Zelenskyy"s new T-shirt riffs on Trump — and annoyed the Kremlin
Zelenskyy"s new T-shirt riffs on Trump — and annoyed the Kremlin.....»»
Trump is suing Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey. Here"s why they shouldn"t worry
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday filed class-action lawsuits targeting Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter and its CEO Jack Dorsey, as well as YouTube and its parent company's CEO Sundar Pichai, in a Hail Mary move after being.....»»
Trump is suing Zuckerberg and Dorsey. It"s a familiar threat
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday filed class-action lawsuits targeting Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter and its CEO Jack Dorsey as well as YouTube and Google CEO Sundar Pichai in a Hail Mary move after being removed from the.....»»
Trump To Sue Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey
Former President Donald Trump, who has complained about censorship by social media giants, plans to announce class action lawsuits today against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Axios reported Wednesday. From the report: It's.....»»
Trump says he"ll sue Zuckerberg and Dorsey. It"s a familiar threat
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced plans to file a class-action lawsuit targeting Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter and its CEO Jack Dorsey and Google and its CEO Sundar Pichai in a Hail Mary move after being removed fro.....»»
Gettr, the latest pro-Trump social network, is already a mess
Well, that was fast. Just days after a Twitter clone from former Trump spokesperson Jason Miller launched, the new social network is already beset by problems. For one, hackers quickly leveraged Gettr’s API to scrape the email addresses of more.....»»
Pentagon cancels $10 billion cloud contract given to Microsoft over Amazon
The Department of Defense is canceling a controversial $10 billion cloud computing contract that had been awarded to Microsoft over Amazon under the Trump administration......»»
Russian hackers are trying to brute-force hundreds of networks
Moscow's Fancy Bear group has been on a password-guessing spree this whole time. Enlarge / "People really still use '1234567' as a password? Really?" (credit: Kremlin official photo) The discovery of Russia's devastating SolarWinds spy campaig.....»»
Former Trump Aide Jason Miller To Launch New Social App "Gettr"
According to Axios, Jason Miller, an aide and close advisor to Donald Trump, is launching a new social app called "Gettr" in the coming days. From the report: The app, which is in beta testing, appears in the Apple App Store and is described as "a no.....»»
Game on—Sir Richard Branson will attempt to go to space on July 11
"I truly believe that space belongs to all of us." Enlarge / Sir Richard Branson takes off his button-front shirt to don a T-shirt that says "Future Astronaut Training Program" while Air and Space Museum Director Ellen Stofan looks on. The tee i.....»»
Researchers look to human "social sensors" to better predict elections and other trends
Election outcomes are notoriously difficult to predict. In 2016, for example, most polls suggested that Hillary Clinton would win the presidency, but Donald Trump defeated her. Researchers cite multiple explanations for the unreliability in election.....»»
Mispronunciation: Why you should stop correcting people"s mistakes
A recent survey of 2,000 adults in the UK identified the top ten "mispronunciations" people find annoying. Thankfully the majority (65 percent) of annoyed people do not feel comfortable correcting a speaker in public......»»
First Solar CEO: Getting rid of Trump tariffs would pose challenges
China's solar industry monopoly took a hit earlier this month when a new Ohio-based solar panel factory was announced......»»
Lordstown Motors now says that it has no binding orders for EV truck
It clarified with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it has no firm orders. Enlarge / In June 2020, Lordstown held an hour-long election rally for the Trump campaign disguised as an event to unveil the Endurance electric pickup truck......»»
Trump Justice Department Subpoenaed Apple for Data From House Intelligence Committee Democrats
Prosecutors in the Trump administration Justice Department subpoenaed Apple for data from the accounts of House Intelligence Committee Democrats -- including Chairman Adam Schiff -- along with their staff and family members as part of a leak investig.....»»
Keystone XL pipeline canceled after Biden scraps US permit
Victory for environmentalists comes as groups step up campaigns. Enlarge / Opponents of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines hold a rally as they protest US President Donald Trump's executive orders advancing their construction, at Columb.....»»
Man Pleads Guilty to Plotting to Bomb Amazon Data Center
A Texas man who had boasted that he was at the United States Capitol when swarms of Trump supporters stormed the building on Jan. 6 pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges of plotting to blow up an Amazon data center in Virginia, prosecutors said. The.....»»
Alberta, TC Energy pull plug on Keystone XL pipeline
Victory for environmentalists comes as groups step up campaigns. Enlarge / Opponents of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines hold a rally as they protest US President Donald Trump's executive orders advancing their construction, at Columb.....»»
Biden revokes and replaces Trump actions targeting TikTok and WeChat
President Joe Biden is reducing some uncertainty faced by Chinese tech companies in the United States, erasing parts of the Trump-era legacy. The president signed an executive order revoking actions targeting TikTok and WeChat put forward by former P.....»»
Biden To Revoke and Replace Trump"s Executive Order That Sought To Ban TikTok
President Biden on Wednesday will revoke a Trump-era executive order that sought to ban the popular app TikTok and replace it with one that calls for a broader review of a number of foreign-controlled applications that could pose a security risk to A.....»»
The Facebook Oversight Board’s Decision Didn’t Change Much for Trump. But It Could Have Implications Far Beyond Him
Facebook’s new Oversight Board, a new, quasi-independent organization that acts as a kind of supreme court for Facebook’s moderation decisions, issued its most important decision yet. In a lengthy ruling, it determined that Facebook was &.....»»