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Elon Musk says Trump’s Twitter ban was ‘stupid’ and he’d like to reverse it
Elon Musk said In a lengthy interview today at a Financial Times conference that one of the things he’d like to do with Twitter Inc. is to remove the ban on former President Donald Trump. After the chaos that happened on Capitol Hill last year, Trump was hit with a permanent ban on Twitter, a platform ...
Clearview AI to stop selling its controversial facial recognition technology to US firms
Clearview AI Inc. today agreed that it will not sell its facial recognition technology to most private firms in the U.S. in a settlement that was reached at a federal court in Illinois. The company came under the spotlight in 2020 when its database containing billions of faces was breached. Those faces were scraped from ...
Meta accused of blocking much-needed government and healthcare pages in Australia spat
A group of whistleblowers who worked for what was then Facebook Inc. say that during a fallout with Australia over news content, the company deliberately blocked websites related to government, healthcare and emergency services, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal today. Last year, Australia adopted a media law that would force social ...
New York City sues Activision Blizzard over Microsoft sale
Gaming giant Activision Blizzard Inc. is being sued yet again, this time by the New York City Employees’ Retirement System and pension fund. The suit, first reported by Axios today, is focused on Chief Executive Bobby Kotick, a man who has been in the spotlight for some time regarding what was called a “frat boy” culture ...
Twitter is testing a feature that allows users to tweet only to an inner circle of friends
As Twitter Inc. is preparing for some changes under its new ownership, the company announced today that it’s now testing a feature that will allow people to send private tweets to up to 150 people. The feature, called Twitter Circle, will give users an option to reduce the stress of communication on a mass scale. ...
Amazon Labor Union loses vote at warehouse in New York after last month’s historic win
A grassroots labor union had a setback today after losing a vote at a warehouse in Staten Island, a loss that comes on the back of a big win last month. This will come as a blow to the newly formed Amazon Labor Union, ALU, which won a vote last month at a much larger ...
Google says people can now more easily have more personal information removed from search results
Google LLC announced today that people will now be able to have just about all their personal information removed from search results and doing that has been made easier. The company in the past had offered a similar option to people, but now the types of information have been expanded and when someone sends in ...
UK and EU give stern warning to Elon Musk after Twitter takeover
The E.U. and the U.K. have already sent a warning to Elon Musk regarding his Twitter Inc. acquisition, saying if he breaks the rules there’s a chance the platform will be banned. Following his $43 billion purchase of the social media company, Musk (pictured) mentioned free speech being a matter of great importance for him, stating ...
Two top executives resign from Trump’s Truth Social app after disastrous start
Two of Truth Social’s top executives have already resigned from former President Donald Trump’s social media app, it was reported today. The two who have left the building are Chief Technology Officer Josh Adams and head of product development Billy Boozer, both of whom may have been frustrated with what has been an awful start ...
A Meta News Feed bug was increasing views of sketchy content for six months
Meta Platforms Inc. admitted today that for a period of six months, its algorithm was doing exactly what it was intended not to do, which was increase views of some dubious content rather than suppress it. According to The Verge, which first reported the matter, engineers working on Meta’s Facebook platform said there was a ...