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As devastating wildfires continue to ravage Los Angeles County, fire-tracking app Watch Duty has added 600,000 users in the last 24 hours seeking real-time updates and critical information. The app, run by a nonprofit, relies on hundreds of volunteers including active and retired firefighters to provide accurate and timely information.

Mark Zuckerberg’s recent announcement that Meta will be making major changes to its content moderation policies and practices on Facebook and Instagram, included his blockbuster plan the eliminate the company’s biased third-party “fact checkers.” Breitbart News has compiled some of the worst moments of Facebook’s “fact checker” era to show how the biased system was used to censor conservatives.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that the company will be relocating its content moderation and trust and safety teams from California to Texas as part of a broader effort to promote free expression and address the extreme leftist bias introduced into its content moderation process at the hands of its woke Silicon Valley workforce.

Ann Altman, the sister of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has filed a lawsuit alleging he regularly sexually abused her for several years starting in their childhood.

CalFire, the California Department of Forestry & Fire Prevention, has released a 3D interactive map that offers a detailed look at the multiple fires raging around Los Angeles. The map shows the perimeter of the Palisades fire and evacuation zones for multiple other fires in Los Angeles.

Conservatives cheered Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for curtailing his company’s longstanding position of censoring political speech. 

A first of its kind, behind the scenes documentary on the work that goes into being the first lady has landed a $40 million distribution deal. Melania Trump’s concept, which centers around her life and work as she reenters the White House, kicked off a bidding war between major Hollywood studios and resulted in a blockbuster deal with Amazon.

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the CEO of fintech company Klarna, has shared his apprehensions about the swift advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) technology, which he believes could soon be capable of performing his entire job. Siemiatkowski writes that he feels “gloomy” over the fact AI has made him replaceable.

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg handed the corporate media its most humiliating defeat since, well, since Donald Trump won reelection on November 5th.

Mark Zuckerberg has announced major changes to Meta’s content moderation policies and practices on Facebook and Instagram, citing a desire to embrace free speech and avoid censorship. Zuckerberg’s changes begin with scrapping Facebook’s third-party “fact check” system which is notorious for its leftist bias.

Attempt to latch onto TikTok trend sees sex with “young girls” lyrics as gov tries to tell public it’s taking sexual exploitation seriously. 

Dana White, CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and ally of President-elect Donald Trump, has joined the board of directors for Meta, the parent company of Facebook.

Bill Belichick drew on childhood inspiration when making his first post on X Monday, and it seems to have worked perfectly.

In the wake of the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, social media platforms are facing challenges in moderating the influx of content from leftists praising and glorifying his alleged assassin, Luigi Mangione.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has made a personal contribution of $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund. Cook, who Trump famously nicknamed “Tim Apple,” is the latest in a long line of tech lords bending the knee to Trump in hopes of currying favor with the new administration.

Shamsud-Din Jabbar wore Meta smart glasses while carried out his terrorist attack during the early hours of New Year’s Day in New Orleans, killing 14 and wounding 35 others, the FBI says.

In a move to “maximize unregretted user-seconds,” Elon Musk has unveiled plans for an algorithm change on his social media platform X that he claims will curb excessive negativity. Critics contend the algorithm changes will have troubling outcomes like censoring criticism of the FBI.

A Los Angeles-based artificial intelligence (AI) expert experienced some alarming technological problems when his driverless Waymo ride to the airport nearly caused him to miss his flight after it began driving in circles.

Filming has began on a feature length documentary film directed by “Rush Hour” franchise director Brett Ratner, set for a global theatrical and streaming release, that will deliver what Amazon Prime Studios called an “unprecedented behind-the-scenes look” at the life of First Lady Melania Trump.

As we head into 2025, here are some simple but effective cybersecurity resolutions you should embrace to avoid suffering the same fate as the many Americans hit by hacking, phishing, and identity theft.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is betting heavily on AI to drive user engagement on its social media platforms in the coming years. The company envisions human users engaging and sharing content with AI just like they do with friends and family on Facebook and Instagram.

British rapper Stormzy was banned from driving for nine months on Thursday after admitting he drove his Rolls-Royce through London while using his phone.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and Rep. French Hill (R-AR), vice chair of the House Financial Services Committee, on Thursday wrote to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen demanding more details of a cyberattack on Treasury’s computer systems allegedly perpetrated by hackers linked to the Chinese government.

Meghan Markle’s upcoming Netflix series With Love, Meghan was slammed as “out of touch.”

The State Department has devised plans to distribute employees from the Global Engagement Center (GEC), which has funded the censoring of conservatives, to a new internal “hub” that will coordinate the same activities, as revealed by documents obtained by the Washington Examiner.

Tesla posted its fourth-quarter and full-year vehicle production and delivery numbers on Thursday, revealing the company’s first ever annual decline in EV deliveries.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is shaking up its global policy team, with President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg stepping down and being replaced by Joel Kaplan, the company’s most senior Republican executive.

Attempt to wrestle back narrative after days of anger online over child rape gangs sees govt spox hit back at Elon Musk as misinformed. 

Los Angeles authorities arrested a man who allegedly attempted to hijack a Waymo self-driving taxi early Thursday morning, according to local reports.

Chinese tech giant ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, is reportedly planning to invest heavily in cloud-based access to Nvidia GPUs to circumvent U.S. sanctions that prevent the company from purchasing the high-performance processors used for AI directly.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department expressed gratitude towards Tesla CEO Elon Musk for his help in the investigation of the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump International Hotel on New Year’s Day.

Days-long resurgence of interest in so-called “grooming gangs” has seen horror and outrage reignited and Elon Musk weigh in.

Car rental app Turo, widely known as the “Airbnb for cars,” has come under the spotlight after the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded in Las Vegas and the truck used in the deadly New Orleans terror attack were both rented through the platform.

The Ford Motor Co is recalling 20,484 hybrid crossover SUVs over battery concerns that could potentially lead to a fire, documents lodged with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) set out.