump Expected to Sign Order That Could Bar US Firms From Buying Huawei Telecom Gear

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What Do You Mean Fox McCloud Is in the ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Movie

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Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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