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Following the shooting spree in Las Vegas that left 58 dead, YouTube has banned tutorial videos that helped gun enthusiasts to modify their weapon to fire more rapidly. The Google LLC-owned site said it had taken down videos that featured something called …
Facebook’s chief security officer takes to Twitter to defend company over ‘the algorithm’
Facebook Inc. Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos unleashed a series of tweets Saturday defending his employer regarding allegations Facebook hasn’t done enough to combat the spread of fake news. “I am seeing a ton of coverage of our recent issues driven by stereotypes …
Social security numbers as IDs have to go, says White House official
The Social Security number as Americans know it could be coming to an end as the Trump administration mulls a more modern kind of identification following the massive hack of U.S. consumer credit reporting agency Equifax Inc. Speaking on Tuesday at the …
Facebook says 10M people saw Russian-bought political ads
Facebook Inc. Monday turned over 3,000 ads to Congress related to a Russian misinformation campaign that was intended to sway the hearts and minds of the American public. According to a report in the New York Times, the ads covered a broad …
Uber power struggle rages on: Ex-CEO Travis Kalanick appoints two new board members
Uber Technologies Inc. cofounder and former Chief Executive Travis Kalanick appointed two new board members on Friday, which somehow came as a total shock to the rest of the board. Kalanick named Xerox Corp. former Chairwoman and Chief Executive Ursula Burns and …
Twitter slammed for ‘inadequate’ response to Russian misinformation ads
Twitter Inc. dropped a bombshell Thursday after disclosing it had shut down 201 accounts connected to a Russian misinformation campaign. In a report titled “Russian Interference in 2016 US Election, Bots, & Misinformation,” Twitter said it had discovered that 22 accounts were …
Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t ‘like’ Trump saying Facebook is against him, and he fires back
Facebook Inc., accused of helping elect President Trump because of fake news and Russian-paid ads, now has been attacked by Trump for allegedly attempting to sway voters against him. Not surprisingly, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday begged to differ. In …
New report reveals tech freelancers are raking in the cash, but not without risks
For a few years now, a number of reports have documented that more and more people are deciding to go freelance. That may mean forgoing the two-week paid holiday in the Caribbean, but for some workers, especially in the tech milieu, it also means …
Tweet inflation: Twitter tests doubling up to a 280-character limit
Twitter Inc. announced today a giant step toward allowing people to better express themselves: It’s doubling the character limit on tweets from 140 to 280 characters. The new limit will be tested on only a select audience at the moment, but Twitter …
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg admits failure over racist ads, promises more human oversight
Facebook Inc. Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg has promised to change the social network’s ad policies following last week’s controversy in which it was allowing hate speech terms in ad categories. In a post on Facebook, Sandberg (pictured) said that she felt …