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New Zealand Says Google Broke the Law by Naming Suspect in Grace Millane Murder Case

Government officials in New Zealand are angry and considering their legal options after Google sent newsletter subscribers information about a murder case last year. The information, including the name and photo of the 27-year-old man accused of the murder, is currently banned from publication in New Zealand, a common practice in some countries where the…

Tech News Matt Novak Jul 3

Trump Invites Consortium of Conservative Internet Trolls to The White House for ‘Social Media Summit’

As a part of President Donald Trump’s latest crusade promoting his misleading and misguided theories that social media companies are discriminating against conservatives, the White House is hosting a “social media summit” that will assemble several conservative voices. Trump has been seething about social media since August 2018 when he first sent out a tweetstorm…

Politics Jennings Brown Jul 2

U.S. Concentration Camp Guards Promise Investigation Into Hateful Facebook Posts

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced on Monday that it will investigate the shocking Facebook posts of some employees, the same employees who oversee the vast network of concentration camps that have been described by independent observers as “torture facilities” at the U.S.-Mexico border. CBP is under fire after it was revealed by ProPublica…

Tech News Matt Novak Jul 2

Twitter Racist Who Allegedly Sent Death Threats to Muslim Lawyer Now Facing Federal Charges

After allegedly sending a death threat to a Muslim lawyer on Twitter last year, a North Carolina man is facing federal felony charges of issuing a threat via interstate commerce that could land him in prison for up to five years, the New York Times reported on Monday. According to the Times, the charges stem…

Tech News Tom McKay Jul 2

Report: Parents of Child YouTubers Worry Getting Pushed to YouTube Kids Will Make Them Less Money

Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that YouTube was considering some drastic measures in response to growing criticism over its impact on children—which has included everything from a federal investigation into whether it illegally tracked kids to controversies over disturbing content aimed at children and the site’s use by pedophiles. Measures being considered…

Tech News Tom McKay Jun 27

New Emails Reveal How the Trump Regime Creates Twitter Propaganda to Excuse the Migrant Baby Jails

On May 31, 2018, the Twitter account for Tyler Q. Houlton, former press secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, sent out a tweet lecturing Senator Dianne Feinstein of California about the Trump regime’s immigration policies. The DHS tweet was shocking for its aggressive nature, but newly released emails reveal that the tweet wasn’t just…

Politics Matt Novak Jun 26

Ravelry Bans Users Who Publicly Support the Trump Regime and the President’s White Supremacist Ideology

Ravelry, a knitting and crocheting community with over 8 million registered members, announced over the weekend that it was banning support of the Trump regime. Anyone expressing support for President Donald Trump on the website will be banned, but project data for those users will not be deleted. Ravelry specifically called out the Trump regime’s…

Tech News Matt Novak Jun 24

How to Schedule Your Messages, Emails, and Tweets to Go at Any Time

Thanks to the internet and all the apps and services that run on top of it, we can now ping someone on the other side of the world instantly—but that person doesn’t necessarily want to hear from you in the middle of the night. The same goes for social media sharing, because the time when…

Gadgets David Nield Jun 21

Fire at Oil Refinery in South Philadelphia Causes Massive Explosions

A massive fire rocked an oil refinery in South Philadelphia early Friday morning, causing explosions that could be felt as far away as New Jersey, according to early news reports. No evacuations have been issued for the area, but those in neighborhoods near the blaze were ordered to shelter in place. The fire started at…

Tech News Matt Novak Jun 21

President Trump’s Designated Protest Zones Are the Perfect Analogy for ‘Censorship’ on Social Media

President Donald Trump has often complained that America’s largest social media companies, like Facebook and Twitter, are censoring conservative voices. But even if they were, the First Amendment doesn’t apply to social media companies, and a video from President Trump’s latest rally in Florida shows that he (or, at least someone in his campaign) understands…

Social Media Matt Novak Jun 20

Senate Banking Committee Schedules Hearing on Facebook’s Massive Cryptocurrency Project

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee is set to scrutinize Facebook’s cryptocurrency ambitions at a hearing set for July 16, Reuters reported on Wednesday, in yet another sign that legislators are extremely wary (to put it mildly) of the company’s shift into global financial services. According to Reuters, the hearing will “explore” the Libra project “as…

Social Media Tom McKay Jun 19

Facebook Announces Libra, Digital Currency on the Blockchain That Doesn’t Actually Need to Be on the Blockchain

