Figures from across the alternative media including Jim Hoft of the Gateway Pundit, Margaret Howell of Right Side Broadcasting, and anti-Islamization activist Pamela Geller met in Washington D.C yesterday to discuss the threat of social media censorship and how it can be resisted.
Facebook has reportedly hired a full-time pollster to monitor CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s approval ratings worldwide.
California’s zero-emission-vehicle registrations jumped 29 percent last year, powered by government subsidies, but a lack of standardized charging stations will make future growth more expensive.
YouTube will reportedly begin flagging videos that are published by groups that receive government funding.
Former early employees from Silicon Valley companies such as Facebook and Google have formed an organization which aims to warn the public of the negative effects of these tech companies.
The New York Times published an op-ed recently naming the online advertising business as the “Internet’s Central Villain.”
Apple has reportedly announced their biggest quarterly profit ever despite a drop in iPhone sales this year.
E-commerce giant eBay has announced that they will be replacing PayPal as their main payments processor with their new partner Adyen.
Facebook announced in a blog post this week that cryptocurrency ads would officially be banned from the platform.
According to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, users spent 50 million fewer hours per day on the website last quarter. He claims it is a result of changes that will make Facebook “stronger over the long term.”
The CEO of search engine DuckDuckGo recently published an op-ed on CNBC outlining why Google and Facebook must be prevented from tracking users every move.
Following an investigation into the selling of fake accounts on social media, millions of Twitter followers disappeared across the platform.
Apple has admitted this week that the Department of Justice is investigating claims of planned obsolescence in older iPhones but stated that they would never”degrade the user experience to drive customer upgrades.”
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recently stated his distrust of Elon Musk and Tesla, while speaking at a recent business forum.
Facebook has announced that content from local publishers will be prioritized in users newsfeeds in an attempt to emphasize what they consider high-quality news, while also attempting to “build community.”
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has once again begun pre-selling items before they’re ready to ship — this time his chosen product is a flamethrower.
A report has revealed that CPU manufacturer Intel revealed details of the recent “Meltdown” CPU bug to Chinese firms before warning the U.S. government.
Fitness tracking app Strava accidentally revealed the location of a secret U.S. Army base due to the program’s GPS capabilities tracking the movement of soldiers using the app.
YouTube has reportedly been displaying ads with embedded cryptocurrency miners to viewers.
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt warned of the dangers of allowing companies such as China and Russia to outpace western countries in the development of artificial intelligence.
A former employee of ride-sharing company Lyft has claimed that company staffers used a program to view the personal details and drop-off coordinates of Lyft passengers.
YouTube recently announced their plans to invest $5 million to “counter hate and promote tolerance” on their platform.
Former Facebook Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Gary Briggs has left the company to advise the Democratic party in the US midterms and 2020 elections.
Silicon Valley Billionaire and Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff recently compared the crisis in trust experienced by large tech companies like Facebook with the financial crisis of 2008.
California GOP consultant R.C. Maxwell was suspended from Twitter following an exchange with MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart.
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has begun gathering information on a crash involving a Tesla Model S sedan that hit a firetruck while on autopilot.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has stated that he will not take a salary from the company this year if it does not reach certain valuation milestones.
Twitter COO Anthony Noto has resigned from his position at the company to become the CEO of finance startup SoFi.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch recently stated his belief that Facebook should pay publishers on their platform, “similar to the model adopted by cable companies,” while at the same time attacking both Facebook and Google for the rise of “scurrilous news sources.”
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A Facebook manager has stated that the company “can’t guarantee” that social media is good for democracy but claims that they are working on improving their platform.
Despite receiving billions of dollars in government funding, Elon Musk’s SpaceX is unable to perform a rocket test fire due to lack of government assistance since the recent shutdown.
Top tech venture capitalist Sir Michael Moritz of Sequoia Capital caused a stir last week by claiming that American tech workers in Silicon Valley are lazy compared to tech workers in China. Sequoia is one of the oldest and highest performing Silicon Valley start-up
Facebook is making it harder for users to see content from pages they follow — here’s how to ensure you see posts from Breitbart on your newsfeed.
Facebook will reportedly begin to rank news outlets based on the level of trust users have in them as determined by surveys conducted by the social media platform.
A new Instagram feature lets your friends know when you were last online — here’s how to disable it.
Social media company Snapchat has laid off two dozen of their employees and relocated some of their content team members from New York to Los Angeles.
Apple has been placed at number one on Forbes’ “Most Admired Companies” list for the eleventh consecutive year.
Foreign-born workers now overwhelmingly outnumber Americans in coveted high-paying, high-skilled, white-collar jobs in Silicon Valley, California, the hub of the tech industry.
Microsoft President Brad Smith and EVP of A.I. Harry Shum have written a book which claims that within 20 years, human “alter egos” will exist in artificial intelligence.
