Silicon Valley Goes Full MAGA in 2024
Silicon Valley has always been a place for unconventional thinkers with big ideas, but in 2024, that includes former president and convicted felon Donald Trump. Two influential tech investors and…
Elon Musk Wants to Make X’s Likes Private to Hide Your Favorite ‘Edgy’ Content
X Premium users have been able to hide the posts they’ve liked for months now, but the feature may soon become the default for everyone. A director of engineering at…
Remember That Letter Calling for a Pause on AI? It Didn’t Work
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAIPhoto: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images) On March 29, 2023, more than 500 top technologists and business leaders signed onto an eye-catching open letter begging artificial intelligence…
Generative AI Is the Newest Tool in the Dictator’s Handbook
When protests in Pakistan earlier this year escalated into clashes between pro-government forces and supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, the now-imprisoned leader turned to social media to bolster…
Judge Upholds Ban on Feds Asking Social Media Companies to Take Down Posts
A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump held firm this week by declining a request to delay a controversial order barring government agencies from making content moderation requests to social…
Biden Appeals Judge’s Ban on Government Asking for Social Media Takedowns
The Biden administration is appealing a bombshell ruling from a federal judge barring government agencies from contacting social media companies to make takedown requests or recommend other content moderation. State…
Judge Claims Biden’s Contacts With Tech Platforms Amount to an Orwellian ‘Ministry of Truth’
A US federal judge handed the censorship-obsessed wing of the Republican party a major win on Tuesday by blocking Biden officials from contacting social media firms to suggest content moderation…
Dr. Fauci tells Stephen Colbert: Yes, you can be hopeful (but keep that mask on)
[embedded content] “Guaranteed, it’s going to happen.” Dr. Anthony Fauci, America’s Brooklyn-born voice of reason over the past year of pandemic hell, made a virtual visit to the Late Show…
Don’t worry kids, Dr. Fauci said he vaccinated Santa Claus
With anxiety over the coronavirus pandemic permeating this holiday season, children may be worried that Santa Claus — right in the target age range for those most susceptible to the…
Facebook comments on Fauci and Zuckerberg’s vaccine talk suggest we’re totally screwed
On Facebook, each single serving of truth comes with a heaping side of bullshit. Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Anthony Fauci talked all things coronavirus Monday afternoon, but if you tuned…