Donald Trump boards Air Force One on January 12, 2021. | Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The big platforms finally policed Donald Trump. But there’s no one — really — to police the platforms except their owners and employees. Who convinced Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg to kick Donald Trump off of their platforms last …
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Some of those who participated in the riot at the Capitol were users of the platform Parler, which offline over the weekend. | Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Some experts doubt Parler’s ability to return. Parler, the largely unmoderated social network popular with conservatives, often found fans by lampooning Big Tech. But after the site …
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Neil Godwin/Future Publishing via Getty Images “Hey Google, don’t save any of my interactions with you.” If you have a smart speaker or smart device but aren’t thrilled with the possibility that your data — including your voice — is being collected and stored on it, Google Assistant might have an answer for you: Guest …
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Doug Leone and his wife donated about $700,000 to boost Trump in 2020. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images “After last week’s horrific events, President Trump lost many of his supporters, including me.” One of Donald Trump’s biggest backers in Silicon Valley is renouncing his support for the president in the wake of last week’s riot at …
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I doubt many of us will look back at 2020 fondly, save for those that have had a baby, a puppy or created a world saving vaccine, however, for business the pandemic has accelerated some huge digital trends that will continue to take centre stage in 2021 and maybe detrimental should any business choosing to …
Following the Capitol riots, a privacy-minded messaging service is now the most popular app in the US. | Photo illustration by Chesnot/Getty Images The encrypted messaging app is currently the most downloaded app on both app stores. Signal, once a niche messaging service for the privacy-minded, is currently the most downloaded app in the United …
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A member of the right-wing group Oath Keepers stands guard during a rally in front of the US Supreme Court Building on January 5, 2021, in Washington, DC. | Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images Merchandise sporting the names and logos of the Oath Keepers and Three Percenters can be found on Amazon. In the weeks leading up …
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The big decision before Elon Musk, the world’s richest person. | Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images More scrutiny than ever will be on Musk’s philanthropy, now that he’s the richest person in the world. The richest person in the world would like your help giving away his billions of dollars. One of the first things …
It probably won’t look like this for long. The media landscape used to be straightforward: Content companies (studios) made stuff (TV shows and movies) and sold it to pay TV distributors, who sold it to consumers. Now things are up for grabs: Netflix buys stuff from the studios, but it’s making its own stuff, too, …
A joint task force of US security agencies says that Russia is “likely” the actor behind the massive malware attack on federal agencies last year. | Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images Here’s what we know so far. Federal security agencies have finally confirmed that the massive hack of government and private computer systems that was …
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