Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg declared at a recent event that his days of apologizing are over. The Facebook founder attempted to blame conservatives themselves for the rampant censorship on his platforms, stating, “When it’s a political problem… there are people operating in good faith who are identifying a problem and want something to be fixed, and there are people who are just looking for someone to blame.”
2020 Election censors True Media are repositioning themselves as “AI Deepfake” authorities heading into the 2024 election thanks to backing from tech giant Microsoft.
A former advertising technology executive at News Corp testified that the company considered moving away from Google’s advertising products in 2017 but ultimately decided against it due to potential revenue losses of at least $9 million. The testimony came during the second day of the latest antitrust trial exploring Google’s absolute dominance of the internet.
A new congressional report accuses an office within the State Department of funding groups that targeted and censored small businesses in the United States, overstepping its mandate to combat foreign disinformation.
Tesla’s car sales in China reached their highest point for 2024 in August, but the company is still losing market share to domestic rivals like BYD, according to a recent report.
The U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust trial against Google kicked off on Monday, with the opening day focusing heavily on the tech giant’s impact on publishers through its dominant position in the digital advertising market.
The European Union’s highest court ruled against Apple and Google on Tuesday in two landmark legal cases, delivering a major victory for the bloc’s efforts to regulate the technology industry, and leaving the tech giants facing billions in tax bills and penalties.
Google is set to face another significant legal challenge as the Justice Department’s antitrust case against the company’s ad-tech practices heads to trial.
Time Magazine’s decision to omit tech mogul Elon Musk from its “100 Most Influential People in AI” list has sparked controversy and criticism from social media users and industry experts alike.
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has safely returned to Earth, touching down in the New Mexico desert after a prolonged orbital mission that was originally planned to last just 10 days. The Starliner’s crew remains stranded in space until they can be rescued by SpaceX.
Federal prosecutors have charged a North Carolina musician with wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly using bot accounts and hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs to fraudulently earn over $10 million in royalties from streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music.
The National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) organization recently faced significant criticism and board member resignations following the publication of an FAQ outlining their position on the use of AI in creative writing. The organization had claimed in the document that criticism of novels written by AI instead of humans is “classist” and “ableist.”
The New Mexico attorney general has filed a lawsuit against Snap, accusing the company of fostering an environment on its Snapchat app that enables the sexual exploitation and sextortion of children.
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station on Friday evening and return to Earth without its crew. The astronauts the ill-fated capsule were supposed to carry home will now be stranded until a SpaceX rescue mission can be launched.
Pavel Durov, the CEO of popular messaging app Telegram, has publicly addressed his recent arrest in Paris, calling the French authorities’ approach “misguided” and expressing surprise at being held personally responsible for illegal activities on his platform.
Sony and Firewalk Studios have announced the shutdown of its recently released ultra-woke game, Concord, less than two weeks after its launch, offering full refunds to all players who purchased the game for PS5 or PC. Sony invested an estimated $100 to $200 million in the game, proving once again that when companies go woke, they go broke.
26 percent of advertisers are planning to reduce their spending on Elon Musk’s X platform, citing concerns about the platform’s content and trust in the information shared, according to a new global survey.
James Manyika, Google’s senior vice president for research, technology and society, believes artificial intelligence breakthroughs are coming fast, but translating the technology into real economic gains will require significant work and innovation. In fact, he thinks that the productivity gains from AI that big tech has pinned their hopes on are no “guaranteed.”
Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service has announced it will comply with a Brazilian Supreme Court order to block access to Musk’s social media platform X in Brazil.
Amazon insists that its Alexa voice-enabled assistant does not have any political opinions — and that Alexa’s responses explaining why someone should vote for VP Kamala Harris while refusing to answer the same question about Donald Trump was a mistake. Amazingly, Amazon devices claimed one reason to vote for Harris is that she is a “strong candidate with a proven track record of accomplishment.”
In a significant victory for Elon Musk’s social media platform X, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has partially blocked a California law that mandates social media companies to disclose their policies for addressing disinformation, harassment, hate speech, and extremism.
In a new report that confirms many people’s worst suspicions, a leaked marketing pitch deck suggests major tech companies are using AI software to eavesdrop on users’ conversations through their devices.
A supposed “glitch” in Chase bank’s ATMs that allowed customers to withdraw large sums of money after depositing fake checks has led to a flurry of TikTok users posting videos online bragging about their ill-gotten gains. However, experts warn that this is not a harmless trick, but rather a clear case of check fraud that could result in serious legal consequences.
Elon Musk has escalated his attacks against Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, calling for his arrest after the country’s high court upheld a ban on the X social media platform.
Elon Musk’s satellite internet service, Starlink, has openly defied a Brazilian court order to block access to the social media platform X in the country, further escalating the ongoing dispute between the billionaire and Brazilian authorities.
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore has reported strange, pulsing noises emanating from a speaker inside the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, which has been docked at the International Space Station for nearly three months after stranding Wilmore and fellow astronaut Suni Williams in space.
Apple is in discussions to invest in artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, joining a funding round that could value the company at over $100 billion.
A 29-year-old man living in Australia has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for orchestrating a horrific global sextortion scheme that targeted hundreds of victims across 20 countries, with most victims being children under the age of 16.
A U.S. District Judge has ruled that Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) can move forward with its lawsuit against the leftist censorship organization Media Matters, setting a trial date for April 7, 2025.
Tech giant Apple has laid off employees from its digital services group, primarily affecting those working on the Apple Books app and Apple News.
An appeals court has revived a lawsuit against China’s TikTok, reversing a lower court’s ruling that Section 230 immunity shielded the app from liability after a child died participating in the dangerous viral “blackout challenge.”
Yelp, a long-time rival of Google, has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the search giant, accusing it of engaging in anticompetitive practices in the local search market.
The FAA has grounded SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket for the second time in less than two months following a failed booster landing attempt during the Starlink 8-6 mission.
Boeing’s plagued Starliner spacecraft is facing an uncertain future as technical issues, delays, and budget overruns continue to mount, leading NASA and industry experts to question the viability of the project.
Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ system is under increased scrutiny as incidents and expert opinions raise questions about its safety and readiness for widespread use even as Elon Musk touts his cars as the robotaxis of the future.
Pavel Durov, the founder of the popular messaging app Telegram, has found himself in the crosshairs of multiple governments, even as some have attempted to court him.
Journalist Alex Berenson plans to amend his ongoing lawsuit against President Biden and Pfizer executives following Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s admission that Facebook was pressured by the Biden-Harris administration to censor Americans, particularly regarding COVID-19 content.
OpenAI, the developer of the popular AI assistant ChatGPT, has seen a significant exodus of its artificial general intelligence (AGI) safety researchers, according to a former employee.
The Paris criminal court has released details on the arrest of Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov, who was taken into custody on August 24 in connection with a cybercrime investigation.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee that the Biden administration pressured Facebook to censor certain Covid-related content in 2021, including “human and satire,” expressing regret for not being more outspoken against the government’s actions.
