February 8, 2018 Hey Alexa, will you be my Valentine? Let your voice assistant help with romance Use your Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant device to help you plan Valentine's Day with these tips and tricks. Your sweetie will never even know that you waited until the last minute to make that reservation.
February 7, 2018 Social media surveillance unfairly targeted Muslims, report says BOSTON (AP) — A social media monitoring tool used by the Boston Police Department to identify potential threats swept up the posts of people using the hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter and a lawmaker's Facebook update about racial inequality, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.
February 5, 2018 YouTube algorithm could be manipulated by 'bad actors,' used for 'fraudulent content,' senator warns YouTube’s powerful recommendation algorithm may be “optimizing for outrageous, salacious and often fraudulent content” or easily manipulated by “bad actors, including foreign intelligence entities,” a top-ranking Democrat on the Senate’s intelligence committee said.
January 29, 2018 How Amazon's ad business could threaten Google and Facebook It’s easy to see how Amazon.com Inc. threatens the world’s retailers. But analysts, brands and advertising agencies are waking up to the fact that a growing piece of Amazon’s business impinges on turf now controlled by two other tech titans, Google and Facebook.
January 28, 2018 Facebook, Google, Twitter open up to Congress about Russian misinformation Congress on Thursday published responses by Facebook, Twitter and Google to questions about how Russia used their platforms to spread misinformation amidst the 2016 presidential election.
January 26, 2018 Who is Jesus? Google Home doesn't have a clue Some folks across the fruited plain are wondering if their Google Home smart speakers have an aversion to Christianity.
January 26, 2018 Is Google's viral art app racist? The latest update to Google’s Arts & Culture app created a viral sensation by allowing users to compare their selfies to museum portraits, but has also sparked concerns about racial bias.
January 26, 2018 George Soros slams Google, Facebook, says they're a 'menace' to society Further adding fuel to the fire that is currently engulfing social media and the tech sector, billionaire investor George Soros has slammed Facebook and Google, calling them a "menace" and "obstacles to innovation."
January 25, 2018 Are text messages ever really deleted? It depends As controversy heats up surrounding the missing text messages exchanged between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, some have wondered whether text messages can be deleted forever or go unaccounted for. Like most things with technology, it's not a simple yes or no answer.
