Apple is building a $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas, as well as three more smaller satellite locations on the west coast. The Austin campus is expected to employ 5,000 people working in engineering, research and development, operations, finance, sales, and computer support, the Associated Press reported. The Texas city is already the second largest […]
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OPINION: It’s Time to Take Back Your Data from Google and Facebook’s Server Farms by Giri Sreenivas…
In April 2004, the Chinese journalist Shi Tao revealed an order from the Communist party to censor coverage of the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Journalists were instructed to “direct public opinion” and uphold party doctrine in their reporting. Hoping to inform others of the censorship, Tao shared notes he had taken on […]
China Bans the Sale of Nearly All iPhone Models for ‘Violating Patents’…
American chip supplier Qualcomm Inc on Monday said it had won a preliminary order from a Chinese court to ban the import and sale of several Apple Inc iPhone models in China due to patent violations. The preliminary order affects all of the iPhone models from the iPhone 6S to the iPhone X which are […]
Children Who Are Spending 7 or More Hours on Smartphones or Tablets Brains Are Changing, Risking Lower IQs and Declining Memory, Cognitive Function…
Children who use screens for seven hours or more a day are showing signs that their brain cortex is thinning prematurely. The findings show that children are at risk of deteriorating memory function, perception skills and cognitive abilities, according to new major US study. The ongoing $300 million (£236mn) research is funded by the National […]
China’s Huawei CFO Freed on Bail…
A Vancouver judge on Tuesday ruled that an executive of a Chinese tech firm accused of violating U.S. sanctions with Iran will be granted bail, according to media reports. Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was arrested on Dec. 1 in Canada at the request of the U.S. As a condition of her bail she will have […]
Jim Jordan Questions Google CEO About Specific Example of Overt Political Bias from Executive…
According to an email chain between Google executives obtained by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson and Breitbart News, Google’s Multicultural Marketing development head Eliana Murillo sent out an email November 9th, 2016, detailing how Google had “supported partners like Voto Latino to pay for rides to the polls in key states,” which she characterized as a […]
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Huawei Executive Requests Bail in Canada, Pending Extradition to U.S…
The issues appear multifaceted. In a Canadian court lawyers for Chinese company Huawei CFO, Meng Wanzhou, are arguing for bail while she awaits extradition to the United States for violations on Iran sanctions. There’s an element to this entire story that appears suspicious. President Trump was intentionally kept out of the loop; and that reality […]
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The Business of Selling Your Location…
A New York Times investigation has found that the information being collected about us through apps on our smartphones is far more extensive than most of us imagine — or are aware we have consented to…
Google Plus to Shutdown Early After Discovery of New Bug Affecting 52.5 Million Users…
Google on Monday revealed that it had discovered a new software bug that briefly exposed nonpublic information for more than 50 million users of its Google Plus network. The discovery has prompted the internet giant to expedite the closure of its little-used social media platform, a decision Google announced in October when it revealed an […]
The Creepy Line: A New Documentary on the Power of Tech Giants…
The Creepy Line, a new documentary by director M.A. Taylor, is now streaming at Amazon Prime. It provides an interesting and revealing look at how Google and Facebook influence their users’ view of the world, and how the users we often presume to be the customers of these companies aren’t really the customers. The users […]
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REPORT: Chinese Huawei CFO Arrest – John Bolton Knew Arrest Imminent, President Trump Did Not?…
If the latest reports are accurate, this is *not* good. Remember, there are trillions at stake and Wall Street has spent hundreds-of-million on behalf of multinational interests lobbying to keep the current status with China unchanged. There’s a deep financial motive within this dynamic to stop President Trump from resetting the trade relationship with China. […]
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Facebook Struck Secret Deals to Sell Preferential User Data; Used VPN App to Spy on Competitors…
A top UK lawmaker said on Wednesday that Facebook maintained secretive “whitelisting agreements” with select companies that would give them preferential access to vast amounts of user data, after the parliamentary committee released documents which had been sealed by a California court, reports Bloomberg. The documents – obtained in a sealed California lawsuit and leaked […]
Internal Documents Show Facebook Has Never Deserved Our Trust or Our Data…
The question Mark Zuckerberg has been asked ad nauseum—after each and every new scandal that has affected Facebook—is “why should users trust Facebook with their data?” It’s been asked by members of Congress, rhetorically by journalists in dozens of thinkpieces, and directly to Zuckerberg in most recent press calls. Zuckerberg has been forced to contritely […]
Not Lovin’ It — Researchers Find Feces on Every McDonald’s Touchscreen Tested…
A study recently conducted by researchers at London Metropolitan University found that touchscreens used by customers at multiple McDonald’s locations were covered in fecal bacteria. Dr. Paul Matawele, one of the lead researchers in the study, explained that the spread of this bacteria could lead to serious infections. “We were all surprised how much gut […]
The Guardian’s Reputation in Tatters After Forger Revealed to Have Co-Authored Assange Smear…
Regular followers of WikiLeaks-related news are at this point familiar with the multiple serious infractions of journalistic ethics by Luke Harding and the Guardian, especially (though not exclusively) when it comes to Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. However, another individual at the heart of this matter is far less familiar to the public. That man is […]
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Tesla on Autopilot Drove 7 Miles on Major Highway After Drunk Driver Fell Asleep…
It appears that Tesla owners have found another use for “autopilot” aside from just slamming into inanimate objects at high rates of speed: drunk, but eco-friendly, people drivers are also reportedly using it as a designated driver. A report from ARS Technica recounts the story of a California Highway Patrol pulling over a Model S […]
Top House Committee Reviewing Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Testimony for False Statements…
A top House committee that oversees the U.S. telecommunications industry is now reviewing whether Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey lied to Congress during a hearing about Twitter’s controversial history of arbitrarily censoring content published by the site, an aide for the House Energy and Commerce committee told The Federalist. “The committee is aware of Twitter’s actions […]
Who Will Fix Facebook? by Matt Taibbi…
James Reader tried to do everything right. No fake news, no sloppiness, no spam. The 54-year-old teamster and San Diego resident with a progressive bent had a history of activism, but itched to get more involved. So a few years ago he tinkered with a blog called the Everlasting GOP Stoppers, and it did well […]
Newsweek-Employed Spy “Explains” to Us Why Assange Should Be Prosecuted…
So it turns out it’s really really important for powerful people to be able to lie to us with impunity, you guys. I know this because an actual, literal spy told me that that’s what I’m meant to believe in an article published by Newsweek yesterday. If you were wondering how long it would take […]
Outstanding Investigative Work: Guccifer 2.0’s Russian Breadcrumbs…
In this report, Forensicator analyzes metadata left in the various documents that Guccifer 2 modified and then published on his WordPress blog. Some new discoveries are made, some revisited. Forensicator concludes that Guccifer 2’s consistent intent was to plant clues which connected Guccifer 2 to Russia. Except for one head fake, when Guccifer 2 was […]