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Twitter says it will show you the “best” tweets at the top, after “improving search”
Twitter wants to take a hands-on approach to what it thinks you want to see.
Google executive Greg Coppola placed on administrative leave after calling out Google’s political bias
This follows the former Google employees James Damore and Mike Wacker being fired after speaking out about Google’s policies.
YouTube destroys the income of popular independent creator Sir Spooks
Sir Spooks is the latest YouTube channel to be hit by YouTube’s new adpocalypse.
Senior Google engineer says Google shows CNN for 20 percent of searches for “Donald Trump”
The Google engineer thinks Google’s algorithms are biased.
Senior Google engineer says Google is “very politically biased”
Greg Coppola says Americans must grapple with the problem of tech bias before it completely undermines democracy.
Former NSA director Michael Hayden rebuts AG Barr, says people shouldn’t have to accept encryption backdoors
Hayden has been speaking out about the dangers of encryption backdoors for many years.
Torrent site Demonoid rises from the ashes with a new version
Many thought that the popular site was gone. But a new site will continue its legacy.
Thieves use phishing attempts to unlock stolen iPhones
A combination of hardware theft and phishing attempts is a sophisticated way of taking iPhone theft.
Google is paying people $5 for an image of all angles of their face
Google is using people’s entries to train its face authentication systems.
Senior Google engineer suggests CEO Sundar Pichai’s statements to Congress on political bias were untrue
This follows former Google engineer Mike Wacker saying Pichai lied to Congress.
Microsoft suspends PAC contributions after some employees question donations to conservatives
The decision comes less than a month after some employees reportedly said there’s no way to dictate how their political contributions are spent, even when it conflicts with the company’s “progressive values.”
Online Video Converter suspends service after YouTube crackdown
The recent blocks from YouTube have caused the website to just give up completely and only provider services for other video services.