Facebook and 27 other partner companies formally announced this morning they plan to launch a digital currency called Libra in the first half of 2020. And if they pull it off, Libra could become the standard digital currency around the world. Facebook describes Libra as being “powered by blockchain,” though it’s not clear why the…

Social Media Matt Novak Jun 18

Neo-Nazi Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison For Sharing Video of Mosque Massacre and Calling it ‘Awesome’

Philip Arps was sentenced in a New Zealand court today for sharing video of the Christchurch massacre, a terrorist attack on two mosques that killed 51 people on March 15. Arps, who has compared himself favorably to Adolf Hitler’s deputy Rudolf Hess, pleaded guilty to two counts of sharing the video and received a sentence…

Tech News Matt Novak Jun 18

Hundreds of Current and Former Law Enforcement Officers Reportedly Found in Extremist Facebook Groups

Hundreds of current and former police officers and other law enforcement personnel are members of “Confederate, anti-Islam, misogynistic or anti-government militia groups” on Facebook, according to an investigation by the U.S. Center for Investigative Reporting’s Reveal News posted on Friday. Reveal’s data is from prior to mid-2018, when Facebook removed a function that allowed downloading…

Social Media Tom McKay Jun 15

Facebook Will Now Rank Your Comments So Its Dumbass Website Can Be ‘More Meaningful’

Facebook is a disease, but it’s still trying to be “more meaningful.” Two reports on Friday gave us fresh reminders of why Facebook is a detriment to society. First, Intercept reported that—despite Mark Zuckerberg’s repeated insistence that his company has a moral and professional obligation to protect users’ privacy—Facebook’s lawyers argued to a California judge…

Social Media Jennings Brown Jun 14

Accused Terrorist Shocks New Zealand Courtroom With Not Guilty Plea For 51 Murders Livestreamed on Facebook

The white supremacist accused of killing 51 people and livestreaming the carnage on Facebook has pleaded not guilty in a Christchurch, New Zealand court today. The courtroom was filled with friends and family of the victims who reacted with gasps as the plea was entered, according to the New Zealand Herald. Brenton Tarrant faces 92…

Social Media Matt Novak Jun 14

Facebook Worried About Mark Zuckerberg’s Old Emails in FTC Privacy Probe

Employees within Facebook have dug up “emails that appear to connect Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to potentially problematic privacy practices” in the course of responding to a Federal Trade Commission investigation, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing “people familiar with the matter.” The Journal was not able to review the emails directly, but…

Social Media Tom McKay Jun 12

Fortnite’s Creator Just Gave Us a Good Reason to Take It Seriously as a Social Media Company

Even if the days of your youth are long past, chances are you know Fortnite and that flossing dance are popular with the kids. Building on that success, Epic Games—the company behind Fortnite and creator of Unreal Engine—just acquired Houseparty, a social video app popular with teens. How does Houseparty work? Basically, it’s sort of…

Tech News Victoria Song Jun 12

Meet the Deepfake Zuck, Same as the Flesh Zuck

Mark Zuckerberg may be famed for looking and acting like a (slightly damp) synthetic being trying to infiltrate human society, but a team of artists working with advertising company Canny appears to built a software version of the Facebook CEO that could one day threaten to make hardware Zuckerberg obsolete. The artists in question, Bill…

Social Media Tom McKay Jun 11

Facebook Is Betting People Are Still Hungry For Another Heaping Ladle of Portal

Facebook isn’t done with its spiffy new Portal video phones. You know, the ones which got largely favorable reviews, but are virtually impossible to fully trust, given they came out after months (years, really) of massive privacy scandals for the globe-spanning social media giant and are totally capable of spying on their owners for advertising…

Social Media Tom McKay Jun 11

New Zealand Says Google Broke the Law by Naming Suspect in Grace Millane Murder Case

Trump Invites Consortium of Conservative Internet Trolls to The White House for ‘Social Media Summit’

U.S. Concentration Camp Guards Promise Investigation Into Hateful Facebook Posts

Twitter Racist Who Allegedly Sent Death Threats to Muslim Lawyer Now Facing Federal Charges

Report: Parents of Child YouTubers Worry Getting Pushed to YouTube Kids Will Make Them Less Money

New Emails Reveal How the Trump Regime Creates Twitter Propaganda to Excuse the Migrant Baby Jails

