Starting Today, Your Internet Company Can Charge You More For Netflix And Facebook
Today, June 11, the repeal of net neutrality rules goes into effect.
Don't Be Like Paul Manafort. Backing Up Your WhatsApp Messages Creates A Security Loophole
Manafort got into trouble because he didn't understand that enabling cloud backups on his WhatsApp account gave investigators a way to circumvent the app's end-to-end encryption. Here’s how to disable those backups.
Apple's New iPhone Features Could Help You Spend Less Time On Your Phone
At Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, the tech company announced a slew of features meant to help you kick your iPhone addiction.
Google Backs Away From Controversial Military Drone Project
Google's deal with the Pentagon, Project Maven, will end in 2019, and the tech company will not pursue another.
Twitter Introduces Election Labels For Candidates In The 2018 Midterms
It's an effort to provide "authentic, trustworthy information," this time around.
Amazon's Facial Recognition Tech Is Being Used By Police, And People Are Worried
The ACLU has called on Amazon to stop pushing its image recognition technology, "Amazon Rekognition," to law enforcement.
Net Neutrality Just Got A Second Chance From The Senate, But It Probably Won't Last
It's a symbolic win for those in favor of an open and competitive internet, but the Senate resolution still faces many challenges ahead.
Google's New AI Feature Sounds Like A Real Human And OMG Why Is The Future So Creepy?
Google just demoed a 100% natural-sounding AI that scheduled an appointment with a live human on the phone who didn't know she was talking to a machine.
Perry Chen Says He Wants To Revitalize Kickstarter. Employees Say He’s Doing the Opposite.
Since Kickstarter’s principal founder returned as CEO, the company has experienced a period of turmoil set in motion by the person who should have been most equipped to lead it forward: Chen himself.
Why Facebook Will Never Fully Solve Its Problems With AI
Mark Zuckerberg's promise to develop new AI tools to proactively address Facebook’s content problem allows the social network to abdicate responsibility for problems on its platform, and at scale.
Uber Has Acquired Jump And Officially Joined The Dockless Bike Wars
"We’re excited to begin our next chapter and to play a significant part in the transition of Uber to a multi-modal platform," Jump CEO Ryan Rzepecki said.
Trump Went To Mar-A-Lago This Weekend And March For Our Lives Protesters Showed Up Outside
One March for Our lives rally, in West Palm Beach, Florida, got as close as possible to President Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort, where he was spending the weekend while hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated.
Here Are The Powerful Reasons Why People Joined The March For Our Lives
“I should be worrying about APs and finals, not AR-15s in school.”
She “Provoked” Him: Columbia’s Old Policies Let A Professor Off The Hook For Serial Sexual Harassment
An Ivy League school found a professor responsible for sexually harassing his student, then kept him employed for two more decades. The school has changed its policies since then, but what happens to the still-employed professors who were let off the hook by old rules?
Net Neutrality Rules Will Start To Die On April 23
With the Federal Communication Commission’s order gutting net neutrality rules officially entering the Federal Register today, people and groups in favor of the rules are gearing up for a fight.
Amazon’s Cashier-Less Grocery Store Officially Opens To The Public Today
The commerce giant's convenience store of the future is finally in the present.
The Logan Paul Suicide Video Shows YouTube Is Facing A Crucial Turning Point
Logan Paul’s controversial dead body video is a watershed moment in YouTube’s effort to grapple with a vast content moderation problem.
19 Things BuzzFeed Tech Tried And Liked In 2017
All the innovations, apps, hacks, habits, gadgets, and robovacuums that made our lives a little better this year.
YouTube Has A Massive Child Exploitation Problem. How Humans Train Its Search AI Is Partly Why.
Contract workers who train YouTube’s search algorithms say the guidelines they use to evaluate content on the world’s biggest platform for internet videos are confusing and inadequate.
The FCC Just Voted To Allow Your Internet Company To Charge You More For Netflix And Facebook
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