US senators have accused popular social media platforms of being dangerous for children. Tech companies are facing renewed scrutiny after … More
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Bank Of America, Southwest Airlines Among Others To Experience Outage- Has Many Scratching Their Heads
Many of the world’s largest apps and websites, including for banks and airlines, faced a cascade of outages all in … More
Did The Government Just Test A ‘Internet Shutdown’ Switch?
“‘I felt a great disturbance in the farce, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were … More
Facebook Co-Founder Calls For Shut Down Of Tech Giant
The last time I saw Mark Zuckerberg was in the summer of 2017, several months before the Cambridge Analytica scandal … More
Facebook Users Plummet As Millenials Flock To Instagram En Masse
More than 17 million young Americans have quit Facebook in the last two years amid a number of data privacy … More
Facebook Secretly Paying To Install Spyware On Devices
Desperate for data on its competitors, Facebook has been secretly paying people to install a “Facebook Research” VPN that lets … More
Social Media Turning This Generation Into Liars?
Social media is turning a generation of children into liars, a leading headmistress has warned. Youngsters are used to projecting … More
This Undergrad Found The Secret Data Collection Tech Giant’s Don’t Want You To Know About
Jane Manchun Wong is an introvert who fades into a crowd. But in the geeky world of app reverse-engineering (yes, … More
How Political Campaigns Weaponize Social Media Bots
In the summer of 2017, a group of young political activists in the United Kingdom figured out how to use … More
Mental Illness Fueled By Smartphones
One day last summer, around noon, I called Athena, a 13-year-old who lives in Houston, Texas. She answered her phone—she’s … More
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