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Google discusses move into China with employees following internal discord
Google LLC Chief Executive Sundar Pichai has addressed employees’ concerns over the company developing a censored search engine for China. It lately came to light that the company has for some years been looking at a Chinese-friendly censored website, codenamed “Dragonfly.” This hasn’t gone down well with some Google employees who believe a heavily censored ...
Jack Dorsey is thinking about reinventing Twitter, as he moves closer to tech peers on Alex Jones
Twitter Inc. and Chief Executive Jack Dorsey made headlines this week after finally coming down on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, giving him a seven-day “timeout” when Jones entreated his readers to get their “battle rifles” ready to fight the mainstream media. Unlike some of the big names in Silicon Valley, Twitter’s suspension is not an ...
‘Sour grapes,’ says Tinder parent IAC after lawsuit claiming financial manipulation and sexual misconduct
Former Tinder co-founders and executives are suing parent group IAC/InterActiveCorp. for a reported $2 billion. The lawsuit claims that IAC and one of its business arms, Match Group, cheated employees out of money “by manipulating financial information, undermining Tinder’s valuation and unlawfully stripping away their Tinder stock options.” The 10 plaintiffs include former and current execs ...
After confusion and chaos, Elon Musk explains how Saudi Arabia might help take Tesla private
Tesla Inc. founder Elon Musk has come out and clarified what he meant when he tweeted last week that he had secured funds to help take his electric car company private. That announcement via Twitter last week caused considerable ripples, a short-lived suspension in trading of Tesla shares, a surge in stock price and Musk ...
How Google has been quietly developing a censored search engine for China
Google LLC has been busy using a little-known Chinese company it bought in 2008 to develop a Chinese-friendly censored website, according to documents obtained by The Intercept. Most of Google’s services are not available in China, but Google owns the Chinese-language web directory 265.com. When users type in a search request on that site they ...
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey explains why the platform isn’t banning Alex Jones
Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Jack Dorsey Tuesday came out to defend his company’s stance on not banning American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, following this week’s cull by other leading platforms. In a series of tweets, Dorsey said that Jones had simply not violated the platform’s rules, but if that should happen, then action will be ...
After Silicon Valley crackdown, Alex Jones’ Infowars hardly has a soapbox left
Controversial U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has now been banned from nearly all major platforms, with Twitter almost the only remaining one on which he can voice his opinions. On Monday, Facebook Inc. took down four of Jones’ pages, stating that he had continually violated its community standards. Facebook wrote that Jones had been given ...
Drones were used in assassination attempt on Venezuelan President Maduro
During a speech Saturday, President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela survived an assassination attempt, and the firepower came from drones flying above him. Chaos broke out during the President’s speech at the 81st anniversary of the country’s National Guard in the nation’s capital in Caracas. Live footage shows Maduro (pictured) and his entourage look up following ...
Amazon removes products featuring white nationalism and Nazi symbolism
After some pressure Amazon.com Inc. Thursday said it’s removing multiple products from its website that promoted white nationalism or items that featured Nazi symbols. The pressure came in the form of a letter from Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota. He was responding to concerns made by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which had identified white ...
Facebook and Instagram will now let you know how much you abuse them
Spending too much time on social media has been a concern of many for a while now, with former Facebook Inc. execs telling us social media is ruinous to kids‘ mental health and many others warning of a future in which people can hardly communicate face-to-face. Mirroring what Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington told SiliconANGLE ...