Enlarge / You see Facebook, Facebook sees you… reader comments 42 with 33 posters participating, including story author Share this story Millions of Facebook users in Illinois will be receiving about $340 each as Facebook settles a case alleging it broke state law when it collected facial recognition data on users without their consent. The ..
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Enlarge / Then-Michigan Governor Rick Snyder testifies on the Flint water crisis during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in Washington, DC, on March 17, 2016. reader comments 99 with 68 posters participating Share this story Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and eight other officials have been indicted on criminal charges related to ..
Enlarge / Amazon Web Services (AWS) logo displayed during the 4th edition of the Viva Technology show at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on May 17, 2019, in Paris, France. reader comments 168 with 75 posters participating Share this story Amazon on Tuesday brought receipts in its response to seemingly defunct social networking platform ..
reader comments 90 with 61 posters participating Share this story Republican state lawmakers in North Dakota want Facebook and Twitter to face lawsuits from users who have been “censored.” A bill submitted by the six legislators last week is titled, “an Act to permit civil actions against social media sites for censoring speech.” It says ..
Enlarge / Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg speaks during a Facebook Community Boost event at the Knight Center on December 18, 2018, in Miami, Florida. reader comments 78 with 45 posters participating Share this story Facebook executive leaders promise they are doing everything they can to prevent the platform from being a tool for ..
reader comments 21 with 12 posters participating Share this story The malware used to hack Microsoft, security company FireEye, and at least a half-dozen federal agencies has “interesting similarities” to malicious software that has been circulating since at least 2015, researchers said on Monday. Sunburst is the name security researchers have given to malware that ..
Enlarge / Derrick Evans in the West Virginia House of Delegates. Derrick Evans reader comments 130 with 75 posters participating Share this story The Republican lawmaker who was arrested for storming the US Capitol has resigned from the West Virginia State Legislature. “I hereby resign as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, effective ..
reader comments 48 with 38 posters participating Share this story In 1964, the Civil Rights Act barred the humans who made hiring decisions from discriminating on the basis of sex or race. Now, software often contributes to those hiring decisions, helping managers screen résumés or interpret video interviews. That worries some tech experts and civil ..
reader comments 1112 with 246 posters participating, including story author Share this story Amazon Web Services is suspending Parler’s access to its hosting services at the end of the weekend, potentially driving the service offline unless it can find a new provider. “Because Parler cannot comply with our terms of service and poses a very ..
Enlarge / The Chinese embassy in the US posted this tweet on Thursday morning. Twitter removed it on Friday evening. BULENT KILIC / AFP) (Photo by BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images reader comments 83 with 60 posters participating Share this story On Thursday evening, I wrote about a tweet by the Chinese government’s US embassy ..
