An unpaid group of billionaires, tech executives and some disciples of Peter Thiel, a powerful Republican donor, are preparing to take up unofficial positions in […]
Category: Technology
Watch Duty, a Wildfire-Tracking App, Provides a Lifeline in Los Angeles
Paulette Lifton woke up on her 67th birthday on Tuesday morning in a panic to smoke pluming in the distance of her home in the […]
Trump and Republicans Cannot Stop Electric Vehicles, Experts Say
To a large extent, the electric vehicle market in the United States runs on Democratic policies. There are federal tax credits for car buyers. Subsidies […]
Facebook Shifts Content Moderation to Its Users. Are You Ready?
Meta would like to introduce its next fact-checker — the one who will spot falsehoods, pen convincing corrections and warn others about misleading content. It’s […]
Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term
Meta said on Tuesday that it was ending its longstanding fact-checking program, a policy instituted to curtail the spread of misinformation across its social media […]
AT&T to Credit Customers After Internet Outages
AT&T announced on Wednesday that it would start crediting customers for internet outages and long wait times, the latest initiative in a yearslong effort to […]
U.A.W. Seeks Union Election at Ford Battery Plant in Kentucky
The United Automobile Workers union is seeking approval from federal labor regulators for a union election among workers at a Ford Motor battery plant in […]
Millions of people’s ‘intimate’ location data stolen in major hack | Science, Climate & Tech News
Millions of people using some of the world’s most popular apps may have had their locations leaked in a major hack. Tinder, Spotify, Citymapper, Mumsnet […]
Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era
Mark Zuckerberg kept the circle of people who knew his thinking small. Last month, Mr. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, tapped a handful of […]
What’s Behind Meta’s Makeover Ahead of Trump’s Second Term?
For years, Mark Zuckerberg tried to keep his social networks above the fray of partisan politics. And why not? Meta’s flagship apps — Facebook, Instagram […]