Google tweaks search results on topics the company deems “controversial,” two Google sources revealed to Breitbart. Sometimes, the company even changes the results manually—something its chief executive, Sundar Pichai, denied in sworn testimony. Among the singled out topics were abortion, gun-control activist David Hogg, the February 2018 An-148 Russian plane crash, the December 2018 Strasbourg […]
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What Is 5G? Here’s Everything You Need to Know About the Newest Cell Phone Technology…
Just the other day, I was sitting on my couch in North Carolina, face-to-face with my nieces, who were cuddling on their couch hundreds of miles away. They were breathlessly recounting, in the way children of a certain age do, how they spent their snow day. The usual: sledding, screaming, making snow angels. But just […]
U.S. Announces Set of Indictments Against Huawei Ahead of Trade Talks with China…
The Trump administration unveiled a sweeping set of actions — including criminal charges — against China’s Huawei Technologies Co. in its latest salvo against the telecom giant, with authorities unsealing a set of indictments just days before U.S.-China trade talks are set to resume. In a pair of cases unsealed Monday, federal prosecutors accused Huawei […]
Facebook Turned a Blind Eye to ‘Friendly Fraud’ as Kids Racked Up Thousands on Games…
In 2011, Facebook sent out a memo to employees to help them educate game developers about the company’s fraud practices. One of the bullet points in that memo read: “Friendly Fraud – what it is, why it’s challenging, and why you shouldn’t try to block it.” In Facebook’s jargon, “Friendly Fraud” refers to people accidentally spending money on […]
The Globotics Upheaval: The Globots Coming for the Middle Class…
Assange Prosecution Will Focus on Chelsea Manning Era Releases, Not DNC Emails…
It seems that the shades have finally been ripped off of the persecution of Julian Assange. Fallen by the wayside is the pretense used to justify his arbitrary detention: allegations of sexual misconduct, of Russian involvement, and of aiding Trump’s ascension to the Presidency. Gone is the pretense that it is not the rabid wolves […]
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Is Big Tech Merging with Big Brother? Kinda Looks Like It…
A friend of mine, who runs a large television production company in the car-mad city of Los Angeles, recently noticed that his intern, an aspiring filmmaker from the People’s Republic of China, was walking to work. When he offered to arrange a swifter mode of transportation, she declined. When he asked why, she explained that […]
Cannot Imagine: China Starts “Debt Shaming”: New App Warns Users if They Are Walking Near Someone in Debt…
Authorities in the northern Chinese province of Hebei have rolled out an app over WeChat which can tell people if they’re walking near someone in debt, according to China Daily. The program, aptly named “map of deadbeat debtors,” flashes a warning if someone in debt is within a 500-meter radius – showing their exact location according to a screenshot […]
Want to Heal the Internet? Ban All Collection of User Data…
The social media/search giants have mastered the dark arts of obfuscating how they’re reaping billions of dollars in profits from monetizing user data, and lobbying technologically naive politicos to leave their vast skimming operations untouched.I’ve been commenting on the cancerous disease that’s taken control of the Internet– what Shoshana Zuboff calls Surveillance Capitalism–for many years. Here is […]
Boeing Pilotless Air Taxi Lifts Off the Ground…
Boeing on Wednesday offered a glance at a futuristic alternative to crowded freeways when its prototype autonomous air taxi — essentially a flying car with no driver — lifted off the ground for the first time on a test takeoff. “In one year, we have progressed from a conceptual design to a flying prototype,” said […]
I Tried to Block Amazon from My Life. It Was Impossible…
Apparently, I am a masochist. I am on a mission to live without the tech giants—to discover whether such a thing is even possible. Not just through sheer willpower but technologically, with the use of a custom-built tool that would literally prevent my devices from accessing these companies, and them from accessing me and my […]
‘The Goal Is to Automate’ – Welcome to the Age of Surveillance Capitalism…
Shoshana Zuboff’s new book is a chilling exposé of the business model that underpins the digital world. Observer tech columnist John Naughton explains the importance of Zuboff’s work and asks the author 10 key questions. We’re living through the most profound transformation in our information environment since Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of printing in circa 1439. […]
French Watchdog Slaps Google with $57M Fine Under New EU Law…
France’s data privacy watchdog has fined Google 50 million euros ($57 million), the first penalty for a U.S. tech giant under new European data privacy rules that took effect last year. The National Data Protection Commission said Monday it fined the U.S. internet giant for “lack of transparency, inadequate information and lack of valid consent” […]
Judge Unseals Trove of Internal Facebook Documents…
A trove of hidden documents detailing how Facebook made money off children will be made public, a federal judge ruled late Monday in response to requests from Reveal. A glimpse into the soon-to-be-released records shows Facebook’s own employees worried they were bamboozling children who racked up hundreds, and sometimes even thousands, of dollars in game […]
‘Disrespectful’: Google Employees Melt Down Over The Word ‘Family’…
A Google executive sparked a fierce backlash from employees by using the word “family” in a weekly, company-wide presentation, according to internal documents obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation. Many Google employees became angry that the term was used while discussing a product aimed at children, because it implied that families have children, the […]
FBI Records, Emails, Social Security Numbers Exposed in Massive Data Leak…
A massive data leak has been discovered at the Oklahoma Securities Commission, in which millions of records — including files related to sensitive FBI investigations over the last seven years, emails dating back 17 years and thousands of Social Security numbers — have been exposed. The breach was uncovered last month by Greg Pollock, a […]
Feds Can’t Force You to Unlock Your iPhone with Finger or Face, Judge Rules…
A California judge has ruled that American cops can’t force people to unlock a mobile phone with their face or finger. The ruling goes further to protect people’s private lives from government searches than any before and is being hailed as a potentially landmark decision. Previously, U.S. judges had ruled that police were allowed to […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Laying Off Hundreds Off Workers…
Elon Musk’s space exploration company SpaceX is cutting 10 percent of its workforce in an effort to cut down on costs and waste, The Los Angeles Times reported. Musk – as SpaceX CEO – and company President Gwynne Shotwell broke the news to the estimated 6,400-employee workforce Friday at an all-hands meeting at the company’s […]
How to Stop Facebook, Apple and Google Tracking Your Every Move…
Technology companies have been pummeled by revelations about how poorly they protect their customers’ personal information, including an in-depth New York Times report detailing the ability of smartphone apps to track users’ locations. Some companies, most notably Apple, have begun promoting the fact that they sell products and services that safeguard consumer privacy. Smartphone users are never […]
Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can’t Delete Facebook…
Nick Winke, a photographer in the Pacific northwest, was perusing internet forums when he came across a complaint that alarmed him: On certain Samsung Electronics Co. smartphones, users aren’t allowed to delete the Facebook app. Winke bought his Samsung Galaxy S8, an Android-based device that comes with Facebook’s social network already installed, when it was […]
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