Twitter Profit Rises as Trump Demands ‘Fairer’ Social Media
23 April 2019 Shortly after the numbers were released, President Trump took to Twitter to lambaste the social media company's treatment of him.
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Melinda Gates Talks ‘Brash’ Microsoft Culture in New Book
22 April 2019 "The Moment of Lift," is a memoir and manifesto on women and power.
UK Proposes Banning Social Media ‘Likes’ for Children
15 April 2019 The draft rules also call for "high privacy" settings to be on by default and "robust age-verification mechanisms."
Texting and Driving Isn’t Just A Teen Problem
12 April 2019 Adults often lament that young drivers are distracted by their phones, but a study found that mature drivers are even more likely to be distracted behind the wheel.
Twitter Removes Trump Video for Use of ‘Dark Knight’ Score
10 April 2019 Warner Bros. said use of the score from the Batman movie starring Christian Bale was "unauthorized."
New Zealand Official Calls Facebook ‘Morally Bankrupt’
8 April 2019 Privacy Commissioner John Edwards made his comments after Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg recently rejected calls to introduce a delay in his livestreaming service Facebook Live.
Face Recognition Researcher Fights Amazon Over Biased AI
3 April 2019 Many researchers have shown how AI systems, which look for patterns in huge troves of data, will mimic the institutional biases embedded in the data they are learning from.
No AI in Humor: R2-D2 Walks Into a Bar, Doesn’t Get the Joke
31 March 2019 Humor is what makes humans special. When people try to teach machines what’s funny, the results are at times laughable but not quite in the way intended.
Facebook Says Some of Mark Zuckerberg’s Posts Were Deleted
30 March 2019 Facebook says the posts were mistakenly deleted a few years ago and the work required to restore them was extensive and might not have worked.
Facebook Facing Housing Discrimination Charges from HUD
28 March 2019 Facebook's ad platform is "encouraging, enabling, and causing housing discrimination" because it allows advertisers to exclude people who they don't want to see their ads, HUD claims.
Facebook Extends Ban on Hate Speech to ‘White Nationalists’
27 March 2019 Facebook said it concluded after months of "conversations" that white nationalism and separatism cannot be meaningfully separated from white supremacy and organized hate groups.
First Artificial Intelligence Google Doodle Features Bach
21 March 2019 Google is celebrating composer Johann Sebastian Bach with its first artificial intelligence-powered Doodle.
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Migrants Fearful after Hundreds Arrested in Mexico Raid
23 April 2019 Mexican immigration authorities said 371 people were detained in one day.
Brothers Sue Jussie Smollett’s Lawyers, Claiming Defamation
23 April 2019 They say false accusations have hurt their reputations and undermined their career prospects.
White House: Trump Admin Officials Will Skip Press Dinner
23 April 2019 Many White House staffers and other administration officials, including some who attended in 2018, had previously accepted invitations to be there as guests of various news organizations.
Armed Mexican Soldiers Confronted US Soldiers on US Soil
23 April 2019 U.S. officials said Mexican soldiers thought the Americans had crossed into Mexico.
Long-Serving Iowa GOP Legislator Leaves Party Citing Trump
23 April 2019 Rep. Andy McKean said he made his choice after returning to the Legislature after years away from politics and finding the GOP had changed.