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Over the past week, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn all disclosed that they’ve removed legions of fake accounts from their platforms. Phony accounts on social media are nothing new, but the problem seems to continue even though platforms say they’re working to stop it. After Facebook and Twitter announced on August 20 that they had removed […]
Politicians, activists, and even some competitors have called on the government to better regulate tech giants like Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Apple — or even break them up entirely. Both Republicans and Democrats have gone after Big Tech, including 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts), who has made a call to break the companies […]
You can now get up to $5,000 in Amazon credit if you buy a house through Amazon’s new TurnKey real estate partnership. The $5,000 incentive was announced Tuesday and includes smart home and home theater equipment along with services like unpacking and cleaning. The deal is part of Amazon’s partnership with Realogy, a real estate […]
Thursday is the 40th anniversary of Skylab falling back to Earth. While most people know it as America’s first manned space station, its influence extends much further. Skylab launched May 14, 1973 and orbited the Earth 2,249 times before it fell to the Earth’s surface, landing in a remote part of Australia on July 11, […]
A new bill in the U.S. Senate could cause the internet as we know it to cease to exist by holding major tech companies like Facebook or YouTube liable for anything posted on their platforms. On Wednesday, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced controversial legislation that would amend Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA). […]
The moderators in charge of policing inappropriate content on Facebook have begun to speak out over work conditions that have caused them to fear for their lives and left them unable to enforce Facebook’s rules. The conditions detailed in a shocking report by The Verge are so bad that one moderator collapse collapsed at his […]
YouTube will soon let users try on makeup while watching popular makeup tutorials through augmented reality. Known as AR Beauty Try-On, viewers will be able to actually “try on” the makeup products the online tutorials are showcasing and promoting. MAC Cosmetics is the first to partner with FameBit for this new feature that will offer […]
Allison Murray 