Pranav Dixit
Protests About Indian Farming Reforms Have Reached Facebook’s Headquarters
Sikhs are rallying in Silicon Valley in support of protesting Indian farmers.
Pranav Dixit
The Head Of Social Media For India's Ruling Party Uses Twitter To Spread Rumors And Lies. Twitter Just Applied A Warning Label To One Of His Tweets.
Critics have been asking American tech companies to apply the same standards to the rest of the world as they do to the US. It might finally be happening.
Pranav Dixit
Apple's New MacBooks Run Faster Apple Chips And Cost The Same As The Old Ones
Apple finally put chips it designed itself into the MacBook Air, the MacBook Pro, and the Mac Mini.
Pranav Dixit
Donald Trump Shows Up First When You Search Twitter For "Loser." Here's Why.
“If an account is mentioned often alongside certain terms, they can become algorithmically surfaced together as an association.”
Pranav Dixit
Donald Trump Jr. Tweeted A World Map That Made Absolutely No Sense
The map gave away disputed territories claimed by India, colored in bodies of water, and left Croatia blank.
Pranav Dixit
US Senators Can't Be Bothered To Pronounce The Google CEO's Last Name Correctly
It's not “pick-eye.”
Pranav Dixit
A Facebook Executive Accused Of Protecting Hate Speech In India Has Left The Company
Earlier this year, Ankhi Das was accused of shielding politicians from India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party from Facebook’s hate speech rules.
Pranav Dixit
Apple Has Announced Four New iPhone 12s With 5G Speeds
Faster processors, better cameras, more durable front glass, faster chips, and snap-on chargers using magnets are among the new features.
Pranav Dixit
Startups In India Want To Build Their Own App Store To Bypass Google's
To avoid paying a 30% cut, Indian tech companies are looking for new ways to get apps in the hands of consumers.
Pranav Dixit
The Biden Campaign Slammed Facebook For Refusing To Take Down Misleading Trump Posts
“Rather than seeing progress, we have seen regression,” Biden's campaign manager wrote in a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Pranav Dixit
Amazon Just Released A Ring Camera That Flies Around Your House
It also released a new Ring car alarm, a car cam to monitor break-ins, a new version of the Echo, and more.
Pranav Dixit
Twitter Let Dozens Of Tweets Doxing Interfaith Couples In India Stay Up For Months
“If this happened in America with interracial couples being doxed, there would be rapid action, I am sure of it.”
Pranav Dixit
The Trump Administration Is Banning Americans From Downloading TikTok And WeChat
The ban goes into effect Sept. 20, but TikTok may be allowed to reverse the decision if it resolves the president’s national security concerns.
Pranav Dixit
The World Is Burning. Apple Released New Watches, iPads, And A Fitness Service Today.
There's also a service bundle called Apple One that lets you get all Apple services for a flat fee.
Pranav Dixit
“I Have Blood On My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation
A 6,600-word internal memo from a fired Facebook data scientist details how the social network knew about specific examples of global political manipulation — and failed to act.
Craig Silverman
Activists Are Demanding Facebook Suspend An Indian Executive Who Shielded Anti-Muslim Hate Speech
“I don’t know what the damn problem is at Facebook with anti-Muslim hate, but I would just say at this point that they don’t seem to care.”
Pranav Dixit
Facebook Won’t Accept New Political Ads The Week Before The Election — But Older Ads With Lies Are Still OK
Facebook will also impose restrictions on forwarding links in Messenger.
Pranav Dixit
Mark Zuckerberg Said Apple Has A “Stranglehold” On Your iPhone
At a companywide meeting, Facebook's CEO also said President Donald Trump brought up China during an October dinner at the White House.
Pranav Dixit
A Facebook Executive Who Shared An Anti-Muslim Post Has Apologized To Employees
Ankhi Das expressed regret in an internal Facebook post — but some Muslim employees think the company needs to go further.
Pranav Dixit
A Facebook Executive Protected Hate Speech In India. Now She Wants Police Protection.
Ankhi Das reportedly protected right-wing politicians from punishment for violating the social network’s rules — and is now facing death threats.
Pranav Dixit