Ravelry Bans Users Who Publicly Support the Trump Regime and the President’s White Supremacist Ideology

How to Schedule Your Messages, Emails, and Tweets to Go at Any Time

Fire at Oil Refinery in South Philadelphia Causes Massive Explosions

President Trump’s Designated Protest Zones Are the Perfect Analogy for ‘Censorship’ on Social Media

Senate Banking Committee Schedules Hearing on Facebook’s Massive Cryptocurrency Project

Facebook Announces Libra, Digital Currency on the Blockchain That Doesn’t Actually Need to Be on the Blockchain

Neo-Nazi Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison For Sharing Video of Mosque Massacre and Calling it ‘Awesome’

Hundreds of Current and Former Law Enforcement Officers Reportedly Found in Extremist Facebook Groups

Facebook Will Now Rank Your Comments So Its Dumbass Website Can Be ‘More Meaningful’

Accused Terrorist Shocks New Zealand Courtroom With Not Guilty Plea For 51 Murders Livestreamed on Facebook

Facebook Worried About Mark Zuckerberg’s Old Emails in FTC Privacy Probe

Fortnite’s Creator Just Gave Us a Good Reason to Take It Seriously as a Social Media Company

Meet the Deepfake Zuck, Same as the Flesh Zuck

Facebook Is Betting People Are Still Hungry For Another Heaping Ladle of Portal

YouTube Premium Jacks Up Prices for the First Time in Years

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Amazon eero 7 Wi-Fi 7 Router 2-Pack Hits a Record Low, Around 1.5x Cheaper Per Unit Than a Single Pack

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New Zealand Says Google Broke the Law by Naming Suspect in Grace Millane Murder Case

Trump Invites Consortium of Conservative Internet Trolls to The White House for ‘Social Media Summit’

U.S. Concentration Camp Guards Promise Investigation Into Hateful Facebook Posts

Twitter Racist Who Allegedly Sent Death Threats to Muslim Lawyer Now Facing Federal Charges

Report: Parents of Child YouTubers Worry Getting Pushed to YouTube Kids Will Make Them Less Money

New Emails Reveal How the Trump Regime Creates Twitter Propaganda to Excuse the Migrant Baby Jails

Ravelry Bans Users Who Publicly Support the Trump Regime and the President’s White Supremacist Ideology

How to Schedule Your Messages, Emails, and Tweets to Go at Any Time

Fire at Oil Refinery in South Philadelphia Causes Massive Explosions

President Trump’s Designated Protest Zones Are the Perfect Analogy for ‘Censorship’ on Social Media

Senate Banking Committee Schedules Hearing on Facebook’s Massive Cryptocurrency Project

Facebook Announces Libra, Digital Currency on the Blockchain That Doesn’t Actually Need to Be on the Blockchain

Neo-Nazi Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison For Sharing Video of Mosque Massacre and Calling it ‘Awesome’

Hundreds of Current and Former Law Enforcement Officers Reportedly Found in Extremist Facebook Groups

Facebook Will Now Rank Your Comments So Its Dumbass Website Can Be ‘More Meaningful’

Accused Terrorist Shocks New Zealand Courtroom With Not Guilty Plea For 51 Murders Livestreamed on Facebook

Facebook Worried About Mark Zuckerberg’s Old Emails in FTC Privacy Probe

Fortnite’s Creator Just Gave Us a Good Reason to Take It Seriously as a Social Media Company

Meet the Deepfake Zuck, Same as the Flesh Zuck

Facebook Is Betting People Are Still Hungry For Another Heaping Ladle of Portal

YouTube Premium Jacks Up Prices for the First Time in Years

‘For All Mankind’ Just Had Its Biggest Moment Yet

Artemis 2 Is Coming in Hot Today—Here Are the 4 Critical Phases to Watch

Amazon eero 7 Wi-Fi 7 Router 2-Pack Hits a Record Low, Around 1.5x Cheaper Per Unit Than a Single Pack

Scientist Spots New Meteor Shower Linked to a Disintegrating Asteroid

PC Industry in Dire Straits, ‘Asking You to Own Nothing and Be Happy,’ Says Framework CEO

Meta Is Upgrading One of the Worst Parts of Its Smart Glasses

Amazon Clears Out Waterpik Aquarius Water Flosser at 40% Off After 20K+ Units Sold, With Stock Running Low

Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real

Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 Review: Almost Better than My Ecobee

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

